We’re nearing completion on this initial batch of Friday Face-Offs. We’ll finish out the losers and winners brackets and once it’s all done, we’ll highlight the full winners in each category. Once that’s done, we’ll try and do a better job of facing things off for a new and more comprehensive go-round. Here are this…
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With nary a consensus heading into Oscar voting, it will be interesting to see what SAG voters pick since actors makeup the largest portion of the Academy’s membership. Of course SAG also has AFTRA mixed in, which means a lot of television voters. While the massive SAG-AFTRA organization dwarfs the Academy, there’s no question there’s…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Return Links Polls Remaking Best Visual Effects, 2008 In our third pass of the Oscar nominees from 1997 through 2016, we take a look at the nominees for Best Visual Effects. Each week, we’ll present a list of contenders from which you can select five to make up the Best Visual Effects slate. There will…
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Page Revisions: (January 20, 2019) Original (January 27, 2019) New Trailer (#2) (February 24, 2019) New Trailer (#3) / New Poster (#2) (March 10, 2019) New Poster (#3) Release Date: March 22, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A pair of teenagers with life-threatening illnesses meet in a hospital and fall in love.” Poster Rating: C /…
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Page Revisions: (January 20, 2019) Original (December 1, 2019) New Poster (#1) / New Release Date (changed from 3/22/19) (March 8, 2020) New Release Date (changed from 1/10/20) (July 26, 2020) New Release Date (changed from 3/13/20) (November 1, 2020) New Poster (#2) / New Release Date (changed from 7/31/20) Release Date: November 6, 2020…
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Born July 22, 1955 in Appleton, Wisconsin, William J, Dafoe was one of eight children whose parents were a surgeon and a nurse who worked together constantly, leaving the future actor to be raised by his five older sisters. He became known as “Willem”, the Dutch name for “William”, while in high school. Dafoe studied…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Jan. 25-27, 2019)
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Page Revisions: (January 20, 2019) Original (May 12, 2019) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#2-#5) (June 3, 2019) New Posters (#6-#22) Release Date: July 5, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Peter Parker and his friends go on summer vacation to Europe, where Peter finds himself trying to save his friends against a villain known as…
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Page Revisions: (January 20, 2019) Original Release Date: February 1, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A secret rendezvous. A man cheats on his wife. A woman cheats on her husband. And then everything goes bad, quickly.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: It gets the premise acros without being interesting. Trailer Rating: C+ SEE…
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Here we look at the upcoming month’s offerings. February 1, 2019 Miss Bala Premise: From IMDb: “Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength. Based on the Spanish-language film.” Box Office Prospects: $50…
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There aren’t a lot of good options this weekend, which suggests Glass may pick up a second week atop the chart. The Kid Who Would Be King is the only new release this week that could have a superb weekend or a tepid one and still come in second. Our Highest Rated Films: Never Look…
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After a rather unusual nominations announcement this morning, our contributors have come together to put out this first post-nominations predictions set. We have very little agreement here and that’s interesting. As to how we performed on the nominations, here are our results. Thomas La Tourrette topped the list with 95 correct predictions. Wesley Lovell came…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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