Film Preview: The Liberation (2027)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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This Day in Oscar History: January 6 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 53rd National Society of Film Critics Awards (2018)
While most of the winners and runners-up on this list weren’t particularly surprising, the National Society of Film Critics found a couple of ways to go different directions than almost anyone else and came up with one relatively big surprise. The atypical selections were Steven Yeun in Supporting Actor, The Death of Stalin in Screenplay,…
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Film Preview: The Image Book (2019)
Page Revisions: (December 30, 2018) Original Release Date: January 25, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song. A story in five chapters like the five fingers of a hand.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the future, this…
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Film Preview: State Like Sleep (2019)
Page Revisions: (December 30, 2018) Original Release Date: January 4, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A woman grapples with the consequences of her celebrity husband’s double life after he commits suicide.” Poster Rating: D+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: I can see the film historical influence in the design, but it’s an utterly bland affair in…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 5 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 30th Producers Guild Nominations (2018)
The Producers Guild of America, who recognizes box office success as much as critical success has selected ten films, five animated features, and seven documentaries to fete this year. Surprising omissions form Best Picture: If Beale Street Could Talk and Can You Ever Forgive Me?. Not-so-surprising omissions: First Reformed and Eighth Grade. Exclusions that make…
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Film Preview: The Final Wish (2019)
Page Revisions: (December 30, 2018) Original Release Date: January 24, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After the death of his father, Aaron returns home to help his grief-stricken mother and to confront his past. Going through his dad’s belongings, he comes across a mysterious item that is more than it seems.” Poster Rating: – Review: There…
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Film Preview: An Acceptable Loss (2019)
Page Revisions: (December 30, 2018) Original Release Date: January 18, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Former top U.S. security adviser Elizabeth “Libby” Lamm (Sumpter) is threatened by associates from her dark past including Rachel Burke (Curtis), a steely, commanding politician with an unwavering knack for achieving her goals. Colluding with Rachel is Adrian, an unyielding, patriotic…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 1, 2019)
Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the…
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The NEW Friday Face-Off #284
We are back to the winners bracket while the losers are percolating. We’re moving into round fou. Here is this week’s ten (or fewer) face-offs.
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2018 Precursor Predictions: Golden Globe Awards
Sunday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will present their annual Golden Globe Awards honoring the best of the year (2018) in film and television. The television portion isn’t nearly as hotly anticipated as the film side of things, which is what we’re most interested in. There are a lot of potential winners this weekend and…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 4 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 35th Casting Society Nominations (2018)
The Casting Society of America knows how to spread their awards around, nominating 44 different films for its awards. Of note is that in the animation category, they surprisingly ignored Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and went with only four nominations. How some of the Big Budget films were selected is anyone’s guess, but a few…
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Precursor: 16th Iowa Critics Awards (2018)
The Favourite topped the Iowa Critics list this year with a long list of other choices that are fairly commonplace this year. Award Tallies (2) If Beale Street Could Talk, The Favourite The Awards
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Precursor: 10th GALECA Nominations (2018)
The Favourite led the 10th annual Dorian Awards, GALECA, the society of LGTBQ film critics. Can You Ever Forgive Me? was the only other film that was LGBTQ-centric that managed to score more than three nominations. Most of their general selections are comparable to other organizations, though the seldom recognized Michelle Yeoh managed to sneak…
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