Film Preview: The Liberation (2027)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Oscar Profile #421: Non-nominated Characters
Film history is full of wonderful characters played by actors and actresses, some of whom were in countless films without making on a mark and then suddenly burst into our collective consciousness with one special performance from which they built successful careers, while others came and went with just that one unforgettable performance. Before 1936,…
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Precursor: 76th Golden Globe Nominations (2018)
Vice was today’s big winner taking three acting nominations and bringing in six total. The Favourite, Green Book, and A Star Is Born proved that they are still major players while BlacKkKlansman and Black Panther scored well enough to be considered major threats, as did If Beale Street Could Talk and Roma. Injured enormously here…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 6 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Dec. 7-9, 2018)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Dec. 7-9, 2018)
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Film Preview: The Negotiation (2018)
Page Revisions: (December 2, 2018) Original Release Date: September 28, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Ha Chae-yun is a crisis negotiator for Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. She faces off against Min Tae-gu who has kidnapped his boss.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the…
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Film Preview: Brampton’s Own (2018)
Page Revisions: (December 2, 2018) Original Release Date: October 19, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A struggling minor league baseball player retires and woefully returns to his small hometown, carefully dodging old wounds until confronted with the one that hurts the most – the girl that got away.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster…
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2018 Summer Season Preview Wrap-Up: July
July 6, 2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp Oscar Prospects: What I said: “Uncertain. The effects look more diverse this time around, which could put it into competition for Visual Effects. It will probably make the shortlist, but not the Oscars.” Oscar Results: The film has faded a bit, but I suspect it will be on…
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Looking at the Weekend: Dec. 7-9, 2018
Since there are no new wide releases this weekend, it’s hard to know exactly which of the four new limited releases will perform best. All of them have potential, though the two bigger Oscar contenders are most likely to shine. Mary Queen of Scots is bigger and bolder than Ben Is Back, but the latter…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 5 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: At First Light (2018)
Page Revisions: (December 2, 2018) Original Release Date: October 5, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The film follows a high school senior, Alex Lainey, who has an encounter with mysterious lights that appear over her small town. She soon develops dangerous, supernatural abilities and turns to her childhood friend Sean Terrel. The authorities target them and…
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Film Preview: Nigerian Prince (2018)
Page Revisions: (December 2, 2018) Original Release Date: October 19, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After being sent to Nigeria against his will, a stubborn Nigerian-American teenager joins forces with an Internet scammer in order to return to the United States.” Poster Rating: D SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: A shapeless, cheap design that looks precisely…
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Precursor: 18th American Film Institute (2018)
The big question with AFI is how they determine what’s an American film. After all, one wouldn’t expect The Favourite on this list. That said, other than Eighth Grade and First Reformed, this list looks an awful lot like what we might have expected months ago with two major exceptions. First Man should have been…
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91st Oscars: Screener Watch, Week 3
A nice batch of prominent movies came in this past week, including a handful of solid Oscar contenders.
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The DVD Report #597
New This Week Searching, which won the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is a first-rate suspense film about a Korean-American father (Film Independent Spirit Best Actor nominee John Cho) who searches for his missing daughter on the internet while the police do the legwork. Filled with Hitchcockian level suspense, the film starts…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 4 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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