Roma, which had until now seemed to be an also-ran for Best Picture leaps back into the forefront of consideration with its award from the New York Film Critics Circle. Alfonso Cuaron black-and-white feature picked up three awards, including a rare Picture-Director victory suggesting support for the film was strong. Ethan Hawke gets a jolt…
Similar in structure and composition to the far more famous Golden Globes, the Satellite Awards have been around long enough to give us an idea of how prognosticative they can be. While their history of predicting the Oscars is mediocre, part of that can be attributed to their incredibly early announcements (preceding almost every other…
Born July 26, 1926 in Stratford, England as John Theobald Clarke, actor-writer-producer-director Bryan Forbes was evacuated to Cornwall during World War II. In 1943, a neighbor who was a BBC producer put 17-year-old Clarke into BBC Radio’s The Will Hay Programme. He spent four years in the Intelligence Corps from 1944-1948. Upon completing his military…
Page Revisions: (November 25, 2018) Original (January 6, 2019) New Posters (#2-#6) Release Date: January 11, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A dog travels 400 miles in search of her owner.” Poster Rating: B- / B- (5) SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) This heavily PhotoShopped design is cute and should suffice in enticing dog fans…
The post-Thanksgiving weekend is always a quiet one where the turkey day champs make another weekend of lots of money. The only newcomer will be The Possession of Hannah Grace, a film that is way outside of its customary programming window, so it probably won’t top any of the major holdovers. Our Highest Rated Films:…
New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#1) / New Release Date (changed from 10/19/18) Serenity, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
The week was a bit slow, but some major films made their way to my inbox, whether it’s the box office smash Deadpool 2 or the prime Oscar contender At Etenrity’s Gate or indie hits You Were Never Really Here and Suspiria.
Topping this year’s National Board of Review is Green Book, a film about a white bodyguard escorting a black pianist through the deep south. It won Best Picture and Best Actor for Viggo Mortensen. It was not, however, the most honored film. A Star Is Born managed to pick up three awards, for Lady Gaga,…
New This Week We the Animals has been nominated for five Film Independent Spirit awards, the most of any film this year. The nominations are for Best First Feature, Film Editing, Cinematography, Supporting Male (Raul Castillo), and Someone to Watch (director Jeremiah Zagar). Documentary filmmaker Zagar’s first narrative feature is an adaptation of the 2011…