Return Links Polls Remaking Best Original Song, 2013 In our third pass of the Oscar nominees from 1997 through 2016, we take a look at the nominees for Best Actress. Each week, we’ll present a list of contenders from which you can select five to make up the Best Original Song slate. There will be…
Page Revisions: (October 7, 2018) Original (December 9, 2018) New Poster (#1) Release Date: December 14, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A 90-year-old horticulturist and WWII veteran is caught transporting $3 million worth of cocaine through Michigan for a Mexican drug cartel.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: If Clint Eastwood entices you to…
Born October 25, 1892 in Riace, Calabria, Italy, Nicola (later Nicholas) Musuraca emigrated to the U.S. with his father in 1907 when he was 14. They settled in Brooklyn where his father’s brother was already living. Musuraca began his show business career as a chauffer for silent film director and producer J. Stuart Blackton. He…
Page Revisions: (October 7, 2018) Original (October 28, 2018) New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2) Release Date: November 2, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A woman who gets released from prison and reunites with her sister, who discovers she is in an online relationship with a man that may be “catfishing” her.” Poster Rating: D+…
Let’s take a look back at our prior preview and see where we were right, wrong, and everything in between. May 4, 2018 Bad Samaritan Oscar Prospects: What I said: “None.” Oscar Results: Still None. Box Office Prospects: $1.5 M Box Office Expectations: What I Said: “Weak. I don’t see there being a huge audience…
Three films in release and three films that could be solid performers at the box office. Goosebumps 2 is the sequel no one asked for, so I suspect it won’t come close to the top, possibly not even the top 5. That pits Bad Times at the El Royale, a stylish noir thriller against Damien…
As is our tradition, May begins our first predictive look at the year’s Oscar hopefuls. A lot of factors will play into how well our guesses hold up. Expect many of them to fall by the wayside as the year progresses and new contenders to rise into their places. Oscar season is upon us and…
Every month, our contributors submit lists of ten films fitting certain topics. Each month, we feature an alphabetical list of films along with commentary explaining our selections. There will also be an itemized list at the end of each of our individual selections. The 1990s had a broad array of support from filmmakers and films…
New This Week Leave No Trace is one of the rare films to receive a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Director Debra Granik’s first narrative film since 2010’s Winter’s Bone, which made a star of Jennifer Lawrence, Leave No Trace has the potential to do the same for New Zealand actress Thomasin McKenzie. Although McKenzie…