Return Links Polls Remaking Best Actress, 2014 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 Actress slate. There will be an “Other”…
Page Revisions: (May 27, 2018) Original (July 15, 2018) New Posters (#5-#10) Release Date: July 20, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Collin (Daveed Diggs) must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles (Rafael Casal), work as movers and are…
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…
Page Revisions: (May 27, 2018) Original (August 19, 2018) New Posters (#2-#3) Release Date: August 24, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A prisoner detained on a remote island plots his escape. A remake of the 1973 film ‘Papillon’.” Poster Rating: B+ / B- / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) A beautifully colored design with…
There are three new films opening this weekend and none of them have the greatest of prospects, meaning Solo will be winning a second weekend. Of the three, two seem like they would each have solid chances of being the top new release. Action Point has connections to Jackass and Upgrade has connections to Saw…
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. It’s a bit surprising that May…
New This Week The 15:17 to Paris may be minor Clint Eastwood but it’s the 86-year-old director doing what he does best, bringing contemporary real-life heroes into a film world largely filled with movies about imaginary superheroes. Ever since 2006’s back-to-back Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, Eastwood has primarily focused on…
Page Revisions: (May 27, 2018) Original (August 19, 2018) New Trailers (#2-#3) / New Posters (#2-#7) Release Date: August 17, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When the puppet cast of an ’80s children’s TV show begins to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet takes on the case.” Poster Rating: D /…
We had one films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Solo: A Star Wars Story The Star Wars franchise has always been in the race for Oscars. Even when the second set of trilogies came out, they got Oscar attention. The question is how long before the Academy starts suffering from…