Film Preview: Transplant (2026)
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Oscar Profile #370: Charlton Heston
Born October 4, 1923 in No Man’s Land, now part of Wilmette, a wealthy suburb of Chicago, Illinois, John Charles Carter became Charlton Heston after his parents’ divorce, his mother’s remarriage and adoption by his stepfather. Charlton was his mother’s maiden name, Heston was her new husband’s surname. The highly imaginative child became interested in…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 14 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Dec. 15-17, 2017)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Dec. 15-17, 2017)
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Film Preview: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Page Revisions: (December 10, 2017) Original (April 22, 2018) New Trailers (#2-#3) / New Posters (#2-#3) (May 6, 2018) Updated Premise (June 17, 2018) New Posters (#4-#7) Release Date: June 22, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When the island’s dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs…
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2018 Spring Preview: Introduction
A new year brings a new string of potential blockbusters and looking over the list for January, February, March, and April, the Spring Season, there are plenty of possible contenders. In January, there’s Commuter, Proud Mary, 12 Strong, and Maze Runner. In February, you have the new Cloverfield sequel, Fifty Shades Freed, Black Panther, and…
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Looking at the Weekend: Dec. 15-17, 2017
Two year ago, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the seventh film in the most vaunted franchise in film history, opened to a staggering $247 million. Although I would be astounded to see this ninth film (Episode VIII) do the same, there is no question it will top $200 million and there are no forces outside…
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Precursor: 24th Screen Actors Guild Nominations (2017)
I can’t believe I managed to miss the nominations this morning. Got too busy, I guess. Anywhere, here they are. There are a lot of winners and losers with this list, so, as I usually do, I’m going into each category individually, starting with the individual acting categories. Best Actor: Tom Hanks took a major…
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Precursor: 25th Dallas Area Critics Awards (2017)
Guillermo del Toro’s period fantasy stormed the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics awards, taking a staggering five prizes, including Best Actress. The rest of the selections have all been seen elsewhere before, so there isn’t much new here. Award Tallies (5) The Shape of Water (2) Lady Bird The Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: December 13 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 30th Chicago Critics Awards (2017)
Chicago has gone gaga over Lady Bird, giving it their Best Picture prize. Several of the big names of the year were also cited, so there’s not a lot of shock going around. Award Tallies (4) Lady Bird (3) Call Me by Your Name (2) Blade Runner 2049 The Awards
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Precursor: 17th Phoenix Critics Nominations (2017)
A big day for The Shape of Water as it tops its second slate of nominations today. Fourteen nods is a huge number, especially when the nearest competition (Blade Runner 2049 and Dunkirk) only have eight each. There were a couple of unusual selections from this group, but most of their slate has been on…
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Precursor: 11th Houston Critics Nominations (2017)
With a solid performance down ballot, The Shape of Water easily topped Call Me by Your Name and Lady Bird for most nominated. A lot of names here we’ve seen before, so no major surprises. Nominations Tallies (9) The Shape of Water (5) Call Me By Your Name, Lady Bird (4) Dunkirk, Get Out, The…
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Film Preview: Love, Simon (2018)
Page Revisions: (December 10, 2017) Original (January 21, 2018) New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2) (March 11, 2018) New Poster (#3) Release Date: March 16, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Everyone deserves a great love story. But for Simon it’s complicated: no-one knows he’s gay and he doesn’t know who the anonymous classmate is that…
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Eyeing the Truth: Dec. 2017
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (Amazon Prime) The Abacus bank is not one of the mega-banks that was deemed Too Big to Fail in the mortgage crises of 2008; the family-run bank at the center of Steve James’ remarkable new documentary is instead Small Enough to Jail, in the words of one expert interviewed in…
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The DVD Report #546
New This Week Auntie Mame, everybody’s favorite relative, was based on novelist Patrick Dennis’ real-life eccentric aunt who first came to the world’s attention in his 1955 bestselling novel, quickly followed by the 1956 Broadway smash hit starring Rosalind Russell and then the Oscar-nominated 1958 film that became the biggest box-office hit of 1959. Filmed…
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