Film Preview: Transplant (2026)
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Film Preview: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Page Revisions: (December 3, 2017) Original (March 11, 2018) New Release Date (changed from 5/4/18) (March 18, 2018) New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2) (April 22, 2018) New Posters (#3-#34) Release Date: April 27, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large…
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The DVD Report #545
New This Week Your Name., not to be confused with the current Call Me by Your Name, was the highest grossing film in Japan in 2016 and the fourth highest grossing film in Japanese history. Less successful in the U.S., the film earned the 2016 Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Animated Feature, and…
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The Top Tens: Is There Any Role They Can’t Play?
Every month, our contributors submit lists of ten items based on certain topics. We then feature an alphabetical list of items along with commentary explaining our selections. There will also be an itemized list at the end of each of our individual selections. In cinema, certain actors tend to play the same or similar roles…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 5 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Annapurna
Annapurna has had a lot of success at the Oscars in recent memory, so they’ve sent along one of their early contenders. Detroit Oscar Chances: Unlikely: The film came, got good reviews, and then disappeared almost immediately. Although it could be a return to the Oscars for Kathryn Bigelow, it’s more likely that it doesn’t…
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Entertainment Studios
A studio with very little experience and clout has sent a film that got good early notices. Hostiles Oscar Chances: Unlikely: While the film did receive solid reviews, it’s being handled by a studio with no real experience in Oscar campaigning, suggesting the film is unlikely to succeed at the Oscars. Campaign-Proposed Categories Picture (John…
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Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “The Shape of Water”
Return Links Polls Now That You’ve Seen The Shape of Water…?
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90th Oscars: Visual Effects Longlist
The Academy has released another shortlist. This one is more of a longlist as another shortlist will release later this month for the final ten contenders. Two films I had thought might contend were absent from the list: Geostorm, which isn’t terribly surprising, and Transformers: The Last Knight, marking the first time the Transformers series…
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Film Preview: A Quiet Place (2018)
Page Revisions: (December 3, 2017) Original (February 18, 2018) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#1-#2) (April 1, 2018) New Posters (#3-#4) (April 8, 2018) New Trailer (#3) Release Date: April 6, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A family live [sic] an isolated existence in utter silence, for fear of an unknown threat that follows and…
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Precursor: 26th Annie Awards Nominations (2017)
Decimating the competition, Coco should handily win many of its awards. The big surprise here is that The Breadwinner managed to pull off a feat that many indie animated films can’t: double-digit nominations. That could position it as a spoiler in a number of categories and should give it the corresponding Independent Picture race. Nominations…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 1-3, 2017
We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Shape of Water In 2006, director Guillermo del Toro presented to the world a dark fairy tale called Pan’s Labyrinth. Although he had had success with critics and audience before that, this became the film that fully launched him into…
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90th Oscars: Animated Short Film Shortlist
The Academy has announced the ten finalists for the Best Animated Short Film category at this year’s Oscars. Below is the press release. The only shock is the surprising omission of the much maligned Frozen short that ran before Coco. Disney/Pixar is still represented here by Lou, the creative short that ran ahead of Cars…
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The Morning After: Dec. 4, 2017
Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what movies I’ve seen over the past week. Below, you will find short reviews of those movies along with a star rating. Full length reviews may come at a later date. So, here is what I watched this past week: The Shape of Water Guillermo…
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Review: Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Murder on the Orient Express Rating Director Kenneth Branagh Screenplay Michael Green (Novel: Agatha Christie) Length 1h 54m Starring Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Leslie Odom Jr., Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Willem Dafoe, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Tom Bateman, Olivia Colman, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Sergei Polunin, Lucy Boynton, Marwan Kenzari MPAA Rating PG-13 for violence…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 2
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). The calm before the storm. While the last couple of weeks have seen a small, but important flurry…
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