Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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New Trailer (#4) / New Poster (#9) Ferdinand, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Oscar Season is just around the corner (Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017 to be specific), with the first nominations of the year. Throughout the next four months, we’ll be posting almost daily updates with precursor winners and nominees from across all organizations, critics groups, and guilds. Below is a calendar of events that should help you…
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The films GKids is pushing for Animated Feature this year include a broad array of titles. The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales Oscar Chances: Unknown: I don’t have enough information about this film to know if it should be competing or not. So far, it doesn’t sound like the kind of film that does.…
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In the second care package from Netflix, another of their attempts to weed their way into Oscar’s good graces. Mudbound Oscar Chances: Uncertain: Fist, let’s just say that Netflix’s inability to read the room is palpable. Not only have they received consistent criticism for their terrible release strategies (namely, they aren’t going to play the…
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Bleecker Street isn’t a major Oscar player so far, though they certainly keep trying. Breathe Oscar Chances: Unlikely: Mediocre reviews have pushed this film into the back of the Oscar pack. While Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy could still compete, their hills are incredibly steep. Campaign-Proposed Categories Picture (Jonathan Cavendish) Director (Andy Serkis) Original Screenplay…
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This is the first time I’ve seen anything from National Geographic, so who knows how they’ll do. Jane Oscar Chances: Unknown: The reviews have been fairly strong for this and if it comes out of precursor season as a major winner, it could be a strong candidate for an Oscar nomination. Campaign-Proposed Categories Documentary Feature
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Ceremonies
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Page Revisions: (November 12, 2017) Original (December 17, 2017) New Posters (#1-#2) Release Date: December 22, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.” Poster Rating: C+ / D+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) The biggest problem with this…
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Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the…
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Back to the winners bracket while the losers are percolating. Here’s batch 4. Here is this week’s ten (or fewer) face-offs. So, let’s get started.
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Return Links Polls Remaking Best Actor, 2007 In our second pass of the Oscar nominees from 1997 through 2016, we take a look at the nominees for Best Actor. Each week, we’ll present a list of contenders from which you can select five to make up the Best Actor slate. There will be an “Other”…
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New Trailer (#3) / New Posters (#3-#16) Coco, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Born October 5, 1901 in Sopron, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary) as Johann Jacob Altmann, the son of an American-born father, legendary cinematographer John Alton was raised on films steeped in German Expressionism during his European childhood, which informed his later use of low light, his motto being “it’s not what you light…it’s what you don’t light.”.…
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