Netflix has submitted the first of their year-end awards contender in the form of Angelina Jolie’s foreign language directorial effort. First They Killed My Father Oscar Chances: Uncertain: Jolie hasn’t had much success at the Oscars; however, the subject matter, combined with its submission to the Best Foreign Language Film competition, means it could at…
The Academy has announced the list of 170 films that are eligible for consideration in this year’s Best Documentary Feature category. They will further narrow this list down to a list of finalists from which the five nominees will be selected. 170 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES SUBMITTED FOR 2017 OSCAR® RACE LOS ANGELES, CA – One hundred…
It’s been 22 years since an individual film has been recognized by the Academy by conferring upon its makers or producers an honorary Oscar. Below is a press release from the Academy presenting a special achievement award on the Virtual Reality documentary “Carne y Arena” from Alejandro G. Iñárritu and others. And while this is…
Page Revisions: (October 22, 2017) Original Release Date: November 17, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The story of humankind’s last stand against a cataclysmic alien invasion. In the war-ravaged African countryside, a U.S. soldier and a French foreign aid worker team up to survive the alien onslaught. Their bond will be tested as they search for…
Return Links Polls Remaking Best Actor, 2004 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”…
Page Revisions: (October 22, 2017) Original (November 5, 2017) New Trailers (#2-#3) / New Poster (#1) Release Date: December 8, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises among the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.” Poster Rating:…
Born September 3, 1913 to Ina Rawley and Alan Ladd, an accountant, Alan Walbridge Ladd was four when his father died. He was five when he burned his apartment, playing with matches. His mother moved them to Oklahoma City. He was malnourished, undersize and nicknamed “Tiny” at eight, when his mother married a housepainter who…
Absence makes the heart grow fonder and with so many years between the final Saw and this reboot may be enough to help people forget the long slide into awfulness the series had become. That should give it enough boost to reign supreme over the Halloween weekend box office. None of the rest of the…