Page Revisions: (September 10, 2017) Original Release Date: September 15, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A gulf war veteran seeks vengeance against those who assaulted a single mother.” Poster Rating: D SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: A cheaply-crafted poster with cheesy explosion elements, garishly bold lettering, and little aesthetic value. Trailer Rating: C+ SEE ALL TRAILERS…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Page Revisions: (September 3, 2017) Original (June 24, 2018) New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2) / New Release Date (changed from 3/2/18) (August 12, 2018) New Poster (#3) Release Date: August 17, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A story of survival set 20,000 years ago during the last Ice Age.” Poster Rating: C / C+…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Page Revisions: (September 3, 2017) Original Release Date: August 25, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When a Texas military force invades their Brooklyn neighborhood, 20-year-old Lucy and war veteran Stupe must depend on each other to survive.” Poster Rating: B- / C / C+ (3) SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) Without the poorly-blended background locales…
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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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We are currently working on the losers bracket. 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 Oscar Ceremonies Oscar Nominations
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Return Links Polls Remaking Best Actor, 1997 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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Page Revisions: (September 3, 2017) Original Release Date: October 27, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Set in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Why the…
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Born July 6, 1925, Lester Persky was an independent film producer who either co-financed or co-produced more than 30 films, many of them high profile successes, primarily between 1968 and 1979. The Harvey Weinstein of the 1970s, information on him remains as fragmented as his credits, which were parsed between The Devon Company, The Claridge…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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The Academy has selected its four honorary Oscar recipients for the 80th Academy Awards. Consisting of one actor, one writer/director, one director/documentarian, and one cinematographer, the list is both eclectic and diverse. Sutherland has been a prominent actor since 1960s. Although he has never been nominated for an Oscar (in spite of a handful of…
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Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Sep. 8-10, 2017)
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Page Revisions: (September 3, 2017) Original Release Date: September 15, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A father takes his son to tour colleges on the East Coast and meets up with an old friend who makes him feel inferior about his life’s choices.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The gulf between father and…
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