Return Links Polls Remaking Best Picture, 2003 In 1997, I began offering up Oscar Hopefuls, a list of contenders for each category at the Oscars. Today, we start a new series of polls that attempts to rebuild various categories based on what films were nominated, which were hopeful for nominations, and which were honored by…
Born January 25, 1901 in Baltimore, Maryland, Mildred Dunnock was a schoolteacher who did not start acting until she was past 30. Once she began to act, however, her rise was swift and her career meteoric although she never rose above the ranks of character actress, albeit a superb one. Dunnock’s first Broadway role was…
Trading on its strong reviews, the latest effort in the DC Extended Universe should pull an easy win at the box office. Wonder Woman has no serious competition for the top spot this week. Its chief competitor is the DreamWorks animated film Captain Underpants, which looks squarely targeted at children, which may allow it to…
New This Week Get Out and Logan are two of the best reviewed films of the year so far, and with good reason. I was initially skeptical of Jordan Peele’s Get Out as the trailer seemed to indicate another in the almost weekly releases of generic horror films cluttering the market. The directing debut of…
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Historically Disney’s franchise films have been solid performers at the Oscars. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales should be no exception, but things may be different this time around.…
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: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead…
