New This Week Spy or whistleblower? Oliver Stone comes down clearly on the side of the latter assessment in Snowden, the triple Oscar winner’s best film in decades. Stone, never one to shrink from controversy, has always been at his best when underscoring the humanity in his characters rather than their behavioral eccentricities. That was…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Return Links Polls Now That You’ve Seen Hidden Figures…?
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Page Revisions: (January 1, 2017) Original Release Date: January 13, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Berlin, 1940. Working class couple Otto and Anna Quangel receive the news that their only son has lost his life in the battlefield and decide to resist the Nazi regime in their very own way. Soon the Gestapo is hunting “the…
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With this, we reach then end of 2017. While some of these films opened on December 25, I counted them as full-weekend releases for the 53rd and final weekend of 2016. This is posting in place of the Precursor Winners & Losers article that is going up on Mondays through the end of Oscar season…
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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 (or prior since I apparently…
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A Monster Calls Rating Director J.A. Bayona Screenplay Patrick Ness Length 108 min. Starring Lewis MacDougall, Felicity Jones, Sigourney Weaver, Toby Kebbell, James Melville, Ben Moor, Liam Neeson MPAA Rating PG-13 for thematic content and some scary images Original Preview Click Here
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Assassin’s Creed Rating Director Justin Kurzel Screenplay Michael Lesslie, Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Patrick Desilets, Corey May, Jade Raymond Length 115 min. Starring Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling, Michael K. Williams, Denis Menochet, Ariane Labed, Khalid Abdalla, Essie Davis, Matias Varela, Callum Turner MPAA Rating PG-13 for intense sequences of…
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Every month, our contributors submit lists of ten films fitting certain topics. Each month, we feature an alphabetical list of films along with commentary explaining our selections. There will also be an itemized list at the end of each of our individual selections. There are myriad types of musicals in Hollywood’s history. From the all-singing,…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Our Site Milestones 2012: Polls: Most Anticipated (5)
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Page Revisions: (December 25, 2016) Original (April 2, 2017) Added Image Gallery Release Date: April 7, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.”…
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Page Revisions: (December 25, 2016) Original (June 18, 2017) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#6-#11) (July 23, 2017) New Posters (#12-#13) / New Release Date (changed from 8/4/17) Release Date: July 28, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Unlocks the never-before-seen secret world inside your smartphone.” Poster Rating: D+ (5) / D+ (4) / B (2)…
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Page Revisions: (January 1, 2017) Original Release Date: January 6, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A railroad worker in China in 1941 leads a team of freedom fighters against the Japanese in order to get food for the poor.” Poster Rating: D SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: What a steaming pile this design is. Not only…
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