We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Time Out of Mind In 2009, Oren Moverman’s debut feature, The Messenger came out of almost nowhere to earn two Oscar nominations, one for Moverman and co-writer Alessandro Camon and one for Woody Harrelson as Best Supporting Actor. The masterful film…
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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: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Espionage…
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Home Rating Director Tim Johnson Screenplay Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember (Book: Adam Rex) Length 94 min. Starring Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Matt Jones MPAA Rating PG for mild action and some rude humor.
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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Rating Director Christopher McQuarrie Screenplay Christopher McQuarrie, Drew Pearce Length 131 min. Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Alec Baldwin, Simon McBurney, Tom Hollander, Jens Hultén, Jingchu Zhang MPAA Rating PG-13 for sequences of action and violence, and brief partial nudity Original Preview…
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The contest has come to a close. With one entrant, that individual is the winner: j.minye You have until Wednesday to send me your information, name, e-mail address, phone number and mailing address. You will also need to specify blu-ray or DVD and which of the two DVD sets you want (season 6 of Vampire…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Page Revisions: (September 13, 2015) Original Release Date: September 18, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A rag tag unit of misfits known as the War Pigs must go behind enemy lines to exterminate Nazis by any means necessary.” Poster Rating: D+ Review: As with any good direct-to-video film, a good direct-to-video poster design is required and…
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Page Revisions: (September 13, 2015) Original Release Date: September 18, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A romantic comedy that follows Maddy and Payal’s live-in relationship until a sudden turn of events creates a distance between them.” Poster Rating: C- Review: Simple, but not necessarily rewarding. This design doesn’t depict the stars, but does suggest a friendly…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Page Revisions: (September 6, 2015) Original (November 29, 2015) New Posters (#7-#11) Release Date: December 4, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Macbeth, a duke of Scotland, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his…
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Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals in the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that 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 started over at the beginning of August 2013, but with a new, more streamlined methodology to collecting votes. Just choose one selection in each of the ten categories (or fewer depending on the week) below. Our first few weeks were to select winners in cases of ties or in years where multiple categories existed…
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