Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Return Links Polls Now That You’ve Seen The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies…? Cinema Sight Asks: Now that you’ve seen “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” which Peter Jackson Tolkien film is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: January 16, 2015 (with 2014 Oscar-qualifying run) Synopsis: From IMDb: “Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.”…
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We had four films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Annie When it was announced that young Oscar nominee Quevenzhane Wallis would star in a remake of popular musical Annie, some greeted the news with satisfaction that race roles would be reversed for the productions. Meanwhile, those of us who weren’t…
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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 Hobbit: The Battle of…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Return Links Polls What Are You Most Anticipating? (Jan. 2015, Wide) Cinema Sight Asks: Which January 2015 wide release film are you most anticipating? Public OpinionPoll Results
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In another split ballot, Birdman takes the top prize while Richard Linklater takes the prize for directing. None of these awards are terribly surprising in the current gamut of awards so far announced. Award Tallies (2) Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Interstellar, Whiplash The Awards Best Picture Birdman (RU: Boyhood) Best Animated
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When an organization gives it’s Best Film Prize to the film it also recognizes as the best film made in their own city, you can disregard the result. That it matches other groups is somewhat circumstantial. Award Tallies (4) Boyhood (3) Nightcrawler (2) Birdman The Awards Best Film Boyhood Best Animated Film
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Gone Girl nabs two awards from Nevada while Birdman is shut out completely and Boyhood has a token award for Youth Performance. Many of these names we’ve seen bandied about as potential Oscar nominees, so there aren’t any real surprises. Award Tallies (3) Nightcrawler (2) Gone Girl, Interstellar The Awards Best Film Gone Girl Best…
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There isn’t a lot of overlap in categories from Utah with most films taking only a single award versus the four for Birdman, which continues to perform well with the regional critics. Award Tallies (4) Birdman The Awards Best Film Birdman (RU: The Imitation Game) Best Animated Feature
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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s backstage seriocomedy dominated the Las Vegas critics awards taking home seven, a huge tally for a single film. The rest of the selections were on par with other recent results, though Guardians of the Galaxy winning a costume design award is a bit unusual, even for critics. Award Tallies (7) Birdman (2)…
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As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). Apart from a few stragglers, critics have now had their say. We have a week off to cover…
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Poster Trailer Link Release Date: December 24, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Sandra, a young Belgian mother, discovers that her workmates have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. She has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job.” Poster: D…
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