Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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For our last-minute viewing pleasure, Angelina Jolie’s second film, Unbroken, gets the screener treatment. Unbroken Stars: Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Glesson, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund, Finn Wittrock Director: Angelina Jolie Premise: From IMDb: “A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.” Oscar Chances:…
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Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Dec. 5-7, 2014) Cinema Sight Asks: What are you watching? (Dec. 5-7, 2014) Public OpinionPoll Results
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Poster Trailer Link Release Date: December 19, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A literature college professor and high stakes gambler runs afoul of a loan shark and his bodyguard-like gangsters while he has an affair with one of his students.” Poster: D / B- Review: A disheveled, washed-up looking Mark Wahlberg might have impact on his…
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There are no new major wide releases this weekend, so Katniss Everdeen will continue to have the odds in her favor. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: The post-Thanksgiving Weekend weekend tends to be a dumping ground for non-serious awards contenders, so it’s a bit surprising that Reese Witherspoon’s potential Best Actress nomination for Wild is releasing…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Page Revisions: (November 30, 2014) Original (April 19, 2015) New Trailer (#2) (October 25, 2015) New Trailer (#3) / New Posters (#1-#4) / Page Redesigned (December 13, 2015) New Posters (#5-#22) Release Date: December 18, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A continuation of the saga created by George Lucas set thirty years after Return of the…
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The National Board of Review take a bizarre turn into new territory with their selection of The Most Violent Year as Best Film of 2014. The indie hadn’t been making much of an impact in early prognostication, but suddenly bursts into the competition with the most awards this year from NBR. Selma is left out…
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You can read more about this project in the article at this link. Below is our twentieth poll, covering Best Sound (Effects) Editing. As a refresher, here is where we obtain the titles/performances will be included in the polls that will be conducted: Four-Source Categories: The actual Oscar nominees in the selected category. The Top…
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The Academy has announced the 15 films that will compete for the Best Documentary Feature award. Of the five films nominated yesterday for the Producers Guild of American award for Best Documentary, only Life Itself and Virunga made this shortlist. Many of these titles seem well suited to the Academy’s tastes and any number of…
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New This Week Among Kino Lorber’s new Blu-ray releases are three from Robert Altman, The Long Goodbye, Thieves Like Us and the never on DVD Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. 1973’s The Long Goodbye starred Elliott Gould as an early 1970s incarnation of Raymond Chandler’s private detective, Philip Marlowe,…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: December 12, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she’s still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.” Poster: C+ / C+ /…
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Notably absent from this list are documentaries with heavy political commentary. That won’t help many of these translate to Oscar nominations. Of these, Life Itself, Particle Fever and Virunga are the most likely to jump onto the Oscar ballot. The Nominations Best Documentary The Green Prince Life Itself Merchants of Doubt Particle Fever Virunga Producers…
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Return Links Polls Now That You’ve Seen Penguins of Madagascar…? Cinema Sight Asks: Now that you’ve seen “Penguins of Madagascar,” which film with penguins is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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