This past week, The Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced. The Spirit Awards are, in essence, the beginning and end of Precursor Season. They are the first group to announce anything and they are the last group to announce prior to the Oscars (the night before specifically). For the next three months, we’ll be…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2) Cinderella, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for link to the trailer, more posters (if available) and other commentary not featured here.
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Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…
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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 below. Our first few weeks will be to select winners in cases of ties or in years where multiple categories existed for each discipline. After that,…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Fox Searchlight has a heavy slate this year with Birdman alone. Throw in Best Actress contender Reese Witherspoon for Wild and they have a pretty good shot at several nominations. Then there’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, which is a film of a whole other character. Birdman Stars: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough,…
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Return Links Polls Best Supporting Actress Poll: 1956 – 1960 Cinema Sight Asks: Which Best Supporting Actress winner is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: May 15, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Collegiate a cappella group the Barden Bellas enter into an international competition that no American team has ever won.” Poster: B- / D / C+ / C / D / C / C+ (8) Review: (#1)…
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Here are the results of last week’s poll. Filth The Double Big Bad Wolves Force Majeure The Two Faces of January White Bird in a Blizzard Filth wins and goes into my queue.
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Born Emilie Chauchoin on September 13, 1903 in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France, the actress Claudette Colbert was one of the great stars of the golden age of Hollywood. Her family emigrated to the U.S. in 1906, settling in New York where Colbert grew up aspiring to become a painter but was encouraged to go into acting…
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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 Watching? (Nov. 28-30, 2014) Cinema Sight Asks: What are you watching? (Nov. 28-30, 2014) Public OpinionPoll Results
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Poster Trailer Link Release Date: December 12, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.” Poster: C (2) Review: (#1 & #2) These two designs are almost perfectly identical, the only difference being the scone poster trying to…
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Although the first film was a surprise hit, Horrible Bosses 2 is sure to share the same fate as a lot of comedy sequels. Penguins of Madgascar has plenty of funny for families over the Thanksgiving weekend, so it should come out on top. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: There’s a lot of good things to…
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