Every week, I get several press releases, screening invitations and other notifications from a handful of studio contacts. While I won’t be sharing any information regarding my screening invites, some of the press releases might be of interest to my readers, so I thought I’d start sharing them in toto with all of you. These…
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: November 1, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The last two years of Princess Diana’s life: her campaign against land mines and her relationship with surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan.” Poster: C / B Review: The first design has no spark of creativity, it is what it is and that’s sufficient for the…
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: December 13, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.” Poster: A- / B- (7) /…
Who really watches these things? The Hot Flashes Plot Summary: From IMDb: “An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs, challenge the current arrogant high school girls’ state champs to a series of games to raise money for breast cancer prevention. Sparks fly as these marginalized women go to…
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…
Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It’s a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we’ll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar…
I don’t. Not true. I might, but… I Do Plot Summary: From IMDb: “A gay Brit living in New York is deprived of his immigration status, and risks losing his family and life in the U.S. He marries his lesbian best friend to remain in the country and stay with his family, but things get…
Here are the results of last week’s poll. Grand Illusion Pygmalion Boys Town The Citadel The Young in Heart Block-Heads It’s cited as one of the greatest films ever made. Who am I to reject it? Grand Illusion wins and goes into my queue.