Oscar History: November 14 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Feed the Queue #44
It was a tight race this week with a mere point separating first and second, but as always, let’s start at the bottom. Born on the Fourth of July got virtually no love ending up with a record-low 5 points. Just above that, but not faring much better, with 8 points is A Tale of…
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Oscar Profile #36: Rosalind Russell
Born June 4, 1907, the middle of seven children to a successful Connecticut lawyer and his wife, Rosalind Russell was named after the S.S. Rosalind, a ship on which her parents had a memorable cruise and not the Shakespeare character as is commonly thought. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan,…
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Trailer Watch: Captain America: The First Avenger
Tonight’s preview is for the Marvel adaptation of the comic book character Captain America. Captain America: The First Avenger Plot Summary: Looking at the fourth and final Avenger of the franchise, this is the film looking at the literal first: Captain America. Release Date: July 22, 2011 Trailer Poster Rating: B- Commentary: Seeing Chris Evans…
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Looking at the Weekend: May 6-8, 2011
The summer season has begun and Thor is undoubtedly going to dominate the weekend. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on. The number in parens represents the percentage of our contributors who agree with the statement. Jumping the Broom: We aren’t the audience for this film (100%),…
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Game: Week 1 – 2011 Summer Box Office Predictions
We begin our new 2011 Summer Box Office Predictions game today, which will last through August. below are the items you’ll need to submit. Here are this session’s set of rules. This contest begins the weekend of May 6-8, 2011 and continues through the weekend of August 26-28, 2011. This is a 17-week contest where…
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2011 Spring Preview Wrap-Up: January
With my new monthly preview of upcoming films for the subsequent month, I thought it only appropriate to back through my 2011 Spring Preview month by month and share my wrap-up thoughts. So, here you have January.
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Trailer Watch: Bad Teacher
Tonight we take a look at a potential humorous ribald comedy. Bad Teacher Plot Summary: Trying to recuperate after the loss of her sugar daddy, an uninteresting junior high teacher begins a new affair with a fellow teacher. Release Date: June 24, 2011 Trailer Poster Rating: B Commentary: The film looks like it could be…
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5 Favorites #24: 5 Favorite On-Screen Mothers
Every week, we’ll pose a new “five favorites” question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you’re welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. If you want to take a look…
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The DVD Report #206: Oscar on DVD – 1985
New This Week CLICK HEREfor other new releases this week. Is this déjà vu all over again? Just as the Academy had done the year before, in 1985 it gave eleven Oscar nominations each to two films, one of which was awarded seven gold trophies while the other went home empty-handed, tying the record losses…
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Game: Week 17 – 2011 Spring Box Office Predictions: Final Results
It’s been a long 17 weeks, but it goes out with a bang as Fast Five nukes the year’s openers with an $87 million opening. This also closes out our current game with Zach taking the prize for Divisions 1 and 2 combined and Division 1 solo with Mike eking out a 2-point victory over…
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Trailer Watch: Harry Potter 7, Part 2
It’s been very hard to get myself caught up, but I think I finally am. Now, I can get started on the semi-nightly trailer watch posts. As I said when I redesigned the concept a few weeks ago to only do a guaranteed weekly preview article highlighting films coming out at the box office the…
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Modern Casting Couch #1, Week 3: Casting Re-Vote
Well, it’s week 3, but we have a problem with the voting from last week. While most everyone who participated voted were going based on the voting rules for the Film Fun Friday version and not the new weekly game rules. So, we’ll ask for a re-vote. You need to take all of the submitted…
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