Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organizations. Here’s what’s coming up this month. AUGUST Festivals Wednesday, Aug. 28 – Venice Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Saturday, Aug. 31 – Telluride Film Festival (Festival) (Unconfirmed)
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Return Links Polls Re-Awarding Best Directing, 2002 Now that we’ve finished rebuilding the nomination slate between 1997 and 2016 (we’ll do subsequent years after this series has completed), we will take those rebuilt slates and pick a new winner from among the nominees. In our seventh pass, we take a look at the new nominees…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Anthony Coldeway (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation 1898: Morris Stoloff (81 at death) {18 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score Oscar Wins: Musical Score 1910: Walter Scharf (92 at death) {10 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar…
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New Trailer (#4) Deadpool & Wolverine, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Borderlands, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Page Revisions: (July 28, 2024) Original (August 25, 2024) New Posters (#2-#5) Release Date: August 30, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A shopkeeper must save his son from an angry mob during the 1992 L.A. uprising after the Rodney King verdict.” Poster Rating: C+ / C+ (4) SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1, C+) While the…
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Deadpool & Wolverine seems to have no real competition for staying atop the box office for a second week. Of these new releases, neither seems like a box office champion in the making. OTHER RELEASES We are only looking at films that have had trailers released on Rotten Tomatoes’ trailer YouTube Channels. Below are some…
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Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Aug. 2-4, 2024)
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Tom Barry (46 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Writing 1886: Fred Quimby (79 at death) {13 Noms, 7 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Animated Short Film Oscar Wins: Animated Short Film 1901: Renie (90 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design, Costume…
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New Trailer (#3) Cuckoo, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Page Revisions: (July 28, 2024) Original Release Date: August 30, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A family living in a home in Indiana discover strange, demonic occurrences that convince them and the community that the house is a portal to hell.” Poster Rating: C / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1, C) Four women whose…
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Page Revisions: (July 28, 2024) Original (October 20, 2024) New Trailer (#2) — New Poster (#1) Release Date: November 8, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, where he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could…
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A24 has released The Zone of Interest on 4K UHD and standard Blu-ray, each sold separately, and available only from their website. The 2023 Oscar winner for Best International Feature and Best Sound was also nominated for Best Picture, Directing, and Adapted Screenplay, the latter two going to writer-director Jonathan Glazer. The film had looked…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: William Kellner (95 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1907: Milton Holmes (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1908: Lawrence W. Butler (80 at death) {4 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations:…
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New Trailer (#3) — New Poster (#11) Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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