There isn’t a lot this group really tells us. Their nominating committees are tiny and unrepresentative and they are inconsistent a lot of times in their definition of independent cinema. Several films got acting nominations or other citations but were left out of the top category. That doesn’t tell us much of anything and until…
MEDALISTS REVEALED AT 2023 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS® International Student Film Competition Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary; Ceremony Held at Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater LOS ANGELES, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tonight honored its student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 50th Student Academy Awards® ceremony. The Gold,…
Five films, at the time of this writing, were going to try to release wide. I suspect only one will and that’s Five Nights at Freddy’s, a video adaptation that hopes to lure in fans of the game who may have already grown out of it. I suspect it will struggle to open well and…
Page Revisions: (October 22, 2023) Original (October 12, 2023) New Trailer (#2) — New Poster (#2) Release Date: December 15, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.” Poster Rating: C…
Page Revisions: (October 22, 2023) Original Release Date: December 25, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A 1930s-set story centered on the University of Washington’s rowing team, from their Depression-era beginnings to winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.” Poster Rating: B- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: While there is a lot of empty space, the foggy…
Less than two months after its U.S. theatrical release, three months after its Israeli release, Golda has been released on Blu-ray and standard DVD. I wish I could say that this film about Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meier during 1973’s Yum Kippur War is something to shout about, but unfortunately it isn’t. The film, which…
Page Revisions: (October 22, 2023) Original (October 12, 2023) New Poster (#1) (December 24, 2023) New Trailer (#2) — New Poster (#2) Release Date: December 22, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Author Thelonious “Monk” Ellison is peeved because his latest offering hasn’t caught fire with publishers, while a tome called We’s Lives in Da Ghetto by…
Below are six previews for films opening next weekend. Five Nights at Freddy’s (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Freelance (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Inspector Sun (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Fingernails (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview The Holdovers (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Suitable Flesh (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview
Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look…