Oscar History: November 7 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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This Day in Oscar History: December 9 (2022)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 27th Satellite Awards Nominations (2022)
This group has never been a reliable Oscar bellwether and their early release often eliminates newer films from competition, so the fact that Top Gun: Maverick did this well isn’t surprising, but Babylon and The Fabelmans did better than their late releases would suggest. On top of that, where is She Said? Nominations Tallies (10)…
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Precursor: 6th Hollywood Critics Creative Arts Nominations (2022)
The Hollywood Critics Association, which has been roiled by controversy and resignations, has decided to split off its creative arts categories so that they can have two ceremonies instead of one. Probably not the best idea, but they may be hoping to streamline their main awards so they can hook a broadcast deal. Anyway, these…
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Precursor: 20th African American Critics Awards, Part 1 (2022)
Other category winners to be announced on January 16. The African American Film Critics Association have announced their ranked top ten list and then will announce the remainder of their awards later. While it’s a fairly broad selection of films, the vast majority of them aren’t major Oscar players. Only the top 3 along with…
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Precursor: 94th National Board of Review Awards (2022)
The National Board of Review is usually the first major precursor to release their results, but were beaten to the punch by the New York Film Critics Circle. This year, they went a little more populist than they have in the past and chose Top Gun: Maverick, a Best Picture nomination contender that may now…
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Poll: Re-Awarding Best Actor, 2011
Return Links Polls Re-Awarding Best Actor, 2011 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 first pass, we take a look at the new nominees…
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Trailer Watch: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) Updated
New Trailer (#2) — New Posters (#3-#8) The Super Mario Bros. Movie, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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5 Favorites #158: Toby Jones
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. This week, Sam Mendes’ newest film, Empire of Light, opens and while Mendes and…
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Oscar Profile #628: Nancy Olson Revisited
Born July 14, 1928 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Henry Olson, a physician, and his wife, Evelyn, Nancy Olson was discovered on stage at UCLA which she transferred to in 1948. Nicknamed Wholesome Olson, the peaches-and-cream blonde was given a walk-on in 1948’s Portrait of Jennie and then given a contract by Paramount. Olson made her…
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Review: Life Is Beautiful (1998)
This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. Life Is Beautiful Rating Director Roberto Benigni Screenplay Vincenzo Cerami, Robert Benigni Length 1h 56m Starring Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bustric, Marisa Paredes, Horst Bucholz, Lydia Alfonsi MPAA Rating PG-13
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This Day in Oscar History: December 8 (2022)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 60th Publicists Guild Nominations (2022)
These are the individual nominations for the Publicists Guild nominations. There isn’t anything to say about them since they don’t reflect individual films. Those nominations come later. The Nominations
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Dec. 9-11, 2022)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Dec. 9-11, 2022)
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Film Preview: Return to Seoul (2022)
Page Revisions: (December 4, 2022) Original Release Date: December 2, 2022 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.” Poster…
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2022 Blockbuster Season Box Office Wrap-Up: July
Below is a wrap-up of the predictions I made several months ago, an exploration of what succeeded and what failed, and how I observe things to have gone. July 1, 2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru Oscar Prospects: What I said: “Poor. The Academy hasn’t shown much interest in this franchise, so I doubt we’ll…
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