11th Critics Choice Doc Awards
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Film Preview: The Opening Act (2020)
Page Revisions: (October 4, 2020) Original Release Date: October 16, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The film follows Will O’Brien whose true life passion is to become a stand-up comedian. He is given the opportunity to emcee a comedy show, opening for his hero, Billy G. O’Brien has to decide if he wants to continue the…
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Film Preview: Ghabe (2020)
Page Revisions: (October 4, 2020) Original (October 25, 2020) New Trailer (#2) Release Date: October 20, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A refugee falling in love.” Poster Rating: C+ / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) Watching the trailer, the image selection here becomes a bit more clear, but it doesn’t quite entice someone passing…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 41, 2020)
Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking…
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The Friday Face-Off, Losers Bracket Round One #9
Below are our face-offs for this week. Choose the better winner in each category. For more information on how the game works, click here.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 9 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: Remaking Best Costume Design, 2014
Return Links Polls Remaking Best Costume Design, 2014 In our third pass of the Oscar nominees from 1997 through 2016, we take a look at the nominees for Best Costume Design. Each week, we’ll present a list of contenders from which you can select five to make up the Best Costume Design slate. There will…
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Film Preview: Shithouse (2020)
Page Revisions: (October 4, 2020) Original (October 11, 2020) New Poster (#1) Release Date: October 16, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A homesick college freshman goes to a party at Shithouse and ends up spending the night with his sophomore RA who’s had a shitty day and wants someone to hang out with.” Poster Rating: C…
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Film Preview: Dedalus (2020)
Page Revisions: (October 4, 2020) Original Release Date: October 20, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “DEDALUS is a fiction triptych portraying community, love, and loss. In rural Iowa, a grocery cashier watches helplessly as classmates conceal their act of sexual violence against his teenaged step-sister. Will she keep the child? A hustler tricks for food, shelter,…
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5 Favorites Redux #49: Favorite Elle Fanning Films
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 coming weekend, the latest film by Woody Allen makes its way onto the…
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Oscar Profile #517: Charles Walters
Born February 17, 1911 in Pasadena, California, Charles Walters graduated from Anaheim Union High School in 1930 and briefly attended USC-Los Angeles before embarking on a dancing career in 1931. After joining the touring Fancho & Marcum review as a chorus boy and specialty dancer, Walters embarked on a correspondence with producer, dancer, and choreographer…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 8 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Oct. 9-11, 2020)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Oct. 9-11, 2020)
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Film Preview: The Call (2020)
Page Revisions: (October 4, 2020) Original Release Date: October 2, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident brings them to the couple’s door.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The attempt…
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Film Preview: Coming Home Again (2020)
Page Revisions: (October 4, 2020) Original (October 18, 2020) New Poster (#1) Release Date: October 23, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A Korean American man takes care of his sick mother as she teaches him her traditional recipes.” Poster Rating: D SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: This poster does absolutely nothing to entice cautious filmgoers. The…
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Looking at the Weekend: Oct. 9-11, 2020
The final nail in the 2020 box office may have been the move of No Time to Die into 2021 leaving only two big films yet to move, Dune and Wonder Woman 1984, but likely to do so, especially after Regal Cinemas’ parent company decided to shutter their theaters nationwide and in the United Kingdom…
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