11th Critics Choice Doc Awards
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Film Preview: Yes, God, Yes (2020)
Page Revisions: (August 2, 2020) Original Release Date: July 24, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After an innocent AOL chat turns racy, a Catholic teenager in the early 00s discovers masturbating and struggles to suppress her new urges in the face of eternal damnation.” Poster Rating: D+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: For once, a big,…
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5 Favorites Redux #41: Favorite Donald Sutherland 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. 85-year-old actor Donald Sutherland has shown no sign of slowing down. Before we tell…
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Oscar Profile #508: Wes Anderson
Born May 1, 1969 in Houston, Texas, Wes(ley) Wales Anderson was the middle of three children of archeologist turned real estate agent Ann (née Burroughs) and Melver Leonard Anderson, who worked in advertising. Tarzan author Edgar Rice Burroughs was his great-grandfather. His grandfather was Burroughs’ illustrator. It’s no wonder the young Anderson began writing plays…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 6 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Aug. 7-9, 2020)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Aug. 7-9, 2020)
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Trailer Watch: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) Updated
New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#3) Bill & Ted Face the Music, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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2020 Spring Season Preview Wrap-Up: March
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. NOTE: This was the first month were exhibitors and studios had become skittish, so a lot of these pictures may have been rescheduled (several times, possibly). March…
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Looking at the Weekend: Aug. 7-9, 2020
It’s another week with no wide releases and the trend doesn’t look to be stopping anytime soon. Our Highest Rated Films: Out Stealing Horses Our Best Awards Ratings: No consensus. OTHER LIMITED RELEASES Black Water: Abyss (Limited) Creem: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine (Limited) SamSam (Limited) Trump Card (Limited) The Green Years (Virtual) You…
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Review: Sicario (2015)
Sicario Rating Director Denis Villeneuve Screenplay Taylor Sheridan Length 121 min. Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal, Daniel Kaluuya, Jeffrey Donovan MPAA Rating R for strong violence, grisly images, and language Original Preview Click Here
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This Day in Oscar History: August 5 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: Valley of the Gods (2020)
Page Revisions: (August 2, 2020) Original Release Date: August 11, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Entwines Navajo lore with a reclusive trillionaire and his would-be biographer, creating a fascinating, mysterious and idiosyncratic vision of America.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the future, this…
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The DVD Report #684
New This Week Girl Crazy was the last and best of the four MGM musicals that Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland made between 1939 and 1943. It was the second of three film versions of the 1930 Broadway musical starring Ginger Rogers and introducing Ethel Merman. Unlike the 1940 Rooney-Garland musical Strike Up the Band,…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 4 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: Sputnik (2020)
Page Revisions: (August 2, 2020) Original Release Date: August 14, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The lone survivor of an enigmatic spaceship incident hasn’t returned back home alone-hiding inside his body is a dangerous creature.” Poster Rating: C / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) The shadow play here is weakly done, becoming far too…
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