11th Critics Choice Doc Awards
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Film Preview: Villain (2020)
Page Revisions: (April 26, 2020) Original Release Date: May 8, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Eddie Franks is a former criminal who attempts to help his family by reconnecting with his daughter and clearing his brother’s debt. Despite his efforts, he is drawn back into a criminal way of life, with devastating consequences.” Poster Rating: C+…
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Film Preview: We Summon the Darkness (2020)
Page Revisions: (April 26, 2020) Original Release Date: April 10, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Three best friends embark on a road trip to a heavy-metal show, where they bond with three aspiring musicians and head off to one of the girls’ country home for an after-party.” Poster Rating: B / B- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW…
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Review: Downton Abbey (2019)
Downton Abbey Rating Director Michael Engler Screenplay Julian Fellowes Length 2h 2min Starring Michelle Dockery, Maggie Smith, Matthew Goode, Tuppence Middleton, Imelda Staunton, Joanne Froggatt, Elizabeth McGovern, Mark Addy, Allen Leech, Kate Phillips, Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Stephen Campbell Moore, Max Brown, Sophie McShera, Robert James-Collier, Geraldine James, Philippe Spall, Penelope Wilton, Raquel Cassidy, Susan…
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This Day in Oscar History: April 29 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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93rd Oscars: Awards Rules Approved
The Academy has announced several rules changes for this year’s Oscars; however, only one of them is pandemic-related, namely the change to eligibility rules for films that had to be released digitally because theaters were not open. Beyond that, some noteworthy changes include: The unfortunate merger of the Sound Mixing and Sound Editing categories because…
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Film Preview: Abe (2020)
Page Revisions: (April 26, 2020) Original Release Date: April 17, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Abe is a 12-year-old boy from Brooklyn who cooks to unite his half Israeli and half Palestinian family, but everything goes wrong.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: It’s a kid cooking. It says what the film is about,…
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Film Preview: Intrigo: Samaria (2020)
Page Revisions: (April 26, 2020) Original Release Date: May 5, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Nineteen-year-old Vera Kall cycles home through the night. She arrives at a farm, leaves her bike and sneaks quietly in through the door. She enters the kitchen and doesn’t even have time to notice that she’s not alone. The sudden blow…
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The DVD Report #670
New This Week Connecting Rooms and Love Among the Ruins are not films we tend to think of when we think of Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn, but both films have been newly released on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber to remind us once again what extraordinary actresses these two legends were throughout their lives. Connecting…
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This Day in Oscar History: April 28 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: The Lost Husband (2020)
Page Revisions: (April 26, 2020) Original Release Date: April 10, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt’s goat farm in central Texas.” Poster Rating: D+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: This split design is formulaic and…
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Film Preview: The Half of It (2020)
Page Revisions: (April 26, 2020) Original Release Date: May 1, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When smart but cash-strapped teen Ellie Chu agrees to write a love letter for a jock, she doesn’t expect to become his friend – or fall for his crush.” Poster Rating: B- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: An interesting way to…
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This Day in Oscar History: April 27 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: About a Teacher (2020)
Page Revisions: (April 19, 2020) Original Release Date: April 7, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An inspiring drama about the personal journey of a new inner-city public high school teacher who enters the profession oblivious to the actual demands of teaching in the inner-city, and unaware of his own shortcomings and biases.” Poster Rating: – Review:…
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This Day in Oscar History: April 26 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: Standing Up, Falling Down (2020)
Page Revisions: (April 19, 2020) Original Release Date: February 21, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A comedy about the unlikely friendship that kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A., forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island with his tail between his legs, and a tragically flawed, but charming and charismatic, alcoholic dermatologist. Discovering…
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