11th Critics Choice Doc Awards
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Precursor: 22nd Film Music Critics Awards (2019)
The Academy gave the award to the composer of Joker. That composer instead won here for Chernobyl. Instead, celebrated composer John Williams took home three prizes for his Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker score. This group was more likely to recognize Williams for his last Star Wars score ever than the Academy was. That…
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Poll: Remaking Best Supporting Actress, 2004
Return Links Polls Remaking Best Supporting Actress, 2004 In our third pass of the Oscar nominees from 1997 through 2016, we take a look at the nominees for Best Supporting Actress. Each week, we’ll present a list of contenders from which you can select five to make up the Best Supporting Actress slate. There will…
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Trailer Watch: The Hunt (2020) Updated
New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2) / New Release Date (changed from 12/6/19) The Hunt, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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5 Favorites Redux #17: Favorite Harrison Ford 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. In honor of the impending release of The Call of the Wild, the latest…
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Oscar Profile #484: Joaquin Phoenix Revisited
Born Joaquin Rafael Bottom in Puerto Rico on October 28, 1974, the middle child of five of a New York Jewish mother and California father of mostly English heritage, his parents who were then members of the Children of God missionaries changed the family name to Phoenix. With older siblings named River and Rain and…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 20 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Feb. 21-23, 2020)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Feb. 21-23, 2020)
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Film Preview: The Roads Not Taken (2020)
Page Revisions: (February 16, 2020) Original Release Date: March 13, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Sally Potter’s film follows a day in the life of Leo (Javier Bardem) and his daughter, Molly (Elle Fanning), as he floats through alternate lives he could have lived, leading Molly to wrestle with her own path as she considers her…
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2020 Spring Season Preview: March
Here we look at the upcoming month’s offerings. March 6, 2020 Onward Premise: From IMDb: “Set in a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on a quest to discover if there is still magic out there.” Box Office Prospects: $250 M Expectations: Excellent. Every original Pixar film, with a few exceptions, has done…
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Looking at the Weekend: Feb. 21-23, 2020
A new number one is likely with this week’s debut of Call of the Wild starring Harrison Ford. It’s an adaptation of a well known novel by Jack London and the previews definitely sell it as a one-of-a-kind adventure between a man and his dog. Unlike this week’s other debut, Brahms: The Boy II, Call…
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Review: I Lost My Body (2019)
I Lost My Body Rating Director Jérémy Clapin Screenplay Jérémy Clapin, Guillaume Laurant Length 1h 21min Starring Hakim Faris, Victoire Du Bois, Patrick d”Assumcao MPAA Rating None Original Preview None
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This Day in Oscar History: February 19 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Precursor: 65th David di Dontello Awards (2020)
This organization selects only Italian productions, thus is no general precursor to the Oscars. Award Tallies (18) The Traitor (15) The First King, Pinocchio (11) Martin Eden (9) 5 Is the Perfect Number (6) Suspiria (4) Bangla, The Dea Fortuna, The Mayor of Rita Sanita (3) Memories?, The Paranza of Children The Awards
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Precursor: 8th Canadian Screen Awards Nominations (2020)
This organization selects only Canadian productions, thus is no general precursor to the Oscars. Award Tallies (9) The Song of Names (8) The Twentieth Century (7) Antigone (6) The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (5) And the Birds Rained Down, Goalie, Riot Girls (4) American Woman, Anne at 13,000 ft., Disappearance at Clifton…
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Film Preview: The French Dispatch (2021)
Page Revisions: (February 16, 2020) Original (September 5, 2021) New Release Date (changed from 7/24/20) (October 17, 2021) New Posters (#2-#18) Release Date: October 22, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city that brings to life a collection of…
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