The Academy has announced all of the shortlists for their awards this year, making the narrowing process of picking the nominations easier. Below are the nine category shortlists. I’ll skip the commentary on the documentary and short film categories, but let’s look at the rest. In Best International Film, the films that would have caused…
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Return Links Polls Now That You’ve Seen Jumanji: The Next Level…?
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New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#1) / Added Image Gallery Just Mercy, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Page Revisions: (December 15, 2019) Original (October 11, 2020) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#3-#4) / New Release Date (changed from 7/3/20) (June 20, 2021) New Trailer (#3) — New Posters (#5-#6) — New Release Date (changed from 12.11.2020) (August 8, 2021) New Posters (#7-#14) Release Date: August 13, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A…
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We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Richard Jewell Clint Eastwood has played the late-year release card so many times that every time he issues forth with a new film late in the year, he instantly joins the Oscar conversation. While the films since American Sniper have ultimately…
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As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). Christmas is just around the corner, which means the vast majority of film critic groups are about to…
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Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what movies I’ve seen over the past week. Below, you will find short reviews of those movies along with a star rating. Full length reviews may come at a later date. So, here is what I watched this past week: Parasite Bong Joon-ho is a…
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Universal started this week with a copy of Queen & Slim. Focus Features sent out three titles. Netflix dropped a huge package of seven films and Neon topped off the week with their usual package of DVDs in a multi-page package of twelve films. It almost feels like The Lord of the Rings again. 12…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Another regional critics group, another list of similar-looking winners. Award Tallies (3) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2) The Irishman, Knives Out, Uncut Gems The Awards
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One of the last of the Elder Statesmen of film critics organizations has also awarded 1917 with its top prize making it two wins in one day. Is the film finally peaking at the right moment to go all the way to the Oscars, we’ll see. Award Tallies (2) 1917, Us The Awards
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With only eighteen members in the St. Louis Film Critics Association, ties tended to come up quite frequently (not as bad as the 4 Hawaii film critics, though) and they also made no bones about how much they love Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, which nearly swept the group’s prizes with nine awards. 1917…
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Boston, one of the elder statesmen of film critics groups is the first to recognize Little Women as Best Picture of the year. Whether it’s enough in advance of the Oscars to keep it in contention. Award Tallies (4) Little Women (2) Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Parasite The Awards
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Return Links Polls What Are You Most Anticipating? (Jan. 2019, Wide)
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Below are five previews for films opening next weekend. Bombshell (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Cats (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Invisible Life (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview She’s Missing (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview
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