We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Two Popes Fernando Meirelles has made nine films with two of them being Oscar nominees. The Two Popes is his third attempt at scoring Oscar nominations, his first attempt since 2008’s Blindness, which failed to move the Oscar needle The…
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How the Atlanta film critics have become the first of the minor critics to announce is anyone’s guess, but here they are hot on the heels of the other early newbies the Hollywood Critics Association. Unlike the HCA, Atlanta seems to have an eye on influencing the Oscars with a lot of daring choices. Parasite…
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Not exactly known for their Oscar forecasting, the AARP Movies for Grownups nominations nevertheless feature all of the major players, at least the ones eligible for their AARP card. Matter of fact, most of the older contenders are here with the exception of Ian McKellen, Willem Dafoe, and maybe a few others. There’s not a…
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A couple of noteworthy/surprising things happened in this year’s Annie Awards nominations and a couple of the surprises aren’t a good sign. Let’s start with what we expected. Frozen II was sure to clean up here and Toy Story 4 was also supposed to do well and they did. How to Train Your Dragon: The…
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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: The Farewell Lulu Wang’s second…
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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). With a handful of the potential precursors that could have announced this week not present, the only one…
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The week of Thanksgiving started out really slow, but the Friday after and Saturday say an uptick in receipts. Here’s what we have…things started off with Fox Searchlight as the only title received prior to Thursday. After that, we got two separate packages for Amazon, a soundtrack from United Artists, then two different packages from…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Page Revisions: (November 24, 2019) Original (February 16, 2020) New Posters (#2-#3) Release Date: February 21, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A sled dog struggles for survival in the Alaskan wild.” Poster Rating: C+ / B- / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) A simple two-section design that has a lot of blank space in…
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Below are seventeen previews for films opening next weekend. The Aeronauts (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Playmobil: The Movie (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview The Banker (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Beyond the Law (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Daniel Isn’t Real (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview En Brazos de un Asesino (Limited) Cinema…
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Page Revisions: (December 1, 2019) Original Release Date: December 6, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “June was once a known counter-culture figure, but that was a decade ago. She now lives alone in her South Bronx apartment, having all but cut herself off from the outside world. It’s the notorious “Summer of Sam” and June only…
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Page Revisions: (December 1, 2019) Original Release Date: December 6, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.” Poster Rating:…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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