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. With the release of the latest adaptation of a Stephen King work, I want…
Born January 27, 1940 in Los Angeles, CA and raised in Manhattan, New York, James Cromwell is the son of actress Kay Johnson (Madam Satan) and actor-director John Cromwell (Since You Went Away). His parents divorced in 1946 the year the senior Cromwell married actress Ruth Nelson (Wilson). The younger Cromwell studied acting at Carnegie-Mellon…
Page Revisions: (November 3, 2019) Original (December 22, 2019) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#3-#4) Release Date: January 3, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death.” Poster Rating: C- / C / C / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW…
This weekend features a mass of new releases with all four having a near-equal chance of topping the box office. Doctor Sleep has the Stephen King aspect, which could bolster its bottom line, though Pet Sematary is probably an example of why that won’t work. Last Christmas is releasing way too early to be of…
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. June 7, 2019 Dark Phoenix Oscar Prospects: What I said: “Weak. The Fox Marvel films have seldom fared well with the Oscars and I don’t see this…
A group that I had not been familiar with before this year appears to be a very broad-ranging group that covers lots of ground and gives little hint as to what Oscar might consider. Award Tallies (3) Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2) Abominable, The Biggest Little Farm, The Black Godfather, Frozen II,…
Page Revisions: (November 3, 2019) Original Release Date: December 6, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. Against company policy, she takes one home as a gift for her teenage son, Joe.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review:…
New This Week The Return of Martin Guerre has been given a brand new 4K restoration by the Cohen Film Collection which reissued the film theatrically before its new Blu-ray release. The French film classic based on the real-life 15th Century case that resonated through Medieval Europe was released in France in late 1982. A…