Home Viewing with Peter #988
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Contender: Superman (2025)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2025 Contenders series. Superman was added to this list based on the following criteria: Our Predictions Citation Type of Contender: Craft Contender Factor: 73.12 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1 –…
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Film Preview: The Surrender (2025)
Page Revisions: (May 4, 2025) Original Release Date: May 23, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When the family patriarch dies, a grieving mother and daughter risk their lives to perform a brutal resurrection ritual and bring him back from the dead.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There was no poster immediately available for…
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Updated Preview: Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025)
New Trailer (#3) — New Posters (#2-#7) Final Destination: Bloodlines, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #27
Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #27
Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…
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Oscar Profile: Richard Brooks Revisited
Born May 18, 1912 in Philadelphia, PA to Russian Jewish immigrants Hyman and Esther Sax, Reuben Sax grew up poor. He studied journalism at Temple University for two years from 1929-1931 before discovering that his parents were going into debt paying for his education at which time he quit school and rode the freight trains…
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Poll: Re-Awarding Best Actress, 2002
Return Links Polls Re-Awarding Best Actress, 2002 Now that we’ve finished rebuilding the nomination slate between 1997 and 2016 (we’ll do subsequent years after this series has completed), we will take those rebuilt slates and pick a new winner from among the nominees. In our ninth pass, we take a look at the new nominees…
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Oscar History: May 8 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2007: Cinema Sight: Home Viewing with Peter (formerly The DVD Report) (18) Born 1890: John Meehan (64 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Writing, Screenplay 1897: Henry Ginsberg (82 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Picture 1903: Walter Thompson (72 at…
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Contender: The Shrouds (2025)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2025 Contenders series. The Shrouds was added to this list based on the following criteria: Pre-Release Buzz Type of Contender: Limited Contender Factor: 61.4 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1 –…
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Film Preview: The Smashing Machine (2025)
Page Revisions: (May 4, 2025) Original (September 14, 2025) New Trailer (#2) — New Posters (#2-#3) (September 28, 2025) New Posters (#4-#5) Release Date: October 3, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The story of mixed-martial arts and UFC champion Mark Kerr.” Poster Rating: C / C+ / C / C / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW…
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Film Preview: Ghost Trail (2025)
Page Revisions: (May 4, 2025) Original (May 25, 2025) New Poster (#1) Release Date: May 30, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Hamid joins a secret group tracking Syrian regime leaders on the run. His mission takes him to France, pursuing his former torturer for a fateful confrontation.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1,…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 3, #27
Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 3, #27
Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…
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Looking at the Weekend: May 9-11, 2025
Although Thunderbolts* didn’t top $100 million like a lot of Marvel movies do, it will have a strong second weekend against this set of new releases, none of which seems like the kind of films to top the box office. Most (except maybe Clown in a Cornfield and Fight or Flight are likely to even…
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Contenders 25: May Update
For our May update, we’re looking at everything that has moved on to a new stage. There aren’t many at this early stage of the year but we have a few. Moving to Stage 3 There are two films that have moved on to Stage 3. This means the film has released wide. Sinners (Stage…
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