The Contenders 26: May Retrospective/July Forecast
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Film Preview: Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025)
Page Revisions: (June 22, 2025) Original (September 21, 2025) New Trailer (#2) (October 19, 2025) New Trailer (#3) — New Posters (#2-#5) Release Date: October 24, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Bruce Springsteen’s journey crafting his 1982 album Nebraska, which emerged as he recorded Born in the USA with the E Street Band. Based on Warren…
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Contender: Wolf Man (2025)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2025 Contenders series. Wolf Man was added to this list based on the following criteria: Pre-Release Buzz Type of Contender: Craft Contender Factor: 50.63 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1 –…
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Film Preview: Black Tea (2025)
Page Revisions: (June 22, 2025) Original Release Date: May 9, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After saying “no” on her wedding day, Joice leaves the Ivory Coast to start a new life in Guangzhou, China.” Poster Rating: C+ / B- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1, C+ & #2, B-) These posters use the same film…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #34
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, #34
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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Review: A Place in the Sun (1951)
A Place in the Sun Rating Director George Stevens Screenplay Michael Wilson, Harry Brown (Novel: Theodore Dreiser; Play: Patrick Kearney) Length 2h 02m Starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Keefe Brasselle, Fred Clark, Raymond Burr, Herbert Heyes, Shepperd Strudwick, Frieda Inescort, Kathryn Givney, Walter Sande, Ted de Corsia, John Ridgely, Lois Chartrand,…
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Oscar Profile: Robert Donat Revisited
Born March 18, 1905 in Manchester, England, Robert Donat‘s carefully honed speaking voice was a result of the elocution lessons he took as a boy to overcome a terrible stammer. Unfortunately, he never outgrew his other childhood affliction, an asthmatic condition that caused him to turn down more film roles than he accepted. On stage…
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Poll: Re-Awarding Best Actress, 2009
Return Links Polls Re-Awarding Best Actress, 2009 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: June 26 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Jeanne Eagels (39 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1891: Sidney Howard (48 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Adaptation, Screenplay Oscar Win: Screenplay 1907: Joan Harrison (87 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay 1909: Wolfgang…
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Contender: The Smashing Machine (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 Smashing Machine was added to this list based on the following criteria: Our Predictions Citation Type of Contender: Limited Contender Factor: 69.95 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage…
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Film Preview: In Your Dreams (2025)
Page Revisions: (June 22, 2025) Original (October 5, 2025) New Trailer (#2) — New Poster (#2) Release Date: October 31, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Stevie and her little brother Elliot journey into the wildly absurd landscape of their own dreams to ask the Sandman to grant them the perfect family.” Poster Rating: C / C+…
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Updated Preview: I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)
New Trailer (#2) — New Posters (#2-#3) I Know What You Did Last Summer, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Rating the Nominees, Group 3, #34
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, #34
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: Jun. 27-29, 2025
A sequel and a racing drama face off for the top spot at the box office. F1 is more likely to take the weekend though it won’t be an easy battle with M3GAN 2.0, which could also take the top spot. Either way, we’ll have a new box office champ for one week. OTHER RELEASES…
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