The Contenders 26: May Retrospective/July Forecast
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Jun. 27-29, 2025)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Jun. 27-29, 2025)
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Oscar History: June 25 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: Anne Revere (87 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1909: Daniel Fuchs (84 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Motion Picture Story, Screenplay Oscar Win: Motion Picture Story 1924: Sidney Lumet (86 at death) {5 Noms,…
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Film Preview: The Kingdom (2025)
Page Revisions: (June 22, 2025) Original Release Date: April 30, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Lesia, a teenager, is taken by a man to a villa where her fugitive father and his men are hiding. A war erupts, leading to death and a chase where father and daughter bond.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW…
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Contender: After the Hunt (2025)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2025 Contenders series. After the Hunt was added to this list based on the following criteria: Our Predictions Citation Type of Contender: Limited Contender Factor: 51.55 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage…
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Film Preview: Forgive Us All (2025)
Page Revisions: (June 22, 2025) Original Release Date: July 11, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A story of redemption in a world gone dark.” Poster Rating: B- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1, B-) The color balance is awful, the reds, whites, and golds clash heavily even if some of the details on the design are…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 2, #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 2, #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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Home Viewing with Peter #938
The Criterion Collection has released Mitchell Leisen’s 1939 screwball comedy, Midnight, on Blu-ray. Midnight may not be one of the films you think of as one of the greatest of the so-called greatest year in film history, but it has its aficionados. Released in May of that year, the film starred Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche,…
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Oscar History: June 24 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Conrad A. Nervig (91 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Wins: Editing 1908: Tullio Pinelli (100 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay 1930: George Jenson (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Visual Effects 1940: Vittorio…
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Film Preview: London Calling (2025)
Page Revisions: (June 22, 2025) Original (June 29, 2025) New Trailer (#2) (September 14, 2025) New Poster (#1) Release Date: September 19, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After fleeing the UK from a job gone wrong, a down on his luck hitman is forced to babysit the son of his new crime boss and show him…
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Contender: Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 (2025)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2025 Contenders series. Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 was added to this list based on the following criteria: Pre-Release Buzz Type of Contender: Wide Contender Factor: 16.13 out of 25 (Stage 2 of 5…
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Updated Preview: The Naked Gun (2025)
New Trailer (#2) — New Posters (#2) The Naked Gun, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Rating the Nominees, Group 1, #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 1, #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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Box Office History (Week 25, 2025)
Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look…
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