Home Viewing with Peter #988
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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What to See: January 14-16, 2011
On Wednesdays, we preview all of the upcoming new wide and limited releases hitting the theaters the coming weekend. On Fridays, we’ll now tell you what you should see. We pose two questions each week to our contributors and their responses are posted below. Wesley Lovell 1. Which of the two new wide releases would…
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Predictions: Golden Globe Awards
Sunday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will announce the winners of its 68th Golden Globe Awards. In preparation for this event, one of the oldest regularly-telecast productions on television and second only to the Oscars for televised film awards shows, we have decided to put together our thoughts and predictions for this weekend’s awards. KEY:…
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Tonight on Cinema Sight: Critics’ Choice Awards
This evening, I will be Tweeting live from my living room as I watch the Broadcast Film Critics Association’s Critics’ Choice Awards on VH1. Not only will you get frequent Tweets throughout the night on our official Twitter page, but you’ll also get a single thread that will be updated with winners throughout the night.…
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Film Fun Friday #39
Welcome to the new Film Fun Friday. In an effort to make our games more fun, I’ve increased the interactivity of them. Now you’ll be responding to your fellow players or continuing their thoughts. Each game has a different set of rules, so make sure to read up before posting. And always remember to have…
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Precursor: American Cinema Editors Nominations
Below are the nominees for the 2010 American Cinema Editors awards. The Nominations Best Editing, Drama Black Swan The Fighter Inception The King’s Speech The Social Network Best Editing, Comedy/Musical Alice in Wonderland Easy A The Kids Are All Right Made in Dagenham Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
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This Day in Oscar History: January 14
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Hal Roach (100 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Comedy Short Film,One-Reel Short Film, Special/Honorary; Oscar Nominee: Comedy Short Film, One-Reel Short Film –3 Noms, 3 Wins} 1896: Hans J. Salter (98 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score –6 Noms, 0 Wins} 1898: Margaret Booth…
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Hopefuls Update
With two awards shows going this weekend (Friday are the Broadcast Film Critics Association’s Critics’ Choice Awards and Sunday are the Golden Globe Awards), I figured I should get my predictions updated beforehand (and since it’s been almost a month since I last updated them). I haven’t changed a heck of a lot, but the…
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Feed the Queue #28
Before I went on hiatus, the vote ended up being 1 person, so his top pick wins. Oh! What a Lovely War has been added to my queue. I will receive it next week to be watched that subsequent weekend (or watched this weekend if I have time) and reviewed in The Morning After to…
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Oscar Profile #20: Gladys Cooper
Born December 18, 1888 in London, England, Gladys Cooper would have one of the most celebrated stage and screen careers of the Twentieth Century. Considered a great beauty even as a child, she became a photographer’s model at the age of six. She made her stage debut at 16 in 1905 in the British touring…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 13
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Herbert Brenon (78 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Drama Directing –1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1885: James Monaco (60 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 4 Noms, 0 Wins} 1901: Sidney Wagner (46 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1901:…
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Game: Week 2 – 2011 Spring Box Office Predictions
Time for another week of box office predictions. Submit yours below. Don’t remember the rules or need a refresher? Check them out here: Game Rules. Submit the Following for this Week
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Looking at the Weekend: January 14-16, 2011
A large number of limited releases come out this week, seven in all, and will be joined by two wide releases. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on. The number in parens represents the percentage of our contributors who agree with the statement. The Dilemma: We are…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 12
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Melchior Lengyel (94 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1893: Edward Selzer (77 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Documentary Short,Animated Short Film – 11 Nom, 5 Wins} 1904: Joseph Gershenson (84 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Musical Score,Adaptation or Treatment Score –…
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5 Favorites #8: 5 Favorite James Stewart Films
Every week, we’ll pose a new “five favorites” question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you’re welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. We’ll pair off last week’s legend with…
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The DVD Report #190: Oscar on DVD – 1971
New This Week CLICK HEREfor other new releases this week. The 1971 Oscars continued the trend of the previous few years in trying to walk a fine line between the innovative and the tried and true. On the one hand, the Best Picture nominees included Stanley Kubrick’s fabulously futuristic A Clockwork Orange and Peter Bogdanovich’s…
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