The Contenders 26: May Retrospective/July Forecast
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Results: Film Fun Friday #22
Results are in for Week #21 of Film Fun Friday. Game: Identify the Poster The correct answers were: The Left-Handed Gun (Foreign Poster) and Adventures in Babysitting (Negative Poster). Lallolupo correctly identified the foreign poster. Mike Furlong got the negative poster right. Game: Quotes The quote “When you love someone, from Roosevelt to me, you…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 13
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Gladys George (54 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1902: Leland Hayward (68 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Picture – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1903: Claudette Colbert (92 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Lead Actress – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1909:…
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Previews: Week Ending September 12, 2010
After a fairly slow week last, we have a nice blend of new trailers and posters this week. Three new previews with trailers and posters, two new trailers for existing previews, and eleven total new posters. Poster Highlights: Two posters top this week’s list of new releases with Love and Other Drugs just barely edging…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 12
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: William Slavens McNutt (52 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story, Screenplay –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1888: Maurice Chevalier (83 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1907: Ruby Levitt (84 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Color)…
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Oscar Week in Review: September 5-11, 2010
Oscar News The Telluride Film Festival was last weekend, and several movies used that launching pad to get out of the box running. Among the films to make a loud impression were The King’s Speech, Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours and Never Let Me Go. Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan garnered good buzz, especially for Natalie Portman. The…
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Trailer Watch: September 10, 2010
Closing out the week with a tiny bit of a delay in posting, we have a batch of new updates. New trailers for Windfall, Inspector Bellamy and Monsters, plus new posters for Megamind and Fair Game. MONSTERS, trailer #2 Plot Summary: After a NASA probe crash lands in Mexico, strange new lifeforms begin appearing and…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 11
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Herbert Stothart (63 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Original Score;Oscar Nominee: Original Score, Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score – 12 Noms, 1 Win} 1898: Ralph Wheelwright (72 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1903: Roger K. Furse (68 at death) {Oscar…
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Awards Season: The 2010 Fall Preview, Part II
Yesterday, I posted the first part of my Awards Season Box Office/Oscar preview. Below are my analyses for November and December. Reminder: Oscar Prospects are not displayed for those films which are not Oscar contenders. NOVEMBER 5-7, 2010 DUE DATE Premise: Trying to get home for his child’s birth, a desperate father-to-be finds himself trapped…
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Film Fun Friday #22
Welcome once again to Film Fun Friday where we want you to have fun. If you have further suggestions on how we can improve, ideas for other games you’d like to see or just want to tell us how much fun you’re having, feel free to drop us a Comment. If you would like to…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 10
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: Bessie Love (87 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1911: Jack Davies (82 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1914: Robert Wise (91 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Picture, Directing,Irving G. Thalberg Award; Oscar Nominee: Picture,…
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Trailer Watch: September 9, 2010
Two new trailers today, the third for Megamind and the second for Saw 3D. In addition, we have one last character poster for Megamind and two for Let Me In. MEGAMIND, trailer #3, poster #6 Plot Summary: Two arch rivals fight to dominate the world as super villain and super hero, each with something to…
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Feed the Queue #11
The Night of the Hunter is this week’s Feed the Queue winner. Stalag 17 came in second. I have added The Night of the Hunter to my queue today and will receive it next week to be watched that subsequent weekend and reviewed in The Morning After to be posted on September 20. Here’s the…
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Awards Season: The 2010 Fall Preview, Part I
There are generally three distinct periods in the film year. The most important to studios is the Summer film season running from May through August. This is where they make a good deal of their money with kids out of school and ready to spend money to be entertained. Then there’s Awards Season. This is…
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Oscar Profile #2: Irene Dunne
Of all the great stars of the studio era, Irene Dunne is probably the least known to modern audiences. That’s largely because so many of her films were remade and the originals suppressed and, although somewhat available now, are still largely unseen by the majority of the public. Born in 1898, the operatically trained singer…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 9
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Arthur Freed (78 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Picture, Special/Honorary,Irving G. Thalberg Award; Oscar Nominee: Picture, Song – 3 Noms, 4 Wins} 1900: James Hilton (54 at death) {Oscar Winner: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1902: Chester Schaeffer (89 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing –…
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