The Contenders 26: May Retrospective/July Forecast
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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This Day in Oscar History: September 6
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: George Hively (60 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1889: Louis Silvers (64 at death) {Oscar Winner: Scoring; Oscar Nominee: Original Score,Scoring – 4 Noms, 1 Win} 1903: Murray Spivack (90 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Sound/Sound Mixing –2 Noms, 1 Win}…
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Previews: Week Ending September 5, 2010
It was an incredibly slow week. One new trailer and six new posters and that was it. Poster Highlights: For lack of trailers this week, at least we had a few nice posters to look at. The Next Three Days was easily the best of the bunch, but the posters for Alpha and Omega and…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 5
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Darryl F. Zanuck (77 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Irving G. Thalberg Award;Oscar Nominee: Picture, Original Story, Irving G. Thalberg Award – 2 Noms, 3 Wins} 1912: Ray Gilbert (63 at death) {Oscar Winner: Song – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1919: Paul Claudon (82 at death)…
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Oscar Week in Review: August 29-September 4, 2010
Oscar News Two contenders premiered at the Venice Film Festival late this week. Oscar Winner Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere is garnering a lot of comparisons to Lost in Translation, and Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan is getting comparisons to Requiem for a Dream. If both filmmakers are working in top form, they could be major competitors this…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 4
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Pete Smith (86 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Color Short Film, One-Reel Short Film, Special/Honorary; Oscar Nominee: Color Short Film, Novelty Short Film, One-Reel Short Film –16 Noms, 3 Wins} 1899: Ida Kaminska (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1901:…
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Trailer Watch: September 3, 2010
And so ends one of the slowest weeks ever. Here’s your lone new poster today. YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER, poster #2 Plot Summary: The latest relationship comedy from Woody Allen featuring a washed-up writer, his conflicted wife, an divorcee looking to find love again, a talented musician and a host of others.…
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Film Fun Friday #21
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 3
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Anthony Collins (70 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Score, Scoring, Musical Score –3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1897: Sally Benson (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1903: Wilfred M. Cline (72 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Color) – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}…
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Trailer Watch: September 2, 2010
Still no new trailers. This is the kind of doldrums I’m used to seeing in the week between Christmas and New Year’s. Who knows what’s going on. Anyway, we have two secondary posters for a couple of existing previews: Inside Job and Monsters. INSIDE JOB, poster #2 Plot Summary: An examination of the financial crisis…
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Feed the Queue #10
The winner this week, with a one-point advantage over its nearest competitor is The Lion in Winter. Little Women came in second with The Big Lebowski coming in a distant third. I have added The Lion in Winter to my queue today and will receive it next week to be watched that subsequent weekend and…
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Oscar Profile #1: Katharine Hepburn
Today begins a new project for me – that of profiling major Oscar winners and losers and some who were never nominated but should have been. We begin with Katharine Hepburn, the all-time champion acting winner with twelve nominations and four wins. Meryl Streep may have passed her in nominations, but no other performer has…
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Tentpole Season: 2010 Summer Preview Wrap-Up
The best way to characterize this Summer was that I severely over-estimated the performances of nearly every film…either that or audiences just didn’t turn out where I thought they would. Aside from a few near-on predictions, most of the films weren’t. Although not all films have left theaters yet, we can probably tell from current…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 2
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1905: Lionel Lindon (66 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Color);Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1923: Shinobu Muraki (87) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1928: John Armstrong (75 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Short – 1 Nom, 0…
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Trailer Watch: September 1, 2010
One lonely new trailer today. THE NEXT THREE DAYS Plot Summary: After his wife is put in prison for murder, a desperate husband decides to break her out so he and his family can live in peace. Release Date: November 19, 2010 Trailer Poster Previous Preview:The Next Three Days Rating: A- Commentary: Much like one…
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Game: Awards Season Box Office Predictions
Welcome to Cinema Sight’s new, four-week competition! If you think you are a terrific box office prognosticator, here’s your chance to prove it. This contest will run from the weekend of September 3-5, 2010 through the weekend of December 31-January 2, 2011. This is an 18-week contest where each week your predictions can earn you…
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