Month: November 2012
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Precursor: 24th PGA Documentary Nominations (2012)
The Producers Guild of America have announced the nominations for the first of their three film categories. Documentary nominations were announced today, and the remaining categories will be announced January 3, 2013. In looking at last year’s documentary list from the Producers Guild, it was clear that their influence over the Academy for documentaries was…
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Trailer Watch: Epic
Epic visuals, but nothing else. Epic Plot Summary: The young daughter of a scientist finds herself plunged into a minute, mystical world where a war is brewing. Release Date: May 24, 2013 Poster Trailer Rating: None Commentary: Poster was a placeholder at the time this post was written. Rating: C- Commentary: First thing’s first: the…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 48, 2012)
Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…
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Friday Face-Off #49
Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It’s a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we’ll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 30 (2012)
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Shortlist: Best Live Action Short Film
Buried late in the day, here is the last of the short film shortlists. We should be getting further short lists for Foreign Language Film (at least the full eligible list), makeup, song and score at some point in the coming weeks.
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Screener Watch: Three Studios, Four Titles
Over the last three days, I’ve gotten a handful of screeners, but due to time constraints, I couldn’t get anything posted until now. The titles I received were DreamWorks’ Rise of the Guardians and Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted; and Summit Entertainment’s The Impossible and The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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Poll: Best Actor (1993 – 1997)
Return Links Best Actor Poll Archive Best Actor Poll: 1993 – 1997 Cinema Sight Asks: Which Best Actor winner is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Shortlist: Best Visual Effects
Unlike the past few years, the Visual Effects category has been pre-narrowed to ten films, each of which has an equal chance of gaining one of the five Best Visual Effects nomination slots. Here’s the Academy press release. John Carter and Snow White seem to me the least likely to make it through with Skyfall,…
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Trailer Watch: The Impossible
The trailer makes this look like “The Rudimentary.” The Impossible Plot Summary: A British family struggles to find each other after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami strikes Thailand. Release Date: December 21, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: None Commentary: Poster was a placeholder at the time this post was written. Rating: C- Commentary: After that opening…
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Oscar Profile #113: Roland Young
Born November 11, 1887 in London, England, Roland Young was a graduate of London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He made his stage debut in 1908 and his Broadway debut in 1912. Becoming a U.S. citizen in 1917, he served with Uncle Sam in World War I. After his war service he married Frances Kummer…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 29 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2012)
Return Links What Are You Watching? Poll Archive What Are You Watching? (Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2012) Cinema Sight Asks: What are you watching? (Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2012) Public OpinionPoll Results
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Trailer Watch: On the Road
Kerouac defined a generation; something the filmmakers only wish their film could do, but won’t. On the Road Plot Summary: A big screen translation of the classic Jack Kerouac novel On the Road. Release Date: December 21, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: C+ Commentary: Admittedly the colors and layout are better than a lot of what…
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Game: 2012 Oscar Box Office Week 13 & Week 12 Results
For a full list of rules, click here: 2012 Oscar Box Office Predictions Game Rules. Submit Your Predictions for This Week Top Ten Films at the U.S. Box Office of the week in order from most money to least. Individual monetary predictions for each film. Final box office tally for all new wide releases. Awards…
