Month: December 2017
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Film Preview: Overboard (2018)
Page Revisions: (December 24, 2017) Original (February 18, 2018) New Trailer (#2) (March 11, 2018) New Release Date (changed from 4/20/18) (April 29, 2018) New Posters (#1-#2) Release Date: April 13, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee. A remake…
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Weekend Preview: Jan. 5-7, 2017
Below are two previews for films opening next weekend. Insidious: The Last Key (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Goldbuster (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview
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Film Preview: Goldbuster (2018)
Page Revisions: (December 31, 2017) Original Release Date: January 5, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A quirky internet star, a pair of retired gangsters, and the black sheep of a prolific family of herbalists are a few of the oddball tenants that call the dilapidated apartments of Humble Grove home. Fearful of being locked out by…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 31 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Film Preview: Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
Page Revisions: (December 24, 2017) Original (May 27, 2018) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#1-#6) / Title Change (June 24, 2018) New Posters (#7-#8) Release Date: June 29, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The drug war on the US-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 30 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released 2011: Friday Face-Off (6) 2015: Eyeing the Truth by Tripp Burton (2)
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Film Preview: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
Page Revisions: (December 24, 2017) Original (August 19, 2018) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#2-#3) (September 9, 2018) New Trailer (#3) (October 28, 2018) New Posters (#4-#19) Release Date: November 2, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice.” Poster Rating:…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 52 & 53, 2017)
Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the…
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The NEW Friday Face-Off #231
We are back to the winners bracket while the losers are percolating. We’re moving into round fou. Here is this week’s ten (or fewer) face-offs.
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This Day in Oscar History: December 29 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: Remaking Best Actor, 2013
Return Links Polls Remaking Best Actor, 2013 In our second pass of the Oscar nominees from 1997 through 2016, we take a look at the nominees for Best Actor. Each week, we’ll present a list of contenders from which you can select five to make up the Best Actor slate. There will be an “Other”…
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Film Preview: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
Page Revisions: (December 24, 2017) Original (May 13, 2018) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#2-#3) / Updated Plot Description (July 15, 2018) New Poster (#4) Release Date: July 20, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In this sequel to Mamma Mia!, Sophie learns about her mother’s past while pregnant herself.” Poster Rating: C+ / B- /…
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Precursor: 21st Online Critics Awards (2017)
Chalk up another win for Get Out. The same can be said for all the winners here, which were all duplicates of prior honors. The hazard of announcing late is always looking like you’re just copying everyone else. Award Tallies (2) Dunkirk, Get Out, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri The Awards
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Oscar Profile #372: Gloria Grahame
Born November 28, 1923 in Los Angeles, California to Reginald Hallward, an architect and author, and Jean Grahame, a British stage actress and acting teacher, Gloria Grahame (Hallward) began acting in theatre while still in high school. Signed to an MGM contract she made her film debut in 1944’s Blonde Fever, followed by a small…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 28 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
