Looking at Film from Every Angle

Month: January 2014

  • Precursor: 66th Writers Guild Nominations (2013)

    First, let’s look at the Oscar contenders that weren’t eligible due to archaic rules that prohibit films written outside of guild contracts from being eligibile. 12 Years a Slave, Fruitvale Station, Philomena, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, In a World…, The World’s End, Blue Is the Warmest Color, The Past, any animated film (Frozen, Monsters…

  • The NEW Friday Face-Off #22

    We started over at the beginning of August 2013, but with a new, more streamlined methodology to collecting votes. Just choose one selection in each of the ten categories below. Our first few weeks will be to select winners in cases of ties or in years where multiple categories existed for each discipline. After that,…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 3 (2014)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died

  • Precursor: 22nd Southeastern Film Critics Association (2013)

    Boy did this group go early (Dec. 16), so I completely missed their announcement until I checked to see if they had announced yet when they would normally reveal during the very last week of the year. Nothing particularly new here. They voted mostly along current-thought lines. 12 Years a Slave was again the big…

  • Poll: Best Cinematography (1943 – 1947)

    Return Links Poll Archives Best Cinematography Poll: 1943 – 1947 Cinema Sight Asks: Which Best Cinematography winner is best? Public OpinionPoll Results

  • Film Preview: Seventh Son (2015)

    Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: February 6, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A 18th century adventure story centered on young Thomas, who is apprenticed to the local Spook to learn to fight evil spirits. His first great challenge comes when the powerful Mother Malkin escapes her confinement while…

  • Feed the Queue #153

    Here are the results of last week’s poll. In Cold Blood The Dirty Dozen Wait Until Dark Two for the Road Far from the Madding Crowd Barefoot in the Park In Cold Blood wins and goes into my queue.

  • Precursor: 25th Producers Guild Nominations (2013)

    Of the films that needed a PGA nomination to cement their chances for Best Picture consideration, both Dallas Buyers Club and Saving Mr. Banks received them. The Wind Rises did not, but you cannot blame the producers who haven’t been able to see the financial returns the film has made. This is Frozen‘s to lose.…

  • Oscar Profile #167: Shirley MacLaine

    Born April 24, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia, Shirley MacLean Beaty changed her name to MacLaine while auditing for a role in Broadway’s Me and Juliet. Her younger brother Warren, born 1937, later changed the spelling of his last name to Beatty. Trained as a dancer, her show business rise came quickly. In 1954 she understudied…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 2 (2014)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Our Site Milestones 2012: Polls: Most Anticipated (2)

  • Poll: What Are You Watching? (Jan. 3-5, 2014)

    Return Links Poll Archives What Are You Watching? (Jan. 3-5, 2014) Cinema Sight Asks: What are you watching? (Jan. 3-5, 2014) Public OpinionPoll Results

  • Trailer Watch: Pompeii, trailer #2, poster #1 (2014)

    Too bad we get to see this disaster coming…it might be more pleasant if we never saw it. Pompeii, trailer #2, poster #1 Plot Summary: From IMDb: “A slave turned gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius…

  • Game: 2014 Spring Season Box Office Week 1

    For a full list of rules, click here: 2014 Spring Season 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.…

  • Game: 2014 Spring Season Box Office Predictions: Rules

    We begin our third Spring Season Box Office prediction game today. We’re keeping the rules from our prior incarnation intact. I can’t think of anything to really improve upon it. The first predictions post will go live at 2pm Central. This contest begins the weekend of Jan. 3-5, 2014 and continues through the weekend of…

  • Looking at the Weekend: 2013 Year in Review

    With one new wide release and a handful of minor limited releases, we thought we would do something special today. We’ll include our thoughts on Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones in next week’s article. Until then, we’re going to have a Year-End Special with three categories that each of our contributors submitted responses for. Our…

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