Month: December 2018
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Film Preview: Where’d You Go, Bernadette (2019)
Page Revisions: (December 23, 2018) Original (May 19, 2019) New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2) (August 11, 2019) New Poster (#3) Release Date: March 22, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After her anxiety-ridden mother disappears, 15-year-old Bee does everything she can to track her down, discovering her troubled past in the process.” Poster Rating: D…
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Looking at the Weekend: Dec. 28-30, 2018
There aren’t a lot of options this weekend outside of holdovers. There are two new wide releases and only one of them has genuine potential to top the box office. Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly star as the frequently filmed Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. The pair have done well at the box…
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The Morning After: Dec. 26, 2018
Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what movies I’ve seen over the past week. Below, you will find short reviews of those movies along with a star rating. Full length reviews may come at a later date. So, here is what I watched this past week: BlacKkKlansman Long a voice for…
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Precursor: 22nd Online Critics Nominations (2018)
The Online Film Critics Society, of which I am a member and serve on the Governing Committee announced their nominees today for the best of the year. There are some interesting choices, but also some choices that have been very common throughout awards season. Award Tallies (8) The Favourite (7) Roma (6) If Beale Street…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 26 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Trailer Watch: Piercing (2019) Updated
New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (2) / New Release Date (changed from 12/7/18) Piercing, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Film Preview: Men in Black International (2019)
Page Revisions: (December 23, 2018) Original (May 5, 2019) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#2-#9) (June 9, 2019) New Posters (#10-#22) Release Date: June 14, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest threat to…
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91st Oscars: Screener Watch, Week 6
Netflix sent a huge package containing quite a few duplicates, but also some new titles. This is probably the last batch before the set I will get from the Independent Spirit Awards.
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The DVD Report #600
New This Week Murder by Death, newly released on Blu-ray by Shout Select, was a major box-office hit in 1976. Starring three Oscar winners, Alec Guinness, David Niven, and Maggie Smith; and six other nominees, Peter Sellers, Eileen Brennan, Peter Falk, Elsa Lanchester, James Cromwell, and James Coco, Neil Simon’s script was a spoof of…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 25 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “Aquaman”
Return Links Polls Now That You’ve Seen Aquaman…?
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Film Preview: Downton Abbey (2019)
Page Revisions: (December 23, 2018) Original (May 26, 2019) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#1-#6) (September 15, 2019) New Posters (#7-#29) Release Date: September 20, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Plot unknown. Movie based on the popular British television show, Downton Abbey.” Poster Rating: B- / C+ / C (4) / C (10) / C…
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Film Preview: The Quake (2018)
Page Revisions: (December 23, 2018) Original Release Date: December 14, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In 1904 an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale shook Oslo, with an epicenter in the “Oslo Graben” which runs under the Norwegian capital. There are now signs that indicate that we can expect a major future earthquake in…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 21-23, 2018
We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Aquaman The DC Extended Universe has produced little in terms of Oscar, though it is the first of the two comic book universes to win an Oscar as it did with Suicide Squad for Best Makeup & Hairstyling. The question is…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 6
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). The week before Christmas is pretty sparse for critics prizes, rivaled only by the week between Christmas and…
