Film Preview: The American (2024)
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New Poll Series Debuts This Week
With the closure of the Friday Face-Off, we decided to start up a new polling series that asks you to rate every Oscar nominee in most of the major categories. Every day of the week at noon (Central), a new poll group will post with anywhere between 30 and 35 nominees across two to four…
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Film Preview: The Black Demon (2023)
Page Revisions: (April 9, 2023) Original Release Date: April 28, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Stranded on a crumbling rig in Baja, a family faces off against a vengeful megalodon shark.” Poster Rating: C+ / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1 & #2) The key differences between these design is the prominence of the oil…
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Film Preview: Past Lives (2023)
Page Revisions: (April 9, 2023) Original Release Date: June 2, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. 20 years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.” Poster Rating: C- /…
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This Day in Oscar History: April 15 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Ceremonies
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Film Preview: Knights of the Zodiac (2023)
Page Revisions: (April 9, 2023) Original (May 7, 2023) New Posters (#2-#10) Release Date: May 12, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When a goddess of war reincarnates in the body of a young girl, street orphan Seiya discovers that he is destined to protect her and save the world. But only if he can face his…
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Film Preview: Extraction 2 (2023)
Page Revisions: (April 9, 2023) Original (May 28, 2023) New Trailer (#2) — New Posters (#1-#3) Release Date: June 16, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Sequel to the 2020 action thriller ‘Extraction’.” Poster Rating: C+ / C / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) Of the new posters, this one looks modestly interesting with a…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 15, 2023)
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. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking…
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This Day in Oscar History: April 14 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Ceremonies
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Site Move
We will be moving this site soon, so while posts will be going live that have already been scheduled, nothing new will be written until after the transfer occurs.
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Poll: Re-Awarding Best Original Score, 2009
Return Links Polls Re-Awarding Best Original Score, 2009 Now that we’ve finished rebuilding the nomination slate between 1997 and 2016 (we’ll do subsequent years after this series has completed), we will take those rebuilt slates and pick a new winner from among the nominees. In our second pass, we take a look at the new…
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Film Preview: You Hurt My Feelings (2023)
Page Revisions: (April 9, 2023) Original Release Date: May 26, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A novelist’s longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: While it speaks immediately to the content of the film, it’s not a…
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Film Preview: Hypnotic (2023)
Page Revisions: (April 9, 2023) Original (May 7, 2023) New Posters (#1-#2) Release Date: May 12, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A detective investigates a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program.” Poster Rating: C+ / C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) The man trapped in a field of dominoes he might…
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5 Favorites Delayed
Due to some frustrating issues with my web host, I’m afraid that several articles this week were not able to be written or posted. As soon as these issues are resolved, I will be back to a more regular cadence. This will include the next in my final series of 5 Favorites articles, my weekly…
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Oscar Profile #644: Elmer Bernstein
Born April 4, 1922 in New York, New York, Elmer Bernstein was a child actor and dancer who also won prizes for his painting. He was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II where he wrote music for the Armed Forces Radio. Eventually he wrote the scores for more than 200…
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This Day in Oscar History: April 13 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Apr. 14-16, 2023)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Apr. 14-16, 2023)
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