Looking at the Weekend: Nov. 15-17, 2024
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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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: No Hard Feelings (2023)
Page Revisions: (March 19, 2023) Original (June 4, 2023) New Trailer (#2) — New Posters (#1-#2) Release Date: June 23, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A delivery driver desperate for cash accepts a Craigslist ad from a couple seeking someone to date their painfully awkward teenage son.” Poster Rating: C / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW…
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Oscar Preview: Weekends of Jan. 6-Mar. 12, 2023
At the beginning of each year, I close off the Oscar Preview article until after the Oscars and then once those are in the rearview mirror, I look at everything released to that point to see where the potential Oscar contenders could be. Looking back at the last two-and-a-half months reveals three films that had…
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Review: The Spanish Prisoner (1998)
This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. The Spanish Prisoner Rating Director David Mamet Screenplay David Mamet Length 1h 50m Starring Campbell Scott, Ricky Jay, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ben Gazzara, Steve Martin, Felicity Huffman MPAA Rating PG
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This Day in Oscar History: March 20 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: What Are You Most Anticipating? (Apr. 2023, Wide)
Return Links Polls What Are You Most Anticipating? (Apr. 2023, Wide)
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Film Preview: The Best Man (2023)
Page Revisions: (March 12, 2023) Original (April 16, 2023) New Poster (#1) Release Date: April 21, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Mercenaries seize control of a remote resort hotel during a wedding and it’s up to the best man, the groom and their drunken best friend to stop the terrorists and save the hostages.” Poster Rating:…
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Weekend Preview: Mar. 24-26, 2023
Below are six previews for films opening next weekend. John Wick: Chapter 4 (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview A Good Person (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview The Lost King (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Tori and Lokita (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview The Tutor (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview The Worst Ones (Limited) Cinema…
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Film Preview: The Worst Ones (2023)
Page Revisions: (March 19, 2023) Original Release Date: March 24, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A group of teenagers from the same neighborhood are selected to act in a feature film during the summer.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: No background and a foreground figure with no emotional cohesion. This won’t sell anyone…
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Film Preview: The Tutor (2023)
Page Revisions: (March 19, 2023) Original Release Date: March 24, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Follows a tutor who, after being assigned an unexpected task at a mansion, finds himself struggling with the obsessions of his student, who threatens to expose his darkest secrets.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: While somewhat striking in…
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Film Preview: Tori and Lokita (2023)
Page Revisions: (March 19, 2023) Original Release Date: March 24, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “From two-time Palme d’Or-winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Tori and Lokita is a heart-stopping thriller that casts an unflinching eye on the trials of the young and dispossessed.” Poster Rating: C- / C- / C / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW…
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Film Preview: The Lost King (2023)
Page Revisions: (March 19, 2023) Original Release Date: March 24, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An amateur historian defies the stodgy academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III’s remains, which were lost for over 500 years.” Poster Rating: C / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) The “R” may be a bit…
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Review: Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. Ever After: A Cinderella Story Rating Director Andy Tennant Screenplay Susannah Grant, Andy Tennant, Rick Parks Length 2h 01m Starring Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Patrick Godfrey, Megan Dodds, Melanie Lynskey, Timothy West, Judy Parfitt,…
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This Day in Oscar History: March 19 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Trailer Watch: Paint (2023) Updated
New Trailer (#2) — New Posters (#1-#2) Paint, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Review: The Sword in the Stone (1963)
This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. The Sword in the Stone Rating Director Wolfgang Reitherman Screenplay Bill Peet (Book: T.H. White) Length 1h 19m Starring Sebastian Cabot, Karl Swenson, Rickie Sorensen, Junius Matthews, Ginny Tyler, Martha Wentworth, Norman Alden, Alan Napier, Richard…
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