Film Preview: Last Summer (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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2022 Precursor Predictions: American Cinema Editors Awards
With the Oscar nominees spread over multiple categories, it’s hard to say what might win, but these are the awards to try and isolate a victor from their selections.
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2022 Precursor Predictions: USC Scripter Awards
Often a better predictor than the WGA (because of the guild’s arcane rules), this is the place to look at for a carry-over to the Oscars. Though, the overlap is minimal this year, so if they go off the beaten path, it might be interesting.
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2022 Precursor Predictions: Writers Guild of America Awards
The Writers Guild of America is missing several Oscar nominees due to eligibility issues. What wins here might have some impact on the Oscars, but with unknown quantities like The Banshees of Inisherin missing, we won’t know for sure.
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Review: Breaker Morant (1980)
This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. Breaker Morant Rating Director Bruce Beresford Screenplay Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, Bruce Beresford, Harold Lander (Play: Kenneth Ross) Length 1h 47m Starring Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown, Charles Tingwell, Terence Donovan, Vincent Ball,…
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2022 Precursor Predictions: Spirit Awards
The Spirit Awards recognize indie films only, so major features are never nominated. That said, other than a few instances, the Spirit winners also have a solid correlation to the Oscars…at least in the Best Feature category. The others, not so much.
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95th Oscars: The Polls – Best Actor
For the next 23 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2022 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…
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This Day in Oscar History: March 3 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: Re-Awarding Best Original Score, 2003
Return Links Polls Re-Awarding Best Original Score, 2003 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: Unseen (2023)
Page Revisions: (February 26, 2023) Original Release Date: March 7, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Sam, receives a call from Emily a nearly blind woman who is running from her murderous ex in the woods. She must survive the ordeal with Sam being her eyes using video call.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review:…
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5 Favorites #170: Hugh Grant
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. This week, Guy Ritchie comes out with a new action thriller with Hugh Grant…
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Oscar Profile #638 – Sally Field Revisited
Born November 6, 1946 to actress Margaret Field and her husband, an Army captain and later salesman, the doctor who delivered Sally Field allegedly told her mother “you have an actor”. Field’s parents divorced when she was five and her mother later married stunt man turned actor Jock Mahoney. She began her film career in…
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The Rundown 2022: Supporting Actor & Actress
For our twelfth Rundown article, we examine the supporting performers. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Supporting Actor & Best Supporting Actress as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover the leading counterparts. Best Supporting Actor Winner Predictions Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin Brian…
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Review: Anna and the King (1999)
This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. Anna and the King Rating Director Andy Tennant Screenplay Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes (Diaries: Anna Leonowens) Length 2h 28m Starring Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat, Bai Ling, Tom Felton, Randal Duk Kim, Lim Kay Siu, Melissa Campbell,…
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95th Oscars: The Polls – Best Original Screenplay
For the next 23 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2022 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…
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This Day in Oscar History: March 2 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Ceremonies
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