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: Visual Effects Society
They should probably rename these awards to the Avatar Takes Everything Awards. The VES is the first place we’ll see a surprise before the Oscar envelope opens, so we watch for that reason. VISUAL EFFECTS SOCIETY AWARDS Best Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Avatar: The Way of Water (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) The Batman Fantastic…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 14 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “Knock at the Cabin”
Return Links Polls Now That You’ve Seen Knock at the Cabin…?
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Film Preview: Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant (2023)
Page Revisions: (February 12, 2023) Original Release Date: April 21, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Follows Sergeant John, who on his last tour of duty in Afghanistan is teamed with local interpreter Ahmed, who risks his own life to carry an injured John across miles of grueling terrain to safety.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS…
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95th Oscars Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 11
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). There were only three precursors this past week, the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild, the Online Film…
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Review: The Ice Storm (1997)
This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. The Ice Storm Rating Director Ang Lee Screenplay James Schamus (Novel: Rick Moody) Length 1h 52m Starring Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Adam Hann-Byrd, David Krumholtz, Jamey…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 13 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Poll: Best of Feb. 2022, Limited
Return Links Polls What’s the Best of Feb. 2022, Limited?
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Precursor: 14th Make-Up Artists Guild Awards (2022)
The awards went about as expected considering each of us predicted at least one prize right and most of us predicted four out of five. Not much to say about this result as it plays into the conventional narrative for this year’s Oscars. Awards Tallies (2) Elvis The Awards
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Film Preview: Big George Foreman (2023)
Page Revisions: (February 5, 2023) Original Release Date: April 28, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The life and boxing career of George Foreman.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The covered both the boxing and the religious aspect of the story in one simple design. It’s too simple. There’s nothing richly textured or creatively…
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Weekend Preview: Feb. 17-19, 2023
Below are six previews for films opening next weekend. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Marlowe (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview 88 (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Emily (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Of an Age (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (Limited) Cinema Sight…
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Film Preview: Emily (2023)
Page Revisions: (February 12, 2023) Original Release Date: February 17, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Emily imagines the transformative, exhilarating, and uplifting journey to womanhood of a rebel and a misfit, one of the world’s most famous, enigmatic, and provocative writers who died too soon at the age of 30.” Poster Rating: C / C+ SEE…
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Film Preview: 88 (2023)
Page Revisions: (February 12, 2023) Original Release Date: February 17, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The Financial Director for a democratic super PAC behind a frontrunner presidential candidate investigates donations uncovering a conspiracy.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the…
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Precursor: 27th Online Film & Television Nominations (2022)
With four acting nominations and a slew of craft citations, Everything Everywhere All at Once was the dominant film at this year’s awards. Keep an eye out for third-place The Banshees of Inisherin. Last year’s third-place nomination finisher, The Power of the Dog, went on to win Best Picture. Nominations Tallies (20) Everything Everywhere All…
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Review: Armageddon (1998)
This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. Armageddon Rating Director Michael Bay Screenplay Jonathan Hensleigh, J.J. Abrams, Tony Gilroy, Shane Salerno, Robert Roy Pool Length 2h 31m Starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Will Patton, Steve Buscemi, William Fichtner,…
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