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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Oscar Profile #635: Peter Weir
Born August 21, 1944 in Sydney, Australia, the son of Peggy and Lindsey Weir, a real estate agent, Peter Weir studied arts and law at the University of Sydney where his interest in film was sparked by his involvement with fellow students including Philip Noyce and other future filmmakers. Weir first worked in Australian TV…
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Review: 2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films (2023)
2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films These short films are available in a program from Shorts.TV, releasing theatrically. Director Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy (The Boy, the Mole…); Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby (Flying Sailor); João Gonzalez (Ice Merchants); Sara Gunnarsdóttir (My Year of Dicks); Lachlan Pendragon (An Ostrich Told Me…); Tom Berkeley, Ross White (Irish Goodbye); Anders Walter,…
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Review: The Golden Bowl (2001)
This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. The Golden Bowl Rating Director James Ivory Screenplay Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Novel: Henry James) Length 2h 10m Starring Kate Beckinsale, James Fox, Anjelica Huston, Nick Nolte, Jeremy Northam, Madeleine Potter, Uma Thurman, Nicholas Day, Peter Eyre,…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 9 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Ceremonies Oscar Nominations
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Feb. 10-12, 2023)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Feb. 10-12, 2023)
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Film Preview: The Boogeyman (2023)
Page Revisions: (February 5, 2023) Original (April 23, 2023) New Trailer (#2) — New Poster (#2) (May 28, 2023) New Posters (#3-#7) Release Date: June 2, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘The Boogeyman’.” Poster Rating: C / C / C (4) / C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) It’s a simplistic,…
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2022 Oscar Season Box Office Wrap-Up: September
Below is a wrap-up of the predictions I made several months ago, an exploration of what succeeded and what failed, and how I observe things to have gone. September 2, 2022 Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. Oscar Prospects: What I said: “None.” Oscar Results: Now None. Although the film got a smattering of support…
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Looking at the Weekend: Feb. 10-12, 2023
With the soft openings of last week, Magic Mike’s Last Dance should be able to take the top spot. While it’s sure to have some diminishing returns being the third film in the series, it could still perform better than any of this week’s films. Our Highest Rated Films: Sharper, Daughter Our Best Awards Ratings:…
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Review: An Ideal Husband (1999)
This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. An Ideal Husband Rating Director Oliver Parker Screenplay Oliver Parker (Play: Oscar Wilde) Length 1h 37m Starring Peter Vaughan, Rupert Everett, Minnie Driver, Cate Blanchett, Ben Pullen, Marsha Fitzalan, Julianne Moore, Lindsay Duncan, Neville Phillips, John…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 8 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: We Have a Ghost (2023)
Page Revisions: (February 5, 2023) Original Release Date: February 24, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Finding a ghost named Ernest haunting their new home turns Kevin’s family into overnight social media sensations. But when Kevin and Ernest investigate the mystery of Ernest’s past, they become a target of the CIA.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS…
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Home Viewing with Peter #814
Paramount has released long overdue Blu-ray upgrades of four of its best, if not necessarily best-known, films of the last forty-two years. Here at last are great looking Blu-rays of 1981’s Gallipoli, 1985’s Young Sherlock Holmes, 1996’s Big Night, and 2007’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Peter Weir’s Gallipoli was the celebrated Australian director’s…
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Review: South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999)
This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut Rating Director Trey Parker Screenplay Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Pam Brady Length 1h 21m Starring Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes MPAA Rating R
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This Day in Oscar History: February 7 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “80 for Brady”
Return Links Polls Now That You’ve Seen 80 for Brady…? Today’s polls are a series of five.
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