• New Poll Series Debuts This Week

    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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  • This Day in Oscar History: July 22 (2022)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released

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  • Poll: Remaking Best Directing, 2011

    Return Links Polls Remaking Best Directing, 2011 In our fifteenth and final pass of the Oscar nominees from 1997 through 2016, we take a look at the nominees for Best Directing. Each week, we’ll present a list of contenders from which you can select five to make up the Best Directing slate. There will be…

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  • Film Preview: Beast (2022)

    Page Revisions: (July 17, 2022) Original (August 14, 2022) New Poster (#3) Release Date: August 19, 2022 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A father and his two teenage daughters find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the Savanna has but one apex predator.” Poster Rating: C- / C+ / C SEE ALL…

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  • 5 Favorites #138: Films About Alien Invasions

    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. Based on the trailers for Jordan Peele’s third film Nope, this seems to be…

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  • Oscar Profile #608: Benedict Cumberbatch

    Born July 19, 1976 in London, England, Benedict Cumberbatch is the son of actors Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton (born Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch). He is a grandson of submarine commander Henry Carlton Cumberbatch who fought in both World Wars and a great-grandson of diplomat Henry Arnold Cumberbatch, Queen Victoria’s Council General in Turkey and Lebanon.…

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  • Review: The Prince of Egypt (1998)

    This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. The Prince of Egypt Rating Director Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells Screenplay Philip LaZebnik Length 1h 39m Starring Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum, Danny Glover, Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirren, Steve…

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  • This Day in Oscar History: July 21 (2022)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released

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  • Poll: What Are You Watching? (Jul. 22-24, 2022)

    Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Jul. 22-24, 2022)

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  • Film Preview: Clerks III (2022)

    Page Revisions: (July 17, 2022) Original (September 11, 2022) New Poster (#6) Release Date: September 13, 2022 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Dante, Elias, and Jay and Silent Bob are enlisted by Randal after a heart attack to make a movie about the convenience store that started it all.” Poster Rating: C+ (5) / B- SEE ALL…

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  • 2022 Blockbuster Season Box Office Preview: August

    Here we look at the upcoming month’s offerings. August 5, 2022 Bodies Bodies Bodies Premise: From IMDb: “When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game turns deadly in this fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake friends, and one party gone very, very wrong.” Box…

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  • Looking at the Weekend: Jul. 22-24, 2022

    Only one new wide release and it’s Jordan Peele’s third feature film, Nope. The trailers give away the gimmick behind the film, which doesn’t make it as appealing as it should be, but Peele’s films have a certain appeal and that will mean it can do well at the box office? Can it beat the…

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  • Review: Vera Drake (2004)

    Vera Drake Rating Director Mike Leigh Screenplay Mike Leigh Length 2h 05m Starring Imelda Staunton, Richard Graham, Eddie Marsan, Anna Keaveney, Alex Kelly, Daniel Mays, Phil Davis, Lesley Manville, Sally Hawkins, Simon Chandler, Sam Troughton, Marion Bailey MPAA Rating R

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  • Review: Babe: Pig in the City (1998)

    This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. Babe: Pig in the City Rating Director George Miller Screenplay George Miller, Judy Morris, Mark Lamprell Length 1h 37m Starring Magda Szzubanski, James Cromwell, Mary Stein Mickey Rooney, E.G. Daily, Danny Mann, Glenne Headly, Steven Wright,…

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  • This Day in Oscar History: July 20 (2022)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released

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  • Film Preview: Luck (2022)

    Page Revisions: (July 17, 2022) Original Release Date: August 5, 2022 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The curtain is pulled back on the millennia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly affects everyday lives.” Poster Rating: C / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) There is absolutely no need to release…

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