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The Top Tens: 2010s
Several years ago, we did a series of top ten articles going back a few years. After awhile, we both ran out of topics and interest. While going through some old documents, I found the submissions of two of our contributors: Pete and Thomas. It’s unfair to them not to have their work revealed, so…
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92nd Oscars: Screener Watch – Week 9
The week didn’t exactly slow down, but I suspect it will. Lionsgate started things off with three titles, then Universal sent 1917. After that, I got a package from my association with GALECA, which was largely a bunch of TV series from Netflix. Lionsgate Bombshell Oscar Chances: Excellent: The film has already become ubiquitous in…
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92nd Oscars: Screener Watch – Week 8
Universal started this week with a copy of Queen & Slim. Focus Features sent out three titles. Netflix dropped a huge package of seven films and Neon topped off the week with their usual package of DVDs in a multi-page package of twelve films. It almost feels like The Lord of the Rings again. 12…
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92nd Oscars: Screener Watch – Week 7
The pace of screeners this week was a bit lighter. The first batch is from a company I’m not familiar with (and who didn’t exactly denote they were in the packaging), but they sent two documentaries. Amazon followed that with Annapurna right behind. Amazon came through again with another four films and then Fox Searchlight…
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92nd Oscars: Screener Watch – Week 6
The week of Thanksgiving started out really slow, but the Friday after and Saturday say an uptick in receipts. Here’s what we have…things started off with Fox Searchlight as the only title received prior to Thursday. After that, we got two separate packages for Amazon, a soundtrack from United Artists, then two different packages from…
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92nd Oscars: Screener Watch – Week 5
CBS Films started off the week with a documentary screener and that was followed by another A24 delivery, then one form Paramount, one from STX, and finally two from Roadside Attractions. Here they are. CBS Films Pavarotti Oscar Chances: Unknown: I’m not that familiar with the Documentary Feature contenders this year, so I don’t have…
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92nd Oscars: Screener Watch – Week 4
A large batch of screeners arrived this week. Below, they are revealed in order of receipt. Starting with Bleecker Street, then several Netflix documentaries, followed by the Magnolia/Magnet batch is up next, with National Geographic up next, and finishing off with DreamWorks’ latest Abominable. Bleecker Street Arctic Oscar Chances: Unlikely: The film never managed to…
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92nd Oscars: Screener Watch – Week 3
This week saw several packages including content from Laika, DreamWorks Animation, A24, and Universal. Missing Link Oscar Chances: Uncertain: Laika is the only animation studio that has a 100% success rate in earning Oscar nominations. It hasn’t won yet. This film will test that studio’s strengths. It had solid, but unexceptional reviews and was far…
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92nd Oscars: Screener Watch – Week 2
During the second week, I received one new screener, this one for the early-year contender Us. Us Oscar Chances: Uncertain: Early on, the film’s tremendous reviews and the pedigree of being the sophomore effort from Oscar nominee Jordan Peele, the film was thought to be a minor contender with Lupita Nyong’o and the film’s screenplay…
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92nd Oscars: Screener Watch – Week 1
Screener season begins with the first of this year’s awards screeners. The Secret Life of Pets 2 Oscar Chances: Unlikely: Animated Feature Campaign-Proposed Categories Animated Feature (Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy, Chris Renaud) Film Editing (Tiffany Hillkurtz) Production Design (Colin Stimpson) Sound Mixing (David Acord, Gary A. Rizzo) Sound Editing (Dennis Leonard, David Acord) Visual Effects…
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Raising Money for Big Brothers, Big Sisters
On Thursday evening, August 1, 2019, I will be participating in an event for the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Ozarks, a local chapter of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. More on them below. We need to raise a ton of money to help this worthwhile cause and I want you…
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92nd Oscars: Ten Best Potential Acting Oscar Contenders
We are one month out from our first formal Oscar predictions. Leading up to that, we’re posting our second list of potential contenders for this year. Each contributor was asked to submit ten performances that they felt were major players for this year’s Oscars. This month, we’re taking a look at potential 2019 Oscar contenders…
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92nd Oscars: Ten Best Potential Oscar Contenders
Although we won’t be making our first formal Oscar predictions until May, we thought we’d take a look at some of the potential Oscar contenders of the year. Each contributor was asked to submit ten films that they felt were major players for this year’s Oscars. Only one film appears on all four lists, Martin…
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91st Oscars: Screener Watch, Week 7
Apparently missing everyone’s deadline, Mary Queen of Scots arrived this week after voting was finished. Mary Queen of Scots Oscar Chances: Uncertain: While the film could still show up in Production Design and/or Costume Design, the film’s weak reception with critics and at the box office means that it’s mostly an also-ran. Campaign-Proposed Categories Picture…
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91st Oscars: Screener Watch, Week 6
Netflix sent a huge package containing quite a few duplicates, but also some new titles. This is probably the last batch before the set I will get from the Independent Spirit Awards.
