11th Critics Choice Doc Awards
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Precursor: 30th Producers Guild Awards (2018)
Showing that Roma doesn’t have dibs on Best Picture, the Producers Guild of America went with the safe, easy choice of Green Book, avoiding controversy in selecting most of the other films and forgetting that we’re in the 2018 and not 1989. Their other two selections are as expected. The Awards Best Picture Green Book…
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Film Preview: Lords of Chaos (2019)
Page Revisions: (January 13, 2019) Original (January 27, 2019) New Trailer (#2) Release Date: February 8, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A teenager’s quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the early 1990s results in a very violent outcome.” Poster Rating: B- / D SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) For a film about…
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Film Preview: An Elephant Sitting Still (2019)
Page Revisions: (January 13, 2019) Original (March 3, 2019) New Poster (#1) Release Date: March 8, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 19 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 66th Sound Editors Guild Nominations (2018)
Although they were expected to announce their nominations the day before the Oscars, the Motion Picture Sound Editors have given out their 2018 nominations. While they have numerous categories, the two you most need to pay attention are the Sound Effects and Foley and the Dialogue and ADR categories. Oftentimes, the most nominated are also…
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Poll: Remaking Best Visual Effects, 2007
Return Links Polls Remaking Best Visual Effects, 2007 In our third pass of the Oscar nominees from 1997 through 2016, we take a look at the nominees for Best Visual Effects. Each week, we’ll present a list of contenders from which you can select five to make up the Best Visual Effects slate. There will…
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Film Preview: The Amityville Murders (2019)
Page Revisions: (January 13, 2019) Original Release Date: February 8, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “On the night of November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo, Jr. took a high-powered rifle and murdered his entire family as they slept. At his trial, DeFeo claimed that “voices” in the house commanded him to kill. This is their story.” Poster…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 3, 2019)
Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the…
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The NEW Friday Face-Off #286
We’re nearing completion on this initial batch of Friday Face-Offs. We’ll finish out the losers and winners brackets and once it’s all done, we’ll highlight the full winners in each category. Once that’s done, we’ll try and do a better job of facing things off for a new and more comprehensive go-round. Here are this…
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2018 Precursor Predictions: Producers Guild of America
The first of the guilds to present their annual awards might give us a glimpse into the Oscar race. Although Oscar voting is now over, it won’t have an influence on the nominations, but could have an outsized influence on the winners considering how tight the Best Picture race is this year. PRODUCERS GUILD OF…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 18 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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91st Oscars: Live Announcement Information
The Academy has announced that they will be livestreaming the nominations Tuesday morning. They’ve included the broadcast times for Pacific, Eastern, Greenwich and China time zones. Adding two more from the US: 6:20 a.m. Mountain and 7:20 a.m. Central. 91st Oscars® Nominations Announcement Tuesday, January 22, 2019 5:20 a.m. PST/8:20 a.m. EST/1:20 p.m. GMT/9:20 p.m.…
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Film Preview: The Bouncer (2019)
Page Revisions: (January 13, 2019) Original Release Date: January 11, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A nightclub bouncer in his fifties who’s taken punches, literally and figuratively, struggles to raise his 8-year-old daughter.” Poster Rating: D SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: We get it. He’s protecting a little girl. One of a dime a dozen and…
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Film Preview: Everybody Knows (2019)
Page Revisions: (January 13, 2019) Original Release Date: February 8, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her two children to attend her sister’s wedding. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.” Poster Rating: D+ /…
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Oscar Profile #427: Hume Cronyn
Born July 18, 1911 in London, Ontario, Canada, Hume Cronyn was one of five children whose father, Hume Sr. was a businessman and member of Parliament for London who had an observatory at the University of Western Ontario and an asteroid named after him. After graduating from Ridley College, Cronyn switched majors from pre-law to…
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