11th Critics Choice Doc Awards
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Film Preview: Birds of Passage (2019)
Page Revisions: (January 6, 2019) Original Release Date: February 13, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.” Poster Rating:…
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Film Preview: UglyDolls (2019)
Page Revisions: (January 6, 2019) Original (February 10, 2019) New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#9) (April 7, 2019) New Trailer (#3) / New Posters (#10-#21) / Title Change (removed space between words) (April 28, 2019) New Trailer (#4) Release Date: May 10, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An animated adventure in which the free-spirited UglyDolls…
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2018 Summer Season Preview Wrap-Up: August
August 3, 2018 Christopher Robin Oscar Prospects: What I said: “Uncertain. The film has all the earmarks of a potential Disney Oscar nominee; however, it also reminds heavily of Saving Mr. Banks, which isn’t a great comparison.” Oscar Results: One of only ten films to make the shortlist for the Academy Award category of Best…
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Looking at the Weekend: Jan. 11-13, 2019
Of the new releases, two films are clearly in line for the chart topper position. A Dog’s Way Home is the latest canine-centric drama that could take the box office by storm. Unfortunately, it comes up against Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart in the American remake of The Intouchables, which has all the makings of…
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Precursor: 60th British Academy Nominations (2018)
It’s not surprising that British productions have an advantage here. Of the six films nominated in Best British Film, three of them did far better here than either any other film or than expected. The Favourite was the nominations leader, even without the British Film citation. It made it into every conceivable category. Bohemian Rhapsody…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 9 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 22nd Toronto Critics – Canadian Film (2018)
There’s not much to say here as neither the nominees nor the winner are important to the Oscar race itself. The Awards Best Canadian Film ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch Toronto Film Critics Association Data First Awards: 1997 (22)
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Precursor: 19th Vancouver Critics – Canadian Film Awards (2018)
Another list of winners that won’t have a huge impact on the Oscars, Edge of the Knife wins the Vancouver Critics prize while Toronto winner ANTHROPOCENE takes the documentary prize here. Award Tallies (4) Edge of the Knife (2) Roads in February, When the Storm Fades The Awards
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Precursor: 10th GALECA Awards (2018)
When even the LGBTQ film critics can take a path not unlike every other group, you know things have settled into a pattern. Award Tallies (3) The Favourite (2) Can You Ever Forgive Me? The Awards
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Film Preview: Pokemon: Detective Pikachu (2019)
Page Revisions: (January 6, 2019) Original (March 3, 2019) New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2) (May 5, 2019) New Posters (#3-#14) Release Date: May 10, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In a world where people collect pocket monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.”…
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Film Preview: Ashes in the Snow (2019)
Page Revisions: (January 6, 2019) Original Release Date: January 11, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In 1941, a 16 year-old aspiring artist and her family are deported to Siberia amidst Stalin’s brutal dismantling of the Baltic region. One girl’s passion for art and her never-ending hope will break the silence of history.” Poster Rating: – Review:…
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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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Precursor: 26th Cinema Audio Society Nominations (2018)
There weren’t a lot of surprises from the Cinema Audio Society with its selections mirroring a lot of conventional wisdom. The lone exception to that is the massive production of Mary Poppins Returns, which I had thought was a shoe-in here. Instead, the late-breaking support for Bohemian Rhapsody appears to have pushed it ahead of…
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Precursor: 71st Directors Guild Nominations (2018)
While it’s great to see Spike Lee nominated, the exclusion of the likes of Barry Jenkins and Yorgos Lanthimos is everely disappointing. Also disappointing is that Ari Aster wasn’t nominated for Best First Feature. The Nominations Best Director BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee Green Book – Peter Farrelly Roma – Alfonso Cuaron A Star Is Born…
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The DVD Report #602
New This Week Bad Times at the El Royale is not a horror movie per se but horrific things happen in it which I got more goosebumps from than most of the scares in last year’s two more highly praised horror films, A Quiet Place and Hereditary. Drew Goddard, who previously directed the well-regarded 2011…
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