Film Preview: Quarter (2026)
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2018 Summer Season Preview Wrap-Up: July
July 6, 2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp Oscar Prospects: What I said: “Uncertain. The effects look more diverse this time around, which could put it into competition for Visual Effects. It will probably make the shortlist, but not the Oscars.” Oscar Results: The film has faded a bit, but I suspect it will be on…
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Looking at the Weekend: Dec. 7-9, 2018
Since there are no new wide releases this weekend, it’s hard to know exactly which of the four new limited releases will perform best. All of them have potential, though the two bigger Oscar contenders are most likely to shine. Mary Queen of Scots is bigger and bolder than Ben Is Back, but the latter…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 5 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: At First Light (2018)
Page Revisions: (December 2, 2018) Original Release Date: October 5, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The film follows a high school senior, Alex Lainey, who has an encounter with mysterious lights that appear over her small town. She soon develops dangerous, supernatural abilities and turns to her childhood friend Sean Terrel. The authorities target them and…
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Film Preview: Nigerian Prince (2018)
Page Revisions: (December 2, 2018) Original Release Date: October 19, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After being sent to Nigeria against his will, a stubborn Nigerian-American teenager joins forces with an Internet scammer in order to return to the United States.” Poster Rating: D SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: A shapeless, cheap design that looks precisely…
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Precursor: 18th American Film Institute (2018)
The big question with AFI is how they determine what’s an American film. After all, one wouldn’t expect The Favourite on this list. That said, other than Eighth Grade and First Reformed, this list looks an awful lot like what we might have expected months ago with two major exceptions. First Man should have been…
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91st Oscars: Screener Watch, Week 3
A nice batch of prominent movies came in this past week, including a handful of solid Oscar contenders.
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The DVD Report #597
New This Week Searching, which won the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is a first-rate suspense film about a Korean-American father (Film Independent Spirit Best Actor nominee John Cho) who searches for his missing daughter on the internet while the police do the legwork. Filled with Hitchcockian level suspense, the film starts…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 4 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 12th Detroit Critics Awards (2018)
The first really strong showing for Eighth Grade outside of the Spirit Awards with the film taking Best Picture honors from Detroit. It was the most nominated (thanks to the Breakthrough category) and now it’s the most honored (also thanks to the Breakthrough category). Vice is performing better here than it has elsewhere so far…
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Precursor: 3rd Atlanta Critics Awards (2018)
Not a lot of unexpected choices from Atlanta, with several prominent contenders making showings. What’s interesting is that Favourite won Picture, but Roma won Director. This seems to be a trend of recent years not too dissimilar from the Academy where Picture and Director split, something almost unthinkable through the 1980s and 1990s and even…
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Precursor: 2nd Los Angeles Online Critics Nominations (2018)
While some of the top nominees this year come as no surprise right now (The Favourite and A Star Is Born for example), the critics can still surprise. Tying The Favourite for most nominations, with ten each, is Black Panther. The film wasn’t expected to perform this well during precursor season, so this could very…
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91st Oscars: Visual Effects Shortlist
The 20 films that advance to the final race for Best Visual Effects are a solid bunch with a few minor surprises, but a surprising number of these seem like strong contenders. A few can be eliminated, but not enough to truly get down to 5. 20 CONTENDERS ADVANCE IN VFX OSCAR® RACE LOS ANGELES,…
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Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “The Possession of Hannah Grace”
Return Links Polls Now That You’ve Seen The Possession of Hannah Grace…?
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Film Preview: Five Fingers for Marseilles (2018)
Page Revisions: (December 2, 2018) Original Release Date: September 7, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Lives change forever when Tau, the young lion, kills two corrupt policemen in a South African shanty town.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the future, this section will…
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