Film Preview: Quarter (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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The NEW Friday Face-Off #269
We are back to the winners bracket while the losers are percolating. We’re moving into round fou. Here is this week’s ten (or fewer) face-offs.
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This Day in Oscar History: September 21 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: Remaking Best Original Song, 2010
Return Links Polls Remaking Best Original Song, 2010 In our third pass of the Oscar nominees from 1997 through 2016, we take a look at the nominees for Best Actress. Each week, we’ll present a list of contenders from which you can select five to make up the Best Original Song slate. There will be…
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Film Preview: The Song of Sway Lake (2018)
Page Revisions: (September 16, 2018) Original Release Date: September 21, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Music collector Ollie Sway recruits his only friend, a rowdy Russian drifter, to help him steal a 78 record from his own family’s estate.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available…
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Oscar Profile #410: Peggy Wood
Born February 9, 1892 in Brooklyn, New York, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wood was the daughter of journalist Eugene Wood and telegraph operator Mary Gardner Wood. A lilting soprano, she began taking singing lessons at the age of 8 and made her stage debut at 18 in a production of Naughty Marietta. She made her Broadway…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 20 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Sep. 21-23, 2018)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Sep. 21-23, 2018)
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Film Preview: Shoplifters (2018)
Page Revisions: (September 16, 2018) Original (October 14, 2018) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#2-#4) Release Date: November 23, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find on the street.” Poster Rating: C+ / C / B- / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) This is…
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Looking at the Weekend: Sep. 21-23, 2018
With so few kid-targeted adventures this year, the presence of Jack Black and Cate Blanchett should elevate the film’s chances to a solid opening weekend and definitely a presence at the top of the box office. Life Itself won’t be much competition, but Fahrenheit 11/9 could be a surprisingly strong documentary performer. After all, Michael…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 19 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Film Preview: Viper Club (2018)
Page Revisions: (September 16, 2018) Original Release Date: October 26, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A war correspondent gets taken hostage while on assignment, prompting his mother, impatient with the government’s lack of concern, to take matters into her own hands.” Poster Rating: B SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Although it appears to be unintentional, the…
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Eyeing the Truth: September 2018
Minding the Gap (Hulu) Minding the Gap started almost ten years ago, when a teenage Bing Liu would videotape his friends’ skateboarding exploits. As adults, he has revisited his hometown and those friends, and followed the beginnings of their adult lives. One friend is a young father, another is struggling to find a purpose and…
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The DVD Report #586
New This Week Dietrich and von Sternberg in Hollywood was easily the best classic Blu-ray release within the last twelve months, but what were the other “bests” of this period? Looking back and slightly ahead, here are my top picks from October 2017 through September 2018: October 2017 Best New Release – Baby Driver (2017)…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 18 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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