Oscar History: November 8 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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The Rundown 2017: Supporting Actress
For our twelfth Rundown article, the most able assistance any category could have. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Supporting Actress as well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with an acting category where once a Best Picture win most frequently required…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 16 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Poll: Remaking Best Actress, 2000
Return Links Polls Remaking Best Actress, 2000 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 Actress slate. There will be an “Other”…
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Film Preview: Lean on Pete (2018)
Page Revisions: (February 11, 2018) Original (April 1, 2018) New Posters (#3-#4) / New Release Date (changed from 3/30/18) Release Date: April 6, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A teenager gets a summer job working for a horse trainer and befriends the fading racehorse, Lean on Pete.” Poster Rating: D / C+ / D / D…
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Oscar Profile #379: Julia Roberts
Born October 28, 1967 in Smyrna, Georgia to one-time actors and playwrights who ran an acting school in Decatur, Georgia when she was born, Julia Roberts’ mother’s maternity bill was paid for by Coretta Scott King in gratitude to Julia’s father, her daughter Yolanda’s acting coach. Following in the footsteps of her older brother, Eric,…
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The Rundown 2017: Adapted Screenplay
For our eleventh Rundown article, we’ll examine the most derivative category. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Adapted Screenplay as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover an acting category that counts among its winners, the fewest from corresponding Best Picture winners.
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This Day in Oscar History: February 15 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations Our Site Milestones 1996: The Oscar Guy Launched on GeoCities (22)
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Feb. 16-18, 2018)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Feb. 16-18, 2018)
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Film Preview: Foxtrot (2018)
Page Revisions: (February 11, 2018) Original Release Date: March 2, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A troubled family face the facts when something goes terribly wrong at their son’s desolate military post.” Poster Rating: C+ / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) This image has always appeared to me to be this soldier making love…
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Looking at the Weekend: Feb. 16-18, 2018
Advance ticket sales have been robust and the film has been generating the kind of buzz that a Star Wars film might. That will undoubtedly propel it to an easy number one finish. It could also mean that the film, which has no real competition for months, could put up the kind of box office…
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The Rundown 2017: Original Screenplay
For our tenth Rundown article, we look at the most inventive category. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Screenplay as well as general commentary about the race. Thursday, we’ll cover the category that, behind Directing and any of the acting categories, has matched up with Best Picture the…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 14 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Precursor: 16th Visual Effects Society Awards (2017)
Dominating the 16th Visual Effects Society awards, War for the Planet of the Apes continued its franchise sweep of the VES awards, nabbing the third trophy for Best Visual Effects. This may have some effect on the Oscars, but we won’t kow for sure unti lthe final envelope is opened, considering Oscar ignored the prior…
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Film Preview: The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)
Page Revisions: (February 11, 2018) Original Release Date: March 9, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A family staying in a secluded mobile home park for the night are visited by three masked psychopaths, to test their every limit.” Poster Rating: D / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) Scratched up, painted on, and dull as…
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Eyeing the Truth: February 2018
Unrest (Netflix) Unrest, Jennifer Brea’s debut documentary about her own battle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, is a powerfully uncomfortable viewing experience. Brea holds no punches in what she chooses to show us; she started videotaping herself early on in order to prove to her doctor’s that something was wrong, and she isn’t afraid to show…
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