The American Cinema Editors select nominees in four categories. Two of those categories (Animation & Documentary) have no Oscar impact. The other two, Drama and Comedy/Musical do. While Comedy/Musical has less of an impact than Drama does, they could both have something to say about this year’s competitors. That’s because of the five Oscar nominees,…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Jan. 26-28, 2018)
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Page Revisions: (January 21, 2018) Original (March 11, 2018) New Release Date (changed from 4/13/18) Release Date: April 20, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A U.S. diplomat (Jon Hamm) flees Lebanon in 1972 after a tragic incident at his home. Ten years later, he is called back to war-torn Beirut by CIA operatives (Rosamund Pike) to…
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Here we look at the upcoming month’s offerings. February 2, 2018 Winchester Premise: From IMDb: “Eccentric firearm heiress believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle.” Box Office Prospects: $40 M Expectations: Uncertain. The haunted house genre hasn’t been nearly as popular as it should be, so this…
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The likelihood of Jumanji winning a fourth week at the top of the box office charts is unlikely, especially since the Maze Runner films have all opened over $30 million and Jumanji‘s third weekend was about $20 million. Even if Death Cure underperforms, it’s unlikely to underperform to $15 million, which is what Jumanji would…
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Our contributors have been hard at work assessing the nominations and deciding just which films and individuals have the best chances at winning. Below are our first post-nominations predictions. Looking over what we’ve predicted to start, we have agreed on the winner in nine categories out of twenty-four. We have completely different takes on Production…
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Now that 2017 is in the rear view mirror, it’s time to look honestly at the films that are going to be releasing in the calendar year 2018. Some weekends have already passed, but those films, plus a raft of others, await eager audiences hoping for something grand to help them forget their miseries if…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Page Revisions: (January 21, 2018) Original (March 11, 2018) New Release Date (changed from 4/27/18) (April 8, 2018) New Poster (#2) Release Date: April 13, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Eight college friends head to a “Haunted Rental” for Halloween. But when they replay the game that made the house infamous, they awaken an evil spirit…
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New This Week Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve’s follow-up to Ridley Scott’s 1982 Blade Runner was itself based on Philip K. Dick’s 1966 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Hampton Fancher, who was one of three screenwriters on the earlier film, as was Dick, was one of two on the new one. Amazingly, you…
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And there you have the full list of Oscar nominees. The Shape of Water, failing to get an expected Visual Effects nomination, falls one shy of tying the record. With 13 nominations, however, the film becomes the most nominated R-Rated film in history. Some of the big surprises this year: Martin McDonagh fails to carry…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Return Links Polls Now That You’ve Seen Den of Thieves…?
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New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2) Love, Simon, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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