Announcing nominations in a number of categories, the guild that represents sound editors and which closely mirrors the Sound Editing award have given three nominations to each of four films, all of which should be considered heavy favorites for nominations. The two films that got two each could be thought as contenders, but the Sound…
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As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). The final week before the Oscar nominations and before we shift in earnest into the business of predicting…
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Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what movies I’ve seen over the past week. Below, you will find short reviews of those movies along with a star rating. Full length reviews may come at a later date. So, here is what I watched this past week: Dunkirk Christopher Nolan has been…
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FOR AN OSCAR MORNING TRACKING SHEET, CLICK HERE. My predictions are in BOLD. After last year’s switch-up of the nominations announcement, we return to something akin to the prior two years’ announcements. All categories will be announced, once again in separate blocks. This time, they are announcing most of the categories regular audiences aren’t as…
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As is our tradition, May begins our first predictive look at the year’s Oscar hopefuls. A lot of factors will play into how well our guesses hold up. Expect many of them to fall by the wayside as the year progresses and new contenders to rise into their places. And so we come to our…
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These are copies directly from the Razzie press release, so the fudged title names are entirely their doing, though I get some mild humor from the “Dead Careers Tell No Tales” dig at Johnny Depp. Announced the day before the Oscar nominations, the Razzies have always gone for low-hanging fruit or popular actors doing bad…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones Born Died Released Oscar Nominations Our Site Milestones 2010: The Oscar Guy Became Cinema Sight (8)
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The night went largely as predicted with a raft of individual actors who are likely going to ride this third telecast victory to Oscars this March. Three Billboards helps itself in the Oscar race for Best Picture, but losing PGA isn’t likely to help. Award Tallies (3) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (1) Darkest Hour,…
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Return Links Polls What Are You Most Anticipating? (Feb. 2018, Wide)
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New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#1) Game Over, Man!, Updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Below are three previews for films opening next weekend. Maze Runner: The Death Cure (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Desolation (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Have a Nice Day (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview
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Page Revisions: (January 21, 2018) Original Release Date: January 26, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A city in southern China and a bag containing a million yuan draws several people from diverse backgrounds with different personal motives into a bloody conflict.” Poster Rating: C / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) A lot of unnecessary…
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Page Revisions: (January 21, 2018) Original Release Date: January 26, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After being whisked away to Los Angeles by a handsome Hollywood star, Katie is left alone in his apartment, where strange and scary things begin to happen.” Poster Rating: B SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: It’s such a neat looking poster…
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With a staggering 19 nominations, The Shape of Water topped the nomination count at the OFTA Film Awards. Call Me by Your Name also had an impressive showing. A lot of the names we’ve seen throughout the season here, though The Florida Project rebounded a little bit by picking up a Best Picture slot, while…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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