Oscar History: November 8 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Precursor: 29th Producers Guild Awards (2017)
While Coco and Jane make their push towards inevitable wins, the win of The Shape of Water puts a damper on talk of films like Get Out, Lady Bird, or Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri being the frontrunner. This will be a huge get for this film. While it can’t win at the Screen Actors…
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Film Preview: 7 Days in Entebbe (2018)
Page Revisions: (January 14, 2018) Original (March 11, 2018) New Posters (#2-#3) Release Date: March 16, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Four hijackers take over an airplane, take the passengers hostage, and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda in 1976 in an effort to free of dozens of Palestinians jailed in Israel.” Poster Rating: D…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 20 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: Nostalgia (2018)
Page Revisions: (January 14, 2018) Original (February 11, 2018) New Poster (#2) Release Date: February 16, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A mosaic of stories about love and loss, ‘Nostalgia’ explores our relationships to the objects, artifacts, and memories that shape our lives.” Poster Rating: C+ / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) Using cut-outs…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 3, 2018)
Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the…
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The NEW Friday Face-Off #234
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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2017 Precursor Predictions: Screen Actors Guild
Looking at the past ten years of the SAG awards and their winners, we see trends toward their alignment with Oscar. They haven’t had fewer than three winners carry over. 4 of the ten years saw 3 matches with Oscar, 4 saw 4 matches with Oscars, and the remaining 2 were perfect matches (2010 and…
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2017 Precursor Predictions: Producers Guild
The Producers Guild of America has been a terrific predictor in the last ten years until the last three years. Prior to 2014, every film that won the PGA award for Best Picture went on to win the Oscar. It should be noted, though, that in 2013, two films tied at PGA (Gravity and 12…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 19 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 9th Denver Film Critics Awards (2017)
In their 9th year, the Denver film critics have decided to spread out their selections, giving no film more than two awards. Lady Bird picked up another Best Picture citation while several other individuals and films picked up additional awards to add to their hauls. Award Tallies (2) Coco, Get Out, Lady Bird The Awards…
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Poll: Remaking Best Actor, 2016
Return Links Polls Remaking Best Actor, 2016 In our second pass of the Oscar nominees from 1997 through 2016, we take a look at the nominees for Best Actor. Each week, we’ll present a list of contenders from which you can select five to make up the Best Actor slate. There will be an “Other”…
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Film Preview: Acrimony (2018)
Page Revisions: (January 14, 2018) Original (February 25, 2018) New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#3) (March 25, 2018) New Poster (#4) Release Date: March 30, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A faithful wife (Taraji P. Henson) tired of standing by her devious husband (Lyriq Bent) is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed.”…
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Oscar Profile #375: Bruce Beresford
Born August 16, 1940 in Sydney, Australia, Bruce Beresford was the son of an electrical goods salesman and his homemaker wife. Interested in film making from an early age, he made several short films beginning in 1959 while still in his teens. Having graduated from the University of Sydney in 1964, he moved to England…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 18 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Jan. 19-21, 2018)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Jan. 19-21, 2018)
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