Oscar History: November 7 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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The NEW Friday Face-Off #202
We are currently working on the losers bracket. Here is this week’s ten (or fewer) face-offs. So, let’s get started.
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Poll: Remaking Best Picture, 2004
Return Links Polls Remaking Best Picture, 2004 In 1997, I began offering up Oscar Hopefuls, a list of contenders for each category at the Oscars. Today, we start a new series of polls that attempts to rebuild various categories based on what films were nominated, which were hopeful for nominations, and which were honored by…
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Film Preview: Victoria and Abdul (2017)
Page Revisions: (June 4, 2017) Original Release Date: September 22, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.” Poster Rating: C+ / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) The light, golden and green color scheme is visually dazzling, but the overall design is…
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Oscar Profile #343: Maximilian Schell
Born December 8, 1930 in Vienna, Austria, but raised in Zurich, Switzerland where his family fled after Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria in 1938, Maximilian Schell was perhaps the most famous of all non-English speaking born actors in Hollywood history. He was the second child of an actress mother and poet father. He and his…
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Jun. 9-11, 2017)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Jun. 9-11, 2017)
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Film Preview: Lady Macbeth (2017)
Page Revisions: (June 4, 2017) Original Release Date: July 14, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Set in 19th century rural England, young bride who has been sold into marriage to a middle-aged man discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a work on her estate.” Poster Rating: C- / B-…
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2017 Spring Season Preview Wrap-Up: January
January 6, 2017 Amityville: The Awakening Oscar Prospects: What I said: “None.” Oscar Results: Box Office Prospects: $40 M Box Office Expectations: What I Said: “Uncertain. It’s been 12 years since the last attempt to making an Amityville franchise and that film, starring Ryan Reynolds, made an inflation-adjusted $87 million. That’s decent, but this film…
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Looking at the Weekend: Jun. 9-11, 2017
It will be an interesting fight between the second weekend of Wonder Woman and the first weekend of The Mummy. The ad blitz Mummy has been getting should put it on top, but considering they waited until tonight to start holding screenings of the film, perhaps the critics will eviscerate it and destroy its chances…
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2017 Oscar Nominations Predictions: June Update
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. As we move into June, the…
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Trailer Watch: Rough Night (2017) Updated
New Trailer (#3) / New Posters (#13-#15) Rough Night, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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The Top Tens: Male Lead Performances
Every month, our contributors submit lists of ten films fitting certain topics. Each month, we feature an alphabetical list of films along with commentary explaining our selections. There will also be an itemized list at the end of each of our individual selections. Last month, we took a look at our favorite female lead performances.…
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The DVD Report #519
New This Week Pelle the Conqueror, the 1988 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language film, has been given a magnificent 30th anniversary restoration. The new Blu-ray and DVD from Film Movement features a superb narration by film historian and scholar Peter Cowie. Cowie’s narration fills in the blanks that puts into perspective for modern audiences…
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