Oscar History: November 7 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Film Preview: Detour (2017)
Page Revisions: (November 27, 2016) Original Release Date: January 20, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young law student who, while grieving for his dying mother, struggles to decide whether he should kill his unfaithful step-father. ” Poster Rating: C+ / D+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) A diversion from the standard multi-panel designs with…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 49, 2016)
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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89th Oscars: Visual Effects Longlist
The Academy has announced 20 films on the shortlist for consideration for this year’s Best Visual Effects Oscar. From these 20, the list will be narrowed to 10 films from which the final 5 nominees will be selected. Based on my own predictions and hopefuls list, the titles missing are A Monster Calls, Assassin’s Creed,…
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The NEW Friday Face-Off #175
We are now in the third round of voting for the Friday Face Off, pitting winners from the second round against each other. Just choose one selection in each of the categories below. Because we want to keep the polls open a bit longer before starting the next phase, after we finish this third pass,…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 2 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Poll: Cinema Sight @ 20 – Best of 2003
Return Links Polls Best of 2003 In honor of our 20th year on the internet, we’re beginning a series of polls aimed at the results of the last 20 years and picking what the best of the Oscar nominees were. Here are all of the categories for this year.
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Film Preview: The Comedian (2016)
Page Revisions: (November 27, 2016) Original (January 29, 2017) New Poster (#1) Release Date: December 2, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A look at the life of an aging insult comic.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The tangle of cords with the mic is an interesting motif, but the dullness of the near-black…
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Precursor: 82nd New York Critics Awards (2016)
La La Land gets another huge shot in the arm with a Best Picture win from the New York Film Critics Circle. Moonlight also got a major boost, as did Isabelle Huppert. Zootopia is the surprising choice for Best Animated Film and gives it a boost towards the Oscars where its early release may have…
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Oscar Profile #316: Mercedes McCambridge
Born March 16, 1916 in Juliet, Illinois, Mercedes McCambridge was the daughter of an Irish-American farmer and his wife, who was of Irish, English and German extraction. Educated in Catholic schools, she graduated from Mundelein University in Chicago before embarking on a career as an actress. Called by Orson Welles “the greatest living radio actress”,…
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Precursor: 22nd Broadcast Critics Nominations (2016)
The Broadcast Film Critics Association, moving ever further back into the awards season, wants to be the first live broadcast of awards of the season. In moving back, they have inadvertently made themselves slightly less relevant. With two of the year’s major Oscar players Silence (for most categories) and Rogue One (in tech categories), not…
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The Top Tens: Films That Warm Our Hearts
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. For our final list of 2016, we have decided to celebrate the…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 1 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Dec. 2-4, 2016)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Dec. 2-4, 2016)
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Trailer Watch: Rogue One (2016) Updated
New Trailer (#4) / New Posters (#6-#29) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Looking at the Weekend: Dec. 2-4, 2016
There’s nothing much on the new movie front this week, with an under-advertised horror flick taking on the post-Thanksgiving weekend slate that is sure to be dominated by holdovers. (NOTE: Tripp had an unexpected delay, so we’ve added his ratings and commentary below) Our Highest Rated Films: Jackie Our Best Awards Ratings: Jackie (Oscars) OTHER…
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