Oscar History: August 1 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Film Preview: Lion (2016)
Page Revisions: (August 28, 2016) Original (November 20, 2016) New Posters (#2 & #3) Release Date: November 25, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets…
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Film Preview: Jack Goes Home (2016)
Page Revisions: (August 28, 2016) Original Release Date: October 14, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After his father is killed in a car crash, Jack travels home to Colorado to help nurse his mother (who was injured in the crash) back to health. There, he uncovers long buried secrets and lies within his family history, his…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 36, 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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The NEW Friday Face-Off #162
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: September 2 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Our Site Milestones 2010: Oscar Profile by Peter J. Patrick (6)
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Trailer Watch: The Dressmaker (2016) Updated
New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#2-#4) The Dressmaker, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Film Preview: My Blind Brother (2016)
Page Revisions: (August 28, 2016) Original Release Date: September 23, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The rivalry between two brothers reaches a fever pitch during a charity swim competition.” Poster Rating: D+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: A corny poster with no distinctiveness, either in the background or the foreground. The shoving away of the not-blind…
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Oscar Profile #303: Tony Richardson
Born on June 5, 1928 in Yorkshire, England, Cecil Antonio “Tony” Richardson had the unprecedented distinction of being president of both The Oxford University Dramatic Society and the Experimental Theatre Club, as well as being the theatre critic for the university student magazine at the same time. He graduated in 1952 and immediately became a…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 1 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Sep. 2-4, 2016)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Sep. 2-4, 2016)
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Film Preview: Rings (2017)
Page Revisions: (August 28, 2016) Original (January 8, 2017) New Release Date (changed from 10/28/16) (January 29, 2017) New Posters (#3-#4) Release Date: February 3, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Samara returns with a familiar video tape to strike terror again in the third film of the Ring series, Rings.” Poster Rating:C / C / B-…
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Film Preview: Kidnap (2016)
Page Revisions: (August 28, 2016) Original (June 18, 2017) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#1-#3) / New Release Date (changed from 12/2/16) Release Date: August 4, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A mother stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.” Poster Rating: C- / D+ / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1 &…
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Looking at the Weekend: Sep. 2-4, 2016
With a single new wide release over the last holiday weekend before the fall, Light Between Oceans should easily be able to take over the top spot when last weekend’s number one, Don’t Breathe, suffers the traditional post-opening horror plummet. Even holdovers won’t be able to stop Light, which might just prove to be a…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 31 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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