Oscar History: August 1 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Film Preview: Our Little Sister (2016)
Page Revisions: (July 3, 2016) Original Release Date: July 8, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A story that revolves around three sisters who live in their grandmother’s home and the arrival of their thirteen-year-old half sister.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: A simple design that evokes the simplicity undercutting the film itself. Trailer…
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Film Preview: Men Go to Battle (2016)
Page Revisions: (July 3, 2016) Original Release Date: July 8, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Men Go To Battle is the story of two brothers struggling to hold their crumbling estate together outside a small Kentucky town in the fall of 1861.” Poster Rating: D SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Where this crude and simplistic line…
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Film Preview: The Dog Lover (2016)
Page Revisions: (July 3, 2016) Original Release Date: July 8, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Sara Gold is a rising star at the United Animal Protection Agency (UAPA), a major animal rights organization that conducts animal rescues and lobbies for better animal welfare laws. Handpicked for a major assignment, Sara goes undercover as a college intern…
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Film Preview: Cold War 2 (2016)
Page Revisions: (July 3, 2016) Original Release Date: July 8, 2016 Synopsis: No synopsis available. Poster Rating: C- / C / C+ (2) / D (2) / C / B / C+ (4) / C (10) / B- (3) SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) The backdrop looks fake compared to the characters carefully posed…
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Trailer Watch: Inferno (2016) Updated
New Trailer (#2) Inferno, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Film Preview: Captain Fantastic (2016)
Page Revisions: (June 26, 2016) Original (July 3, 2016) New Poster (#2) Release Date: July 8, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea…
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Eyeing the Truth: July 2016
O.J.: Made in America (ESPN.com) After 20 years of obsessing over the O.J. Simpson trial, from my teenage years glued to the live coverage of the trial to various TV specials to Jeffrey Toobin’s definitive The Run of His Life to the recent FX miniseries The People vs. O.J. Simpson, I thought I was done…
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This Day in Oscar History: July 2 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: Into the Forest (2016)
Page Revisions: (June 26, 2016) Original Release Date: July 22, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After a massive power outage, two sisters learn to survive on their own in their isolated woodland home.” Poster Rating: D+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: A color-drained, chunky design that doesn’t provide the viewer any interesting element to encourage investigation…
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Film Preview: Don’t Think Twice (2016)
Page Revisions: (June 26, 2016) Original Release Date: July 22, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When a member of a popular New York City improv troupe gets a huge break, the rest of the group – all best friends – start to realize that not everyone is going to make it after all.” Poster Rating: C…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 27, 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 #153
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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The Top Tens: Let’s Hear It for the Songs
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 music in the movies. We…
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