Oscar History: July 31 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Film Preview: Pele: Birth of a Legend (2016)
Page Revisions: (May 1, 2016) Original Release Date: May 6, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Pele’s meteoric rise from the slums of Sao Paulo to leading to Brazil to its first World Cup victory at the age of 17 is chronicled in this biographical drama.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for…
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Film Preview: Dheepan (2016)
Page Revisions: (May 1, 2016) Original Release Date: May 6, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.” Poster Rating: C / C- (3) SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) The coloration seems off, but it’s the only thing…
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Film Preview: Bite (2016)
Page Revisions: (May 1, 2016) Original Release Date: May 6, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “While on her bachelorette party getaway, Casey, the bride to be, gets a seemingly harmless bite from an unknown insect. After returning home with cold feet, Casey tries to call off her wedding but before she’s able to, she starts exhibiting…
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Film Preview: Being Charlie (2016)
Page Revisions: (May 1, 2016) Original Release Date: May 6, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Charlie is a troublesome 18-year-old who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic, but when he returns home to Los Angeles, he’s given an intervention by his parents and forced to go to an adult rehab. There, he meets a…
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Film Preview: 1920 London (2016)
Page Revisions: (May 1, 2016) Original Release Date: May 6, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Shivangi (Meera Chopra) lives in London with her husband Veer Singh (Vishal Karwal). One day, he receives a gift from Rajasthan. From then, strange things happen with Veer and his condition deteriorates. Shivangi, thinking that this is because of black magic,…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 1 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
Page Revisions: (April 24, 2016) Original (May 8, 2016) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#2-#5) Release Date: August 12, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.” Poster Rating: C / C (3) / C-…
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This Day in Oscar History: April 30 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Film Preview: Cafe Society (2016)
Page Revisions: (April 24, 2016) Original (May 15, 2016) New Trailer (#2) (July 10, 2016) New Poster (#2) Release Date: August 12, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young man arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry. There, he falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 18, 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 #144
We are now in the second round of voting for the Friday Face Off, pitting winners from first round against each other. Just choose one selection in each of the categories below. One this round completes, we’ll pit those winners against each other until we have a final winner. There might be a losers bracket…
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This Day in Oscar History: April 29 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Poll: Best of the Animated Feature (2001 – 2005)
Return Links Polls Best Animated Feature Poll: 2001 – 2005
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Film Preview: The Confirmation (2016)
Page Revisions: (April 24, 2016) Original Release Date: March 18, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Eight year old Anthony is somewhat uneasy about spending the weekend with his alcoholic, down-on-his-luck carpenter dad Walt while his mom Bonnie and her new husband Kyle go to a Catholic retreat together. Walt is just as uneasy about spending time…
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Oscar Profile #285: Hal Ashby
Born September 2, 1929 in Ogden, Utah, (William) Hal Ashby was the fourth and youngest child in a Mormon family. He had a rough childhood that saw the divorce of his parents when he was 6, his father’s suicide when he was 12 and two marriages and divorces of his own before the age of…
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