Page Revisions: (February 14, 2016) Original (February 29, 2016) New Posters (#2-#4) / Updated Release Date (changed from 3/11/16) Release Date: March 4, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A family lives an idyllic existence abroad until a tragic accident takes the life of their young son. The inconsolable mother learns of an ancient ritual that will…
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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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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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The guild whose award is analogous of the Oscar for Best Sound Mixing is the Cinema Audio Society. Their track record is very hit-or-miss. They’ll peg the Oscar winner several years in a row then whiff. In a year with so many strong competitors, it wouldn’t be surprising if they didn’t match. It could be…
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The Make-Up Artists Guild has been around such a short time that it’s hard to say if they’ll have much prognosticative capability. As such, we can’t really say we know how it will affect Oscar, nor can we really get a firm grasp on what will win these awards, but we’ll do our best.
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Through 2006, the USC Scripter prize was a poor predictor of the Oscars. Frequently going for major novelists (whom they award alongside the screenwriters) over Oscar winners. However, from 2007 on, the USC Scripter has only once gone to a film that didn’t also win the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. That was 2009, the…
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For our fifteenth Rundown article, the female version of the lead category. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Actress as well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with a category that takes something everyone’s seen, heard or read and makes it new…
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For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2015 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Ceremonies
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Return Links Polls Best Adapted Screenplay Poll: 1966 – 1970
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Page Revisions: (February 14, 2016) Original (May 22, 2016) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#2-#8) (June 26, 2016) New Poster (#9) Release Date: July 1, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene…
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The fourth set of Oscar presenters have been announced. Since there are so few in this announcement, I suspect this might be the last, but never count out late surprises. We still do not have a performer to sing “Manta Ray” or any concrete plans for the presentation of “Simple Song #3,” so I really…
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Born February 18, 1890 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to a French father and Irish mother who was a distant cousin of James Joyce, Adolphe Menjou was the epitome of debonair and suave to generations of film-goers for nearly fifty years, but he didn’t start out that way. He toiled as a laborer, haberdasher and sometimes waiter…
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For our fourteenth Rundown article, the aural expressions. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Score and Best Original Song as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover the female counterpart of Monday’s article.
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For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2015 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…
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