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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
Page Revisions: (February 14, 2016) Original Release Date: March 11, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A military officer in command of a drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya sees her mission escalate from “capture” to “kill” just as a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone.” Poster Rating: C+ / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW…
There’s not a lot of competition this weekend, so Deadpool will lay claim to a second weekend atop the box office charts. The top new release is likely to be Risen, a Christian-targeted film that shouldn’t have much competition from the poorly advertised Race and the period horror film The Witch.. Our Highest Rated Films:…