Page Revisions: (January 10, 2016) Original Release Date: March 26, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The story of the country-western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his rise to fame and its tragic effect on his health and personal life.”…
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Earning nominations in all three categories in which it was eligible, Mad Max: Fury Road proves to be the year’s dominant film with the craft guilds. This award, a modest forecaster of the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, may shine some lights on the situation. Of the seven films on the Academy’s shortlist for…
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The final set of DGA nominations have been announced and all five titles are on the Academy’s Best Documentary Feature shortlist. Most notably absent from this list and likely expected was Joshua Oppenheimer for The Look of Silence. His prior film, The Act of Killing was nominated both for the Oscar and the DGA director’s…
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Michael Bay has a way with bringing people to the theater even if their tastes aren’t the greatest. This should appeal to the same crowd that made American Sniper a hit, but probably to a much smaller degree. Our Highest Rated Films: The Benefactor, A Perfect Day Our Best Awards Ratings: 13 Hours (Razzies)
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Tomorrow morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the nominees for the 88th Academy Awards. Our predictors have examined the data and, with a lot of struggling to come up with uor final lists, we’ve finally put them together. There are a couple of guilds left to announce nominations today, but…
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[NOTE: I looked at the September results rather than the August results. I’ve updated the post name to reflect this and August will be done in February in lieu of September.] September 4, 2015 The Transporter Refueled Box Office Prediction: $25 M Box Office Expectations: What I Said: “Poor. Why this franchise, which has had…
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FOR AN OSCAR MORNING TRACKING SHEET, CLICK HERE. My predictions are in BOLD. For the second year in a row, Oscar enthusiasts around the globe will be able to experience the joy of knowing the Oscar nominees as they are announced. Beginning at 5:30am Pacific (7:30am Central / 8:30am Eastern), the Academy will announce nominations…
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It is tradition for the Golden Raspberry awards to announce nominations the day before the Oscars. Other than their “dark” period where they shifted to after the Oscars, this has been the case as long as I can remember. Typically, they go for very obvious choices and this year is no different. Among the year’s…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Page Revisions: (January 10, 2016) Original Release Date: February 12, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions…
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Here are some highlights of the recent releases to the Warner Archive Collection. DVD’s and Blu-rays are manufactured on demand. Visit Warner Archive to discover their offerings.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the film I most expect to take home the Oscar for Best Visual Effects made an expected strong showing here topping all others with seven nominations. Typically, the film with the highest nominations tally will also be the Oscar winner, but as certain Bets Picture nominees of the past can…
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The big news is that The Big Short director Adam McKay is among the final five for Best Director from the DGA. The man who gave us Talladega Nights and The Other Guys finally turned out a film that earned genuine critical plaudits and has become a major force in this year’s Oscar competition. Tom…
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A mix of Best Picture contenders and technical marvels were among this year’s nominations. What’s most notable is that of the five nominees in Live Action, only two of them are action films, which has been the increasing normality of the category in recent years. The Nominations Best Sound Mixing – Live Action Bridge of…
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New This Week Roger Deakins has been nominated for an Oscar twelve times without winning. Perhaps the greatest living cinematographer, he may well receive his thirteenth nomination and possible first win for Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario, a visual masterpiece that ranks right up there with Deakins’ work on Fargo, Skyfall, Unbroken and many others. The film…
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