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In spite of the down-ballot collapse of Spotlight, it continues to take prize after prize as Best Picture. This is evinced by the fact that the St. Louis critics gave the film their top prize. Seemingly a new trend is emerging with Tom McCarthy picking up companion Best Director prizes, which he hasn’t been successful…
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Vancouver announced their nominees a week earlier than expected. The Revenant was the top nominee, scoring three citations including Best Picture and Director along with Best Actor. Without tech awards, Mad Max: Fury Road only managed two. Vancouver also gives out prizes for Canadian films. On that side, Room, which scored only two in the…
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Page Revisions: (December 20, 2015) Original (May 29, 2016) New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#1-#6) (July 3, 2016) New Trailer (#3) / New Posters (#7-#12) / Replaced No Synopsis with Vague Synopsis (July 17, 2016) New Poster (#13) Release Date: July 22, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches…
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Page Revisions: (December 20, 2015) Original Release Date: December 25, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In the week leading up to their 45th wedding anniversary, a couple receive an unexpected letter which contains potentially life changing news.” Poster Rating: C- / C / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) Simple, but inelegant design that might…
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Page Revisions: (December 20, 2015) Original Release Date: December 25, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A mild-mannered radio executive strives to become the best stepdad to his wife’s two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling and freeloading real father arrives, forcing him to compete for the affection of the kids.” Poster Rating: C+ / B+…
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In the wee hours of this morning, another group announced. The awards were divvied out mainly to three films, Best Film winner Spotlight, which wasn’t the best directed film. That honor went to The Revenant, which was also the best shot film with two of the best performances. Ex Machina also performed well. Is this…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Page Revisions: (December 13, 2015) Original (February 21, 2016) New Trailer (#2) Release Date: February 26, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: I almost forget what the poster looks like every time I…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Page Revisions: (December 13, 2015) Original Release Date: May 8, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Unrequited love motivates a guy to write about his experiences.” Poster Rating: D / C / C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) A generic, forgettable design. (#2) Looking at this poster, you’d get the entirely wrong impression about the film’s…
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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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Another win for Spotlight along with three other awards, including a rare win for director Tom McCarthy. Mad Max: Fury Road took mostly tech awards to tie Spotlight for most prizes while many of the other selections have become standard for this season resulting in no genuine surprises. Award Tallies (4) Mad Max: Fury Road,…
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