Film Preview: Way of the Warrior Kid (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Precursor: 4th Boston Online Critics Awards (2015)
Another critics group has been topped by Mad Max: Fury Road. We’ll have to wait to see if there’s a trend. Notably absent are The Revenant, Joy, and The Hateful Eight, all major awards players that screened late in the game. They may be able to overcome these issues, but the early-year competition might be…
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Eyeing the Truth: Dec. 2015
The Diplomat (HBOGo) The Diplomat is about the filmmaker’s father, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. Immediately, it brings to mind numerous other personal essay documentaries about a filmmaker trying to come to terms with their own father, and Holbrooke has many of the flaws inherent to the genre: absenteeism, a job more important than family, and a…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 5 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: Out in the Dark (2015)
Page Revisions: (November 29, 2015) Original Release Date: February 27, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A couple and their daughter move to Colombia to take over a family manufacturing plant, only to realize their new home is haunted.” Poster Rating: D / C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) Nothing scary or creative about this poster…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 49, 2015)
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 #123
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: December 4 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Screener Watch: By the Sea
What appears to be Universal’s final screener submission of the year, a film that didn’t seem to win much support from critics, but which Universal deserves praise for not hiding. By the Sea Stars: Angelina Jolie Pitt, Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Melvil Poupaud, Niels Arestrup, Richard Bohringer Director: Angelina Jolie Pitt Premise: From IMDb: “Set…
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Screener Watch: The Big Short
The first physical Paramount screener (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation was a download). Only one other film left on their awards site to go. The Big Short Stars: Steve Carell, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Melissa Leo, Marisa Tomei Director: Adam McKay Premise: From IMDb: “Four outsiders in the world of high-finance who predicted the credit…
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Poll: Best of the Sound Awards (1972 – 1976)
Return Links Polls Best Sound Mixing Poll: 1972 – 1976 Best Sound Editing Poll: TBD The sound awards took a gap from 1968 to 1974 and in 1976 and 1978. We’ll be back in one week to get 1967, 1975, 1977, 1979 and 1981 in one poll.
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Film Preview: Cymbeline (2015)
Page Revisions: (November 29, 2015) Original Release Date: March 13, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A gritty story of a take-no-prisoners war between dirty cops and an outlaw biker gang. A drug kingpin is driven to desperate measures.” Poster Rating: D / D SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1 & #2) Two largely different posters. Two…
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Oscar Profile #264: James Earl Jones
Born January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi to actor Robert Earl Jones and his wife, James Earl Jones suffered from a childhood stutter that he studied dramatics to overcome. Writing and reading poetry in class helped him overcome the disability that he says he still has despite his reputation as the possessor of one of…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 3 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Dec. 4-6, 2015)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Dec. 4-6, 2015)
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Film Preview: The Rewrite (2015)
Page Revisions: (November 29, 2015) Original Release Date: February 3, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.” Poster Rating: D / D / D SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1-#3)…
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