Film Preview: Way of the Warrior Kid (2026)
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Looking at the Weekend: Dec. 4-6, 2015
As usual, the post-Thanksgiving weekend is a dumping ground for wide releases no one expects much of. Krampus is the only wide release and it won’ likely trounce the latest weekends for Hunger Games, Good Dinosaur, Creed or possibly even Spectre. Our Highest Rated Films: Chi-Raq, Macbeth, Youth Our Best Awards Ratings: Macbeth (Oscars), Youth…
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Precursor: 81st New York Critics Awards (2015)
The New York Film Critics Circle have announced their annual awards with Carol dominating the proceedings with four awards including Best Picture, Director and Screenplay. No other film scored more than one award. Of note is that Michael Keaton was bumped to lead for Spotlight even though he’s being campaigned in support. Kristen Stewart manages…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 2 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Precursor: 20th Satellite Awards Nominations (2015)
In spite of a website showing that their nominations announcement would be made tomorrow, they’ve announced early. As usual, the International Press Academy doesn’t know how to stick to their own rules. As to the nominations? Well, they are like Golden Globes nominations back before the Globes got serious about selecting the best films of…
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88th Oscars: Final Documentary Feature Shortlist
Now that the documentaries have been seen by the Academy’s documentary branch members, they’ve narrowed the final list down to 15 films, from which this year’s five Oscar nominees will be selected. Below is the official press release from the Academy. I can’t really say that there are any major surprises. All of these have…
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Precursor: 87th National Board of Review Awards (2015)
NBR’s predilection towards Warner Bros. continues unabated with Mad Max: Fury Road taking the top spot on their annual Best Of list. The film gets a sizable boost from the exposure, as does The Martian and Sylvester Stallone for Creed. Award Tallies (3) The Martian (2) The Hateful Eight, Room The Awards
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Film Preview: Knight of Cups (2016)
Page Revisions: (November 29, 2015) Original (February 29, 2016) New Poster (#3) Release Date: March 4, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A screenwriter living in LA tries to make sense of the strange events occurring around him.” Poster Rating: F / C+ / B- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) As crisp as the colors are,…
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The DVD Report #440
New This Week Of all John Ford’s great films, the one that tends to get the least amount of respect these days is 1937’s The Hurricane. Maybe it’s because the film has been out of general circulation for so long that younger generations have not seen it. Maybe it’s because of the advances in special…
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Precursor: 24th Annie Awards Nominations (2015)
Once-dominant DreamWorks suffered an embarrassing defeat at the Annie Awards securing a meager 3 nominations for its sole entry this year. This may be the first time in awhile they haven’t shown up at the Oscars. Pixar is back in force with a total of 24 nominations in the feature film categories with Inside Out…
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The Top Tens: The Wintry Mix
Every month, our contributors will be putting together a list of ten films on certain topics. Each month will be different and will feature an alphabetical list of our selections, commentary from each of us on our picks, and an itemized list showing what we each selected. This month, instead of focusing on just Christmas…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 1 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Page Revisions: (November 29, 2015) Original (May 1, 2016) New Trailer (#1) / New Posters (#4-#38) Release Date: May 6, 2016 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Political interference in the Avenger’s activities causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man.” Poster Rating: B+ / B+ / B / C (11) / C+ / C+…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 1
Now that Precursor Season has begun, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). Before the Academy moved their annual awards up into February, precursor season didn’t start until the middle of December. Nowadays, the…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 26-29, 2015
We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Creed 39 years ago, an upstart boxing drama became the year’s Best Picture winner. Rocky spawned a series of successful sequels and became one of those Oscar winners that you either love or are indifferent to. Now, we have a semi-reboot…
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