Film Preview: The Gentleman Thief (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Poll: Best Original Screenplay (1986 – 1990)
Return Links Polls Best Original Screenplay Poll: 1986 – 1990
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Film Preview: Burnt (2015)
Page Revisions: (August 23, 2015) Original Release Date: October 23, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.” Poster Rating: C- / D+…
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Oscar Profile #250: Non-nominated Co-leads
Oscar has four acting categories, one each for Best Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress. Actors who are co-leads in their films with other actors and actresses who are co-leads with other actresses can be nominated in the same category or, as is often the case lately, one can be can nominated as a…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 27 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Aug. 28-30, 2015)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Aug. 28-30, 2015)
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Film Preview: Barely Lethal (2015)
Page Revisions: (August 23, 2015) Original Release Date: May 29, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A teenage special ops agent coveting a “normal” adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls in a suburban high school. She quickly learns that surviving the treacherous waters of high school is more challenging than international espionage.” Poster Rating: D /…
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Looking at the Weekend: Aug. 28-30, 2015
Apart from this being the last weekend in August, the upcoming Labor Day holiday means the studios are dumping everything they don’t suspect will be a hit into these remaining weeks. As such, the competition this week will be anemic with the little-advertised No Escape facing off against the teen-targeted We Are Your Friends. Neither…
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2015 Oscar Season Preview: September
The end of the year brings the most combative environment for films trying to become Oscar winners. The next four months will be an interesting proving round.
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This Day in Oscar History: August 26 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: About Ray (2015)
Page Revisions: (August 23, 2015) Original Release Date: September 18, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A teenager transitions from female to male, and his family must come to terms with that fact.” Poster Rating: F Review: With all the tools available to designers these days, I don’t see how they could construct something so absolutely banal,…
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The DVD Report #427
New This Week Francois Truffaut (The 400 Blows) and Jean-Luc Godard (Breathless) were two of five French film critics and friends published in the influential Cahiers du Cinema before becoming directors who changed the direction of French cinema in the late 1950s. Along with Jacques Rivette, Claude Chabrol and Eric Rohmer, their movement, known as…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 25 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “American Ultra”
Return Links Polls Now That You’ve Seen American Ultra…?
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Film Preview: The 33 (2015)
Page Revisions: (August 23, 2015) Original Release Date: November 13, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.” Poster Rating: C+ / B- / C / D / C / C- (3) / B- / C+ Review: (#1) The…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Aug. 21-23, 2015
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Grandma There are few great comediennes of the 1960’s and 1970’s still working in cinema today. One of them is Lily Tomlin, the smart, irreverent star of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, Nashville, 9 to 5, All of Me and countless other…
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