Oscar History: October 25 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Film Preview: Traumatika (2025)
Page Revisions: (August 10, 2025) Original (August 17, 2025) New Trailer (#2) Release Date: September 12, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Mikey’s night terrors become reality when his mother begins showing signs of demonic possession. What he’s about to experience will haunt him for the rest of his life and claim countless lives across generations.” Poster…
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Film Preview: Rental Family (2025)
Page Revisions: (August 10, 2025) Original (November 16, 2025) New Posters (#1-#3) Release Date: November 21, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A lonely American actor living in Tokyo starts working for a Japanese “rental family” company to play stand-in roles in other people’s lives. Along the way, he finds surprising connections and unexpected joys within his…
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Contender: Ricky (2025)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2025 Contenders series. Ricky was added to this list based on the following criteria: Festival Award (Sundance, Directing Award) Type of Contender: Limited Contender Factor: out of 10 (Stage 1 of 5 complete) Stage 1…
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Film Preview: Preparation for the Next Life (2025)
Page Revisions: (August 10, 2025) Original Release Date: September 5, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A Uyghur woman, trained by her military father, migrates to NYC where she finds herself laboring in Chinatown’s underground kitchens. She fatefully encounters a young American soldier who just returned from three tours in the Middle East.” Poster Rating: C SEE…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #41
Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #41
Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…
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Review: 9 to 5 (1980)
9 to 5 Rating Director Colin Higgins Screenplay Patricia Resnick, Colin Higgins Length 1h 49m Starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, Sterling Hayden, Elizabeth Wilson, Henry Jones, Lawrence Pressman, Marian Mercer, Ren Woods MPAA Rating PG Review When you take two of the greatest working actors and put them together with a…
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Oscar Profile: Mike Nichols
Born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky November 6, 1931 to wealthy Russian-Jewish parents in Berlin, Germany, the future Mike Nichols lost his hair at the age of four due to a bad reaction to an allergic reaction to a Whooping Cough inoculation and wore wigs and false eyebrows in adulthood to hide his baldness. At the age…
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Poll: Re-Awarding Best Actress, 2016
Return Links Polls Re-Awarding Best Actress, 2016 Now that we’ve finished rebuilding the nomination slate between 1997 and 2016 (we’ll do subsequent years after this series has completed), we will take those rebuilt slates and pick a new winner from among the nominees. In our ninth pass, we take a look at the new nominees…
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Oscar History: August 14 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Paul Wing (64 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1901: Merrill Pye (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1901: Peverell Marley (62 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography,…
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Film Preview: The Threesome (2025)
Page Revisions: (August 10, 2025) Original (August 31, 2025) New Poster (#1) Release Date: September 5, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young man’s perennial crush leads him into an unexpected threesome, he thinks it’s his ultimate fantasy come true. When the fantasy ends, all three are left with sobering real-world consequences, to take responsibility for…
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Film Preview: Regretting You (2025)
Page Revisions: (August 10, 2025) Original (October 19, 2025) New Poster (#2) Release Date: October 24, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Centers on the strained relationship between young mother Morgan Grant and her teenage daughter Clara, exacerbated by Morgan’s husband Chris’s tragic death, forcing them to navigate life’s challenges together.” Poster Rating: B- / C+ SEE…
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Contender: It Was Just an Accident (2025)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2025 Contenders series. It Was Just an Accident was added to this list based on the following criteria: Our Predictions Citation Type of Contender: Limited Contender Factor: 81.4 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5…
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Film Preview: Jay Kelly (2025)
Page Revisions: (August 10, 2025) Original (November 9, 2025) New Poster (#3) Release Date: November 14, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Famous movie actor Jay Kelly and his devoted manager Ron embark on a whirlwind and unexpectedly profound journey. Both are forced to confront choices they’ve made, their relationships with loved ones and the legacies they’ll…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 3, #41
Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…
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