Born April 23, 1911 in London, England to early British film director Elwin Neame and his wife, silent screen star Ivy Close, Ronald Neame was one of the true renaissance men of the movies, working as an assistant director, cinematographer, producer, writer and ultimately director. Neame was only 18 when he worked as assistant director…
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Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Jan. 2-4, 2015) Cinema Sight Asks: What are you watching? (Jan. 2-4, 2015) Public OpinionPoll Results
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Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 5, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Affluent and aimless, Conrad Valmont lives a life of leisure in his parent’s prestigious Manhattan Hotel. In the span of one week, he finds himself evicted, disinherited, and… in love.” Poster: D+ Review: A ho-hum, blink and you’ll forget it poster design that needlessly…
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With the very likely weak opening of Woman in Black 2, I’d say The Hobbit has a very good chance of a three-peat. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: I enjoyed the first Woman in Black, but no resemblance does this new film have to that one, so it’s out for me. A Most Violent Year has…
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Things are starting to settle for this year’s potential Oscar nominees. With the critics groups nearly finished (National Society of Film Critics will be the last of the major elders to announce later this week) and the guilds preparing to announce their nominees (SAG is the only one with a full slate already in circulation),…
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Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: August 22, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When his daughter is kidnapped, a retired assassin is drawn back into the life he gave up. To rescue her, he must confront his former rival.” Poster: C+ / D / B- Review: A trio of…
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New This Week It’s time to say goodbye to 2014 in DVD. This year there was no single DVD release that stood head and shoulders above the rest, but there were a number of very fine releases, mostly in the area of stunning Blu-ray upgrades of classic films from the 1930s through the 1990s. The…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2011: Friday Face-Off (3)
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Return Links Polls Now That You’ve Seen Into the Woods…? Cinema Sight Asks: Now that you’ve seen “Into the Woods,” which Stephen Sondheim adaptation is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Page Revisions: (December 28, 2014) Original (November 15, 2015) New Trailer (#3) / New Posters (#2-#4) / Updated Release Date (changed from 3/13/15) / Updated Oscar Prospects / Page Redesigned (December 6, 2015) Added Image Gallery Release Date: December 11, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Based on the 1820 event, a whaling ship is preyed upon…
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We had eight films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Big Eyes Once upon a time, Tim Burton was a wunderkind, a film director with great potential and an even greater fanbase. However, as the years have drifted by, Burton’s enthusiasts have dwindled in number with one creative and critical drubbing…
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Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what movies I’ve seen over the past week. Below, you will find short reviews of those movies along with a star rating. Full length reviews may come at a later date. So, here is what I watched this past week: Into the Woods To date,…
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