The critics groups seem to be homogenizing around the same handful of potential nominees. A few new selections here than we’ve previously seen: Scarlett Johansson for her performance in Under the Skin, Rene Russo for Nightcrawler and Guardians of the Galaxy for Best Ensemble. Nominations Tallies (7) Birdman (6) Boyhood (5) Whiplash (4) The Grand…
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Leading the pack of the Chicago Film Critics Association’s 2014 awards list, Birdman continues to receive lot of attention from critics as do The Grand Budapest Hotel, Boyhood and Whiplash. Interstellar was much better represented with this group, as was Under the Skin and Wild. Nominations Tallies (9) Birdman (8) The Grand Budapest Hotel (7)…
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Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…
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We started over at the beginning of August 2013, but with a new, more streamlined methodology to collecting votes. Just choose one selection in each of the ten categories below. Our first few weeks will be to select winners in cases of ties or in years where multiple categories existed for each discipline. After that,…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Return Links Polls Best Supporting Actress Poll: 1966 – 1970 Cinema Sight Asks: Which Best Supporting Actress winner is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Page Revisions: (December 7, 2014) Original (May 24, 2015) New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#5) (August 30, 2015) New Trailer (#3) / New Posters (#6-#10) (October 4, 2015) New Posters (#11-#14) / Updated Release Date (changed from 7/17/15) / Added Image Gallery Release Date: October 9, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The story of an…
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Here are the results of last week’s poll. A Matter of Life and Death (1946) Fail-Safe (1964) Once Upon a Time in America (1984) A Star Is Born (1954) Little Big Man (1970) A Matter of Life and Death wins and goes into my queue.
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The film many talked about as being the year’s awards juggernaut has fallen. Unbroken, which screened late (but not as late as Selma, is completely shut out of the Golden Globe nominations. If they won’t support Angelina Jolie, then the film probably has little hope. It might still crop up from the Broadcast Critics, but…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Dec. 12-14, 2014) Cinema Sight Asks: What are you watching? (Dec. 12-14, 2014) Public OpinionPoll Results
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Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: March 6, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After being kidnapped by two criminals during birth, Chappie becomes the adopted son in a strange and dysfunctional family. Chappie is preternaturally gifted, one of a kind, a prodigy. He also happens to be a robot.”…
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The Hunger Games‘ reign is about to come to an end as Ridley Scott’s Bible epic Exodus: Gods and Kings competes for box office dollars. The film’s success depends entirely on attendance from church groups as I don’t think it’s going to be too big of a cross-demographic hit. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: Inherent Vice…
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Another lackluster spring has a few potential bright spots, but is mostly a time to catch up on the Oscar-nominated films you haven’t already seen. To introduce you to the upcoming films, there will be two preview articles every month and this introduction every four months. The Season Preview article will focus on one of…
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July 2, 2014 Deliver Us from Evil Box Office Prediction: $20 M Box Office Expectations: What I Said: “Uncertain. The trailers get some of the peril right, but make this look more like a supernatural thriller rather than a supernatural horror film and none of that may be very convincing to an audience that’s growing…
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