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Revisionist Oscar: 1996, Part 20
You can read more about this project in the article at this link. Below is our twentieth poll, covering Best Sound (Effects) Editing. As a refresher, here is where we obtain the titles/performances will be included in the polls that will be conducted: Four-Source Categories: The actual Oscar nominees in the selected category. The Top…
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87th Oscars: Documentary Feature Shortlist
The Academy has announced the 15 films that will compete for the Best Documentary Feature award. Of the five films nominated yesterday for the Producers Guild of American award for Best Documentary, only Life Itself and Virunga made this shortlist. Many of these titles seem well suited to the Academy’s tastes and any number of…
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The DVD Report #389
New This Week Among Kino Lorber’s new Blu-ray releases are three from Robert Altman, The Long Goodbye, Thieves Like Us and the never on DVD Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. 1973’s The Long Goodbye starred Elliott Gould as an early 1970s incarnation of Raymond Chandler’s private detective, Philip Marlowe,…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 2 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Film Preview: The Captive (2014)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: December 12, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she’s still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.” Poster: C+ / C+ /…
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Precursor: 26th PGA Documentary Nominations (2014)
Notably absent from this list are documentaries with heavy political commentary. That won’t help many of these translate to Oscar nominations. Of these, Life Itself, Particle Fever and Virunga are the most likely to jump onto the Oscar ballot. The Nominations Best Documentary The Green Prince Life Itself Merchants of Doubt Particle Fever Virunga Producers…
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Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “Penguins of Madagascar”
Return Links Polls Now That You’ve Seen Penguins of Madagascar…? Cinema Sight Asks: Now that you’ve seen “Penguins of Madagascar,” which film with penguins is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 28-30, 2014
We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Penguins of Madagascar Spun off from the highly popular, but Oscar averse franchise Madagascar, Penguins of Madagascar follows the adventures of the four antarctic denizens and their zany capers as super spies. With prominent placement in the founding franchise, their humorous…
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Precursor: 23rd Annie Awards Nominations (2014)
There are two notable results here. One in that The Boxtrolls topped the nomination count over what would have been the standard DreamWorks topper How to Train Your Dragon 2 (though, if you look at history, Laika does really well with the Annie Awards). Two, The Lego Movie only secured 6 nominations, fifth-most for the…
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The Morning After: Dec. 1, 2014
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: Birdman Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu strikes…
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Precursor: 80th New York Critics Awards (2014)
Birdman, a quintessentially New York film was completely ignored as the New York Film Critics Circle announced their winners for the best of the year. Boyhood picked up three prizes, taking Best Picture, Director and Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette). The Immigrant was the only other film to secure more than one award, winning for Best…
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Precursor: 19th Satellite Nominations (2014)
The first broad-audience precursor out of the gate is the International Press Academy and their Satellite Awards. Founded 19 years ago, the group has put forth some of the most eclectic choices and has been one of the worst barometers of Oscar recognition. Their early deadline has pretty much doomed films like Unbroken, which wasn’t…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 1 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: What Are You Most Anticipating? (Dec. 2014, Limited)
Return Links Polls What Are You Most Anticipating? (Dec. 2014, Limited) Cinema Sight Asks: Which December 2014 limited release film are you most anticipating? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 1
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, 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). There was only one item this week, the Spirit Awards Nominations. The group has become more consistent in…
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