Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Ceremonies 1931: 4th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1930/31}
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: January 16, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s “blackhat” follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.” Poster: C+/h4> Review: Chris Hemsworth plus wholly unrelated…
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…
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,…
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: December 31, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A crime drama set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city’s history, and centered on a the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on…
Here are the results of last week’s poll. Letters from Iwo Jima Flags of Our Fathers Apocalypto Blood Diamond Volver Venus Letters from Iwo Jima wins and goes into my queue.
Born February 23, 1989 in La Canada, California, Victor Fleming entered the film business as a stunt man in 1910. He had a side job repairing cars. It was in this capacity that he was discovered by director Allan Dwan while working on one of his his cars in 1913. Dwan gave him a job…
New Trailer (#3) / New Poster (#3) Jupiter Ascending, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for link to the trailer, more posters (if available) and other commentary not featured here.
Of the Oscar-friendly directors working today, David Fincher is one of the few who command attention at the box office. Gone Girl should be the latest in a recent string of strong openers at the box office, though horror flick Annabelle may build on pre-Halloween anticipation and come close. Christian adaptation Left Behind will open…