The Art Directors Guild have presented their nominations for this year’s best in production design. As always, they break their recognition into three categories, period, fantasy and contemporary. After missing out on a nomination from the American Cinema Editors, Unbroken comes back with a nod here while Selma, which Warner Bros. failed to send to…
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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: The Imitation Game One of…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Return Links Polls What’s the Best of Jan. 2014, Wide? Cinema Sight Asks: Which January 2014 wide release film is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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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). While the last couple of weeks have been literally or virtually dead, this week’s rush of guild nominations…
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Poster Trailer Link Release Date: January 9, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The aristocratic sisters Charlotte and Caroline both fall in love with the controversial young writer and hothead Friedrich Schiller. Defying the conventions of their time, the sisters decide to share their love with Schiller. What begins playfully, almost as a game among the three…
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Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: January 9, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Ex-government operative Bryan Mills is accused of a ruthless murder he never committed or witnessed. As he is tracked and pursued, Mills brings out his particular set of skills to find the true killer and clear…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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I don’t have a lot to say about these heavily idiosyncratic choices other than the fact that they aren’t that reflective of current prevailing opinions. Award Tallies (2) Boyhood, Mr. Turner The Awards Best Picture Goodbye to Language (25 points) Boyhood (24 points) Birdman (10 points) Mr. Turner (10 points) Best Director
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Poster Trailer Link Release Date: June 6, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A family vacation during the summer of 1985 changes everything for a teenage boy obsessed with ping pong.” Poster: C Review: As lamely cheesy as the types of posters created for the types of films that this “throwback” is gently poking fun at. The…
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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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The American Cinema Editors have announced the nominees for the 54th Annual Eddie Awards. The big surprise here is that Best Picture contender Selma is completely missing with a six-film lineup. Nightcrawler and Whiplash got surprise nominations, which puts them in stronger position for Best Picture nominations. The rest of the year’s major contenders are…
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