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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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Return Links Polls What Are You Most Anticipating? (Jan. 2015, Limited) Cinema Sight Asks: Which January 2015 limited release film are you most anticipating? 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). With a small number of critics groups still to announce, this week we move into the real nitty…
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Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: January 2, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The television reporter Ángela is rescued from the building and taken to an oil tanker to be examined. However, it is unbeknown to the soldiers that she carries the seed of the mysterious demonic virus.” Poster:…
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Poster Trailer Link Release Date: January 2, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house’s darkest inhabitant.” Poster: C / C+ Review: Neither of these designs is particularly original, nor are they individually frightening. (#1) This has…
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Poster Trailer Link Release Date: December 31, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend, Dmitri to help. But the man’s arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.” Poster:…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: September 26, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Discovering a cache of cash in their dead tenant’s apt, a couple in debt take the money and find themselves the target of a deadly adversary-the thief who stole it.” Poster: C+ / C- / D+…
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Wes Anderson claims his second Best Picture prize with the Southeastern Film Critics Association falling in love with his mystery caper. The usual suspects show up in this list as well. Award Tallies (3) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2) Boyhood The Awards Best Film The Grand Budapest Hotel Birdman Boyhood Foxcatcher Gone Girl The Imitation…
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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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