Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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The Academy has revealed 10 films that will compete for five slots for Best Visual Effects at this year’s Academy Awards. There are two glaring omissions here. Both of this year’s biblical epics are absent. Noah and Exodus: Gods and Kings. The latter is most noteworthy since I had thought it had a sure shot…
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Poster Trailer Link Release Date: October 31, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The idea is simple: A married woman and a single man meet. They love, they argue, fists fly. A dog strays between town and country. The seasons pass. The man and woman meet again. The dog finds itself between them. The other is in…
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The Grammy nominations are sometimes idiosyncratic. They are always poor predictors. The Grammy deadlines typically mean that several prior-year films make it into the mix, with this year being no exception. Completely disregard the Compilation Soundtrack category as none of them are Oscar eligible (this year or last). Toss out three-fifths of the soundtrack category…
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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: 1961 – 1965 Cinema Sight Asks: Which Best Supporting Actress winner is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Trailer #3 / Posters #5-#15. Paddington, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for link to the trailer, more posters (if available) and other commentary not featured here.
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Here are the results of last week’s poll. Kiss Me Deadly (1955) All About My Mother (1999) Seven Samurai (1954) Don’t Look Now (1973) A Tale of Two Cities (1935) Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) A Tale of Two Cities wins and goes into my queue. Let me apologize for this one. I have Kiss…
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Born January 1, 1909 in Covington County, Mississippi, (Carver) Dana Andrews was one of thirteen children of a Baptist minister and his wife. The family later moved to Huntsville, Texas where his younger siblings, including actor Steve Forrest, were born. Educated at Sam Houston State University, he moved to Los Angeles in 1931 seeking employment…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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For our last-minute viewing pleasure, Angelina Jolie’s second film, Unbroken, gets the screener treatment. Unbroken Stars: Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Glesson, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund, Finn Wittrock Director: Angelina Jolie Premise: From IMDb: “A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.” Oscar Chances:…
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Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Dec. 5-7, 2014) Cinema Sight Asks: What are you watching? (Dec. 5-7, 2014) Public OpinionPoll Results
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Poster Trailer Link Release Date: December 19, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A literature college professor and high stakes gambler runs afoul of a loan shark and his bodyguard-like gangsters while he has an affair with one of his students.” Poster: D / B- Review: A disheveled, washed-up looking Mark Wahlberg might have impact on his…
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