Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 29, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.” Poster: C- Review: A tedious, unimaginative comedy design that’s not particularly…
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Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 29, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed weekend begins to come apart at the seams, leading her to question her own role in the family.” Poster: C+ / C Review: (#1)…
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Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: August 29, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn’t consider.” Poster: B- / B / B- Review: Seldom have three poster designs felt so incongruous…
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Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 29, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Cantinflas is the untold story of Mexico’s greatest and most beloved comedy film star of all time. From his humble origins on the small stage to the bright lights of Hollywood, Cantinflas became famous around the world – one joke at a time. Relive…
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Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 27, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An ex-CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.” Poster: C / C+ Review: (#1 & #2) Cheap designs for…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 19, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A man is captured by a maniac and tortured, physically and mentally, into becoming a walrus.” Poster: B Review: While it’s a bit too simplistic, the thematic appropriateness of the design is noteworthy. While there are no visible walruses, the tusks are there and…
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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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Return Links Polls Best Costume Design Poll: 1963 – 1967 Cinema Sight Asks: Which Best Costume Design winner is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Poster Trailer Link Release Date: September 26, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Desperate, broke, and out of ideas, four college seniors start a fake charity to embezzle money for tuition.” Poster: B Review: The design makes more sense after watching the trailer. The way the characters are displayed, it looks like a film about gay missionaries…
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Here are the results of last week’s poll. You Can Count on Me Wonder Boys O Brother, Where Art Thou? Quills Shadow of the Vampire Pollock You Can Count on Me wins and goes into my queue.
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Born October 27, 1918, (Muriel) Teresa Wright became interested in acting after seeing Helen Hayes in Broadway’s Victoria Regina in 1936. Following her high school graduation in 1938 she was on Broadway herself as understudy to Martha Scott and Dorothy McGuire in Our Town. She took over the lead when Scott went to Hollywood to…
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