Film Preview: The Weight (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Trailer Watch: Captain America, trailer #2+posters (2014)
Captain America, trailer #2, posters #3-#9 Plot Summary: From IMDb: “Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and battles a new threat from old history: the Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier.” Release Date: April 4, 2014 Poster Trailer Rating: C+ (5) / C+ / C Commentary: (#3-#7) These five…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Feb. 14-16, 2014
We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. RoboCop In 1987, Paul Verhoeven brought the tale of a prominent cop, terminally wounded, is grafted into the body of a cyborg and employed as a crime fighter in the dangerous streets of the city of Detroit. That film scored two…
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Precursor: 61st Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards (2013)
Another group spreads the love to every film imaginable. Two winners are more noteworthy than the rest. Sound Effects and Foley to Gravity and Dialogue and ADR to Captain Phillips. Essentially, these are to be the likely contenders for the Oscar with the SFX/Foley award having more impact. Award Tallies (1) Captain Phillips, Dirty Wars,…
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The Morning After: Feb. 17, 2014
Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what I’ve seen over the past week either in film or television. On the film side, if I have written a full length review already, I will post a link to that review. Otherwise, I’ll give a brief snippet of my thoughts on the film…
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Review: The Croods (2013)
The Croods Rating Director Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders Screenplay Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco, John Cleese Length 98 min. Starring Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Clark Duke, Chris Sanders, Randy Thom MPAA Rating PG for some scary action
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Review: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Rating Director Kenneth Branagh Screenplay Adam Cozad, David Koepp (Based on the characters of Tom Clancy) Length 105 min. Starring Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh, Lenn Kudrjawizki, Alec Utgoff, Peter Andersson, Elena Velikanova, Nonso Anozie, Seth Ayott, Colm Feore, Gemma Chan MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for sequences of…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 12
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). We’re entering the final week of precursors before the Oscars. There will be one week of nothing new,…
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The Rundown 2013: Best Director
For our seventh Rundown article, we look at a category that frequently goes along with Best Picture. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Director as well as general commentary about the race. Tuesday, we’ll cover two very visual aspects of film.
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86th Oscars: The Polls – Best Production Design
As we approach the 86th Annual Academy Awards, we would like to see what our readers think are the best of this year’s Oscar crop. To achieve such, we will be running one new poll each day for the next 24 days. Best Production Design Cinema Sight Asks: Which 86th Oscars nominee for Best Production…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 17 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Ceremonies
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Precursor: Make-Up and Hair Stylists Guild Awards (2013)
The mysterious Make-Up and Hair Stylists Guild return giving out five awards to five different films, two of which are Oscar nominees, none of which are The Lone Ranger. The Period and/or Character Make-up and Special Make-Up Effects awards are probably the most key to understanding Oscar and both were won by Oscar nominees. Award…
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Poll: What Are You Most Anticipating? (March 2014, Wide)
Return Links Poll Archives What Are You Most Anticipating? (March 2014, Wide) Cinema Sight Asks: Which March 2014 wide release film are you most anticipating? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Precursor: 55th British Academy Awards (2013)
I never found a live stream of the BAFTA awards, so I had to get this information from the Variety live blog. As the “evening” progressed, 12 Years a Slave seemed like it was going down to defeat, losing Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. It held on to win Best…
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The Inbox (Feb. 8-14, 2014)
Every week, I get several press releases, screening invitations and other notifications from a handful of studio contacts. While I won’t be sharing any information regarding my screening invites, some of the press releases might be of interest to my readers, so I thought I’d start sharing them in toto with all of you. These…
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