Home Viewing with Peter #992
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Game: 2014 Spring Season Box Office Predictions: Rules
We begin our third Spring Season Box Office prediction game today. We’re keeping the rules from our prior incarnation intact. I can’t think of anything to really improve upon it. The first predictions post will go live at 2pm Central. This contest begins the weekend of Jan. 3-5, 2014 and continues through the weekend of…
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Looking at the Weekend: 2013 Year in Review
With one new wide release and a handful of minor limited releases, we thought we would do something special today. We’ll include our thoughts on Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones in next week’s article. Until then, we’re going to have a Year-End Special with three categories that each of our contributors submitted responses for. Our…
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Contest: 86th Oscar Predictions – Call for Entries: January
For the contest rules, click here. Please submit your predictions in the following categories. You have until January 15. (strict deadline. Oscar nominations annnounced Jan. 16) Best Picture – 1 Winner, 10 Nominations + 1 Alternate Best Director – 1 Winner, 5 Nomintaions + 1 Alternate Best Actor – 1 Winner, 5 Nomintaions + 1…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 1 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Poll: Best of 2012 Limited
Return Links Poll Archives What’s the Best of 2012 Limited? Cinema Sight Asks: Which 2012 limited release is best (based on poll leaders from prior Best Of Polls)? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Film Preview: Winter’s Tale (2014)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: February 14, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.” Poster: B- / C / B- (3) Review: (#1-#2) A…
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5 Favorites #162: 5 Favorite Despicable Characters
Every week, we’ll pose a new “five favorites” question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you’re welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. If you want to take a look…
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Precursor: 14th Vancouver Film Critics Nominations (2013)
These were announced December 22, so I’m just over a week late getting them up it seems. Her didn’t seem to play as well for the Vancouver critics as it did many other groups, receiving only a single nomination for screenplay. Meanwhile, 12 Years a Slave continued to rack up nominations and with the most…
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The DVD Report #341
New This Week It’s the end of the year, time to review the year in DVD. This year’s best DVD releases include both recent theatrical releases as well as a goodly share of classic film upgrades. Let’s split the best contemporary films released on Blu-ray and standard DVD this year between those released theatrically in…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 31 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Return Links Poll Archives Now That You’ve Seen The Wolf of Wall Street…? Cinema Sight Asks: Now that you’ve seen “The Wolf of Wall Street,” which Leonardo DiCaprio performance is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Film Preview: Interstellar (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: November 7, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.” Poster: C+ / B / A- / B- / B+ Review: I’m not sure what…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 25-29, 2013
We had fivefilms release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty How this film became an Oscar contender, I’ll never understand. In my defense, the only place I ever saw it referenced as such was The Hollywood Reporter. Everywhere else, the film was mostly just ignored. The…
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The Morning After: Dec. 30, 2013
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: Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013)
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints Rating Director David Lowery Screenplay David Lowery Length 96 min. Starring Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Keith Carradine, Nate Parker MPAA Rating R for some violence
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