Home Viewing with Peter #992
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Trailer Watch: Neighbors (2014), trailer #2, poster #1
“War of the Roses” Meets “Animal House”…maybe. Neighbors, trailer #2, poster #1 Plot Summary: From IMDb: “A couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house.” Release Date: May 9, 2014 Poster Trailer Rating: C Commentary: It’s simple and effective, establishes the rivalry without unnecessary…
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Game: 2013 Oscar Season Box Office Week 17
For a full list of rules, click here: 2013 Oscar Season Box Office Predictions Game Rules. Submit Your Predictions for This Week Top Ten Films at the U.S. Box Office of the week in order from most money to least. Individual monetary predictions for each film. Final box office tally for all new wide releases.…
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Oscar Profile #166: Oscar’s Christmas Favorites
This is any edited version of an article from two years ago. Many films have memorable Christmas scenes, but there are way too many to do justice to the subject so I am just going to concentrate on those that are set specifically at the holiday itself with a few exceptions for films with holiday…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 25 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Dec. 25-29, 2013)
Return Links Poll Archives What Are You Watching? (Dec. 25-29, 2013) Cinema Sight Asks: What are you watching? (Dec. 25-29, 2013) Public OpinionPoll Results
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Film Preview: The Time Being (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: July 26, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An artist meets a mysterious and wealthy benefactor and their relationship is not what it appears to be.” Poster: C- Review: Life isn’t just black-and-white, but that might be the impression you get from this bland, uneventful poster that won’t appeal to anyone but…
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5 Favorites #161: 5 Favorite Twist Endings
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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Looking at the Weekend: Dec. 25-29, 2013
The race for #1 this weekend is going to be tight. While I ultimately think The Secret Life of Walter Mitty will come out on top with The Hobbit‘s third week and the debut of The Wolf of Wall Street chomping at its heels. The big issue is whether any of the films will burn…
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The DVD Report #340
New This Week It’s Christmas, so what do we get from the DVD gods? Why, films focusing on murder and mayhem, of course. There’s more mayhem than murder in Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt, an unsettling account of a man whose life is destroyed by false accusations in one of the films on Oscar’s short list…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 24 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”
Return Links Poll Archives Now That You’ve Seen Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues…? Cinema Sight Asks: Now that you’ve seen “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” which Will Ferrell performance is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Film Preview: Transcendence (2014)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: April 17, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain” Poster: C / B-…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 20-22, 2013
We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Her As a music video director, Spike Jonze is a prolific figure. On the film front, he’s been barely a blip, having directed only four films. His first film, 1999’s Being John Malkovich was a hit with critics and picked up…
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The Morning After: Dec. 23, 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: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Rating Director Francis Lawrence Screenplay Simon Beaufoy, Michael Arndt (as Michael deBruyn) (Novel: Suzanne Collins) Length 146 min. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Willow Shields, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Amanda Plummer, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone, Lynn Cohen,…
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