Film Preview: The Wrong Girls (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Precursor: 56th Grammy Awards Nominations (2013)
The Grammy nominations are seldom a good precursor, but with so few groups (and no awards from any composers guild), this is one of the few that might give a faint glimpse into the potential Oscar nominations. Unfortunately, of the three categories, Best Original Song is the only one with any likely impact. The Great…
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Film Preview: I, Frankenstein (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: January 24, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Frankenstein’s creature finds himself caught in an all-out, centuries old war between two immortal clans.” Poster: D+ (3) / B- / B / C+ / C+ / C (3) Review: (#1-#5) For character posters, if that’s what you want to call them, these are…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 49, 2013)
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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The NEW Friday Face-Off #18
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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Screener Watch: Lone Survivor
Another late arrival, but one not likely to be seen before deadline (other films are a priority in my stack). Lone Survivor Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Alexander Ludwig, Emile Hirsch, Taylor Kitsch, Eric Bana, Ben Foster, Jerry Ferrera, Dan Bilzerian, Scott Elrod, Ali Suliman, Yousuf Azami Director: Peter Berg Premise: From IMDb: “Based on the failed…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 6 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: Best Music Score (2010 – 2012)
Return Links Poll Archives Best Music Score Poll: 2010 – 2012 Cinema Sight Asks: Which Best Music Score winner is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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86th Oscars: Visual Effects Shortlist
The Academy has narrowed down the potential Best Visual Effects nominees to a list of ten films. From this list, five will be nominated. This is about as unshocking a list as one could imagine. That The Lone Ranger made it on the list is the only real outrage. Toss it and World War Z…
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Film Preview: Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas (2013)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: December 13, 2013 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on rural town when she’s coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas.” Poster: B+ / C (2) / D Review: Madea is indeed a “nutcracker,” making the…
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Feed the Queue #149
Here are the results of last week’s poll. Charade The Great Escape It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World This Sporting Life America America The Cardinal Charade wins and goes into my queue. Although Bryan did not rank all films, the four films he did not rank would not have been altered by his votes.
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Oscar Profile #163: Glenn Close
Born March 19, 1947 in Greenwich, Connecticut to Bettine (née Moore) and William Taliaferro Close, a doctor who ran a clinic in the Belgian Congo and served as personal physician to the Congo’s president, Glenn Close is considered one of the greatest actresses of our time. Her paternal grandfather was first married to cereal heiress…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 5 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Screener Watch: Enough Said
Although our voting deadline is this Saturday, we’re still getting screeners exceptionally late. Another from Fox Searchlight. Enough Said Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Toni Collette Director: Nicole Holofcener Premise: From IMDb: “A divorced woman who decides to pursue the man she’s interested in learns he’s her new friend’s ex-husband.” Oscar Chances: Unknown:…
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Dec. 6-8, 2013)
Return Links Poll Archives What Are You Watching? (Dec. 6-8, 2013) Cinema Sight Asks: What are you watching? (Dec. 6-8, 2013) Public OpinionPoll Results
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Film Preview: Need for Speed (2014)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: March 14, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Fresh from prison, a street racer who was framed by a wealthy business associate joins a cross country race with revenge in mind. His ex-partner, learning of the plan, places a massive bounty on his head as the…
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