• The Rundown 2012: Production Design / Costume Design

    For our fifteenth Rundown article, we look at two creative categories that are invariably tied together. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover the biggest category of them all.

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  • This Day in Oscar History: February 21 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1966: 38th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1965} 1978: 50th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)]   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1977}

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  • 85th Presenters: Multiple

    The Academy dumping three press releases in the span of one day seems like a rather desperate, last-minute thing. Slow, methodical releases of information are preferred to this onslaught. Here are three more articles on presenters, events and hosts. Oscar® Producers Name Performers in Celebration of Musicals of the Last Decade

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  • Poll: What Are You Watching? (Feb. 22-24, 2013)

    Return Links Poll Archives What Are You Watching? (Feb. 22-24, 2013) Cinema Sight Asks: What are you watching? (Feb. 22-24, 2013) Public OpinionPoll Results

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  • Trailer Watch: The Taste of Money

    Sex. Corruption. Intrigue. Sounds fun. The Taste of Money Plot Summary: A look inside a powerful Korean family whose influence reaches into deep places and whose corruption may know few bounds. Release Date: January 25, 2013 Poster Trailer Rating: B Commentary: It’s a simple design, but tells a great story with one image. This a…

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  • Game: 2013 Spring Box Office Week 8 & Week 7 Results

    For a full list of rules, click here: 2013 Spring 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. Awards…

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  • Looking at the Weekend: Feb. 22-24, 2013

    None of these films really seem like box office hits in the making and while I might suggest Snitch has a strong chance of doing well, I give the edge to the supernatural horror flick Dark Skies. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: Nothing new this week piques my interests. Peter J. Patrick: Bless Me, Ultima looks…

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  • The Rundown 2012: Original Screenplay / Adapted Screenplay

    For our fourteenth Rundown article, we have a glimpse at the first building blocks of a successful film. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover two unalterably-tied creative categories.

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  • This Day in Oscar History: February 20 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1967: 39th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)]   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1966} 1979: 51st Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)]   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1978}

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  • Precursor: 15th Costume Designers Guild Awards (2012)

    And there you have the last guild awards for 2012. The late Eiko Ishioka won the prize for Fantasy Costume Design making it a stronger competitor against the more expected victor Anna Karenina, which won Period Costume Design. The Awards Best Period Costume Design Anna Karenina Best Fantasy Costume Design Mirror, Mirror Best Contemporary Costume…

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  • 85th Presenters: Large Update

    Once again, I missed all of these presenters being announced (as well as an addition to the Red Carpet show hosting list). Here are the press releases from the Academy: Additional Host Named for Oscars® Red-Carpet Show

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  • Trailer Watch: Mental

    The term has gotten too much use. Perhaps it should have been called “Zany.” Mental Plot Summary: After his wife suffers a mental breakdown, a concerned father hires an eccentric nanny to help out. Release Date: March 29, 2013 Poster Trailer Rating: C- Commentary: It’s a limited, somewhat tacky design that does very little to…

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  • 5 Favorites #118: 5 Favorite Date Movies

    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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  • The DVD Report #296

    Featured The bond that develops between an adult and a child who is not biologically theirs is a theme that has periodically appeared with great success throughout film history. In the 1920s we had Charlie Chaplin caring for abandoned orphan Jackie Coogan in The Kid. In the 1930s we had Marie Dressler as the housekeeper…

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  • 2012 Precursor Predictions: Costume Designers Guild

    We’re almost at the end. The Costume Designers Guild is the final guild to announce their winners. It’s the penultimate prize of the season and probably will only give us clues to one final category. Here are our thoughts on the CDG.

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