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…
I was a bit surprised to get this one, but here it is. I’ll still probably see it in the theater as this kind of spectacle deserves that, but I will be sorely tempted to check it out beforehand. Les Misérables Stars: Hugh Jackman, Sacha Baron Cohen, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks, Helena Bonham…
The Producers Guild of America have announced the nominations for the first of their three film categories. Documentary nominations were announced today, and the remaining categories will be announced January 3, 2013. In looking at last year’s documentary list from the Producers Guild, it was clear that their influence over the Academy for documentaries was…
Epic visuals, but nothing else. Epic Plot Summary: The young daughter of a scientist finds herself plunged into a minute, mystical world where a war is brewing. Release Date: May 24, 2013 Poster Trailer Rating: None Commentary: Poster was a placeholder at the time this post was written. Rating: C- Commentary: First thing’s first: the…
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…
Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It’s a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we’ll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar…
Buried late in the day, here is the last of the short film shortlists. We should be getting further short lists for Foreign Language Film (at least the full eligible list), makeup, song and score at some point in the coming weeks.
Over the last three days, I’ve gotten a handful of screeners, but due to time constraints, I couldn’t get anything posted until now. The titles I received were DreamWorks’ Rise of the Guardians and Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted; and Summit Entertainment’s The Impossible and The Perks of Being a Wallflower
