You can include Oscar winners and nominees all you want, but that won’t make your film good. A Late Quartet Plot Summary: When a member of a prominent string quartet is diagnosed with Parkinson’s, they embark on his final performance tour while the remaining members of the quartet begin falling out. Release Date: November 2,…
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For a full list of rules, click here: 2012 Oscar 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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When you have a batch of films that all appeal to the same demographic (young men and teens), go with the genre that has performed better at the box office in recent days than any other: horror. Jennifer Lawrence is the only female protagonist of any of these films, which means it will more likely…
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As the pre-Halloween portion of Oscar Season gets into full swing, October is a mixed bag of potential Oscar nominees and films that Oscar would sooner close up shop than honor. Traditionally, Oscar fare gets its biggest push in November and December where Oscar voters’ memories aren’t so forgetful. Yet, October has its fair share…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1930: 3rd Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1929/30}
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Return Links What Are You Watching? Poll Archive What Are You Watching? (Sep. 21-23, 2012) Cinema Sight Asks: What are you watching? (Sep. 21-23, 2012) Public OpinionPoll Results
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I like it when second trailers are better than the first. Too bad this isn’t one of them. Wreck-It Ralph, trailer #2 Plot Summary: Fed up with the frequent grind of playing the bad guy, one video game villain decides to break out of his machine and experience life in other games instead. Release Date:…
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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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New This Week Quick, what role do Thelma Ritter, Cloris Leachman, Debbie Reynolds and Kathy Bates all have in common? Answer, they all played Margaret (Molly) Brown AKA The Unsinkable Molly Brown, the tile of Reynolds’ 1964 film. Leachman first played her in a 1957 episode of Telephone Time and later in the 1979 TV…
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Return Link Now That You’ve Seen… Poll Archive Now That You’ve Seen Resident Evil: Retribution… Cinema Sight Asks: Now that you’ve seen Resident Evil: Retribution, which Resident Evil film is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Four score and seven years ago…Spielberg wasn’t even born yet. Lincoln Plot Summary: As the U.S. Civl War rages on, President Abraham Lincoln must wrestle with a reluctant cabinet in his fight to bring freedom to slaves around the fractured nation. Release Date: November 16, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: C Commentary: I read a dissertation…
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We had two films releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Master In a career that spans two decades, Paul Thomas Anderson has made only six films. Like the great Stanley Kubrick, Anderson doesn’t seem in a rush to get his movies onto the big screen, but when they arrive, everyone takes…
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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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