We had one film releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Toys in the Attic More often than not, surprises appear on the eligible films list for the Academy’s Best Animated Feature award. Every year, the list of little known titles on the shortlist make Oscar prognosticators scramble for details on the latest…
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…
We Need to Talk About Kevin Rating Director Lynne Ramsay Screenplay Lynn Ramsay, Rory Kinnear (Novel: Lionel Shriver) Length 112 min. Starring Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell, Rock Duer, Ashley Gerasimovich, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Alex Manette, Kenneth Franklin MPAA Rating R for disturbing violence and behavior, some sexuality and language
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…
And so does the plot… 3, 2, 1…Frankie Go Boom Plot Summary: A childhood spent tortured by his brother on camera is relived as his sibling films him sleeping with a prominent actor’s daughter. Release Date: October 12, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: B- Commentary: It’s not a terrribly exciting design and the rudimentary nature of…
On Sundays, we list the weekend’s upcoming films along with previews of trailers and posters. On Wednesdays, we preview all of the upcoming new wide and limited releases hitting the theaters the coming weekend. On Fridays, we’ll now tell you what you should see. We pose two questions each week to our contributors and their…
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…
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…
He just killed everyone he could when his daughter was taken? Do you really think you’re a match for him? Taken 2 Plot Summary: He killed the man who kidnapped his daughter. Now, that man’s brother is coming for revenge. Release Date: October 5, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: D Commentary: I guess if Liam Neeson…