Film Preview: The Last Temptation of Becky (2026)
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Friday Face-Off #51
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…
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Precursor: 6th Detroit Film Critics Society (2012)
Apart from Daniel Day-Lewis and Anne Hathaway, Detroit went a completely different than most of the other groups, heaping five trophies on Silver Linings Playbook. Whether this was intended to give the film a push it hadn’t gotten so far this year from other critics groups or shows a genuine love of the film is…
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Contest: Warner Bros. Holiday Giveaway
Closing out this year, we’re having a new holiday contest, but you don’t have time to delay! Click through to the full post to find out more.
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Poll: Best Actor (2003 – 2007)
Return Links Best Actor Poll Archive Best Actor Poll: 2003 – 2007 Cinema Sight Asks: Which Best Actor winner is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Trailer Watch: The Croods, trailer #2
Being only slightly more interesting than the first trailer isn’t heartening. The Croods, trailer #2 Plot Summary: A spirited young cavegirl is too adventurous for her cautious father, but as an accident reveals a beautiful paradise beyond their dreary cave, the whole family embarks on a grand adventure. Release Date: March 22, 2013 Poster Trailer…
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Looking at the Weekend: Dec. 14-16, 2012
We’ve been waiting three weeks for a knock-out box office debut and we’ll finally get it this week with the long-awaited prequel trilogy The Hobbit. How high it performs will depend on word of mouth and repeat business. Critics have been appreciative, but a bit underwhelmed, but that shouldn’t dissuade ardent fans. Individual Commentaries Wesley…
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Oscar Profile #115: Eleanor Parker
Born June 26, 1922 in Cedarville, Ohio, the youngest of three children to a mathematics teacher and his wife, Eleanor Jean Parker developed an early interest in acting. On stage from the age of 15, she twice turned down Hollywood offers for screen tests, wanting to finish high school and then college before starting a…
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Precursor: 70th Golden Globe Nominations (2012)
The Golden Globes are typically the biggest fame seekers in Hollywood. But for once, they have no truly embarrassing choices, though Bill Murray comes close. Some quick observations: David O. Russell did not get nominated for Silver Linings Playbook nor did Tom Hooper for Les Misérables. If this pattern holds at the DGA awards, both…
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Precursor: 16th Las Vegas Film Critics (2012)
The first group to give Life of Pi any major support, naming it in six categories, one of the most lop-sided tallies so far this precursor season. The rest of the selections are unoriginal. Award Tallies (6) Life of Pi (2) Lincoln The Awards
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Precursor: 6th Detroit Film Critics Nominations (2012)
Another group that has gone a different path with a number of its nominations, including a heavy favoring of The Impossible, Take This Waltz and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. While the latter film has received its share of attention, the first two have been largely ignored outside of Watts and minimally McGregor. Two…
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Precursor: 7th St. Louis Film Critics Nominations (2012)
So, they love a great deal of Beasts of the Southern Wild, but it’s not good enough to nominate for Best Film. They nominated Lincoln in several categories, but Steven Spielberg is too cool for school. Apart from these conundrums, it was clear they went over big for Django Unchained, a film that few other…
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Dec. 14-16, 2012)
Return Links What Are You Watching? Poll Archive What Are You Watching? (Dec. 14-16, 2012) Cinema Sight Asks: Do you plan on watching this week’s lone new wide release, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Trailer Watch: The ABCs of Death
26 doubts as to the quality of this film. The ABCs of Death Plot Summary: A 26-chapter horror anthology helmed by an eclectic group of 26 international directors, each exploring death by way of a different letter of the alphabet. Release Date: March 8, 2013 Poster Trailer Rating: B- Commentary: I’ll give them credit for…
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