After several years of Disney/Pixar being poorly treated by the Annie Awards, they’ve come back with a vengeance picking up 20 nominations between their two top-nominated films, tying for first place with Rise of the Guardians. With Brave and Wreck-It Ralph, it will be an interesting competition. Typically, the most nominated film picks up the…
As the precursor awards continue unabated through the month of December, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (this will be in place of my prior weekly article “Oscar Preview”. Today, we look back at the results of the New York…
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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…