Will it be Steven Soderbergh or Oliver Stone who more adequately handle the drug industry? I’m placing my bet on the film that came out twelve years ago. Savages Plot Summary: Two small time pot sellers run afoul of a dangerous drug cartel. When the cartel kidnaps one of their girlfriends, they go on a…
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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…
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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…
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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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For the For the Love of Film Blogathon this week, we finish off today with Peter’s look at Hitchcock’s use of actors and his ability to compel many of them to against-type performances with great success. Alfred Hitchcock in his own words: “There is a dreadful story that I hate actors. Imagine anyone hating James…
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For the For the Love of Film Blogathon this week, we finish off our Top Ten countdown with our number one favorite Alfred Hitchcock films along with a brief note on why they are important to each of our contributors (Wesley Lovell, Peter J. Patrick, Tripp Burton) here at Cinema Sight. Number 1 Vertigo (Wesley…
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Return Links Best Actress Poll Archive Best Actress Poll: 1988 – 1992 Cinema Sight Asks: Which Best Actress winner is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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It might be funnier to watch the 2012 presidential campaign debates than watch this film. The Campaign Plot Summary: A longtime congressman finds himself facing off in his first actual electoral challenge and neither candidate is blessed with brain cells. Release Date: August 10, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: C- Commentary: I would have expected a…
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Here are the results of last week’s poll. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Interview with the Assassin (2002) Take the Money and Run (1969) Zelig (1983) Borat (2009) A Hard Day’s Night wins and goes into my queue.
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Born Harriet Lake on January 22, 1909 in Valley City, North Dakota and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ann Sothern was the daughter of a singer and vocal coach. Her younger sister was the composer Bonnie Lake. Her paternal grandfather, Simon Lake, was the inventor of the modern submarine. With her good looks and outgoing personality…
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The year has had some strong months, mostly due to high grosses from two particular films The Hunger Games from March and The Avengers from two weeks ago. While I think the closest any film in June will come to these is Brave‘s 270 million prediction, it’s going to be an overall stronger breakdown per…
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For the For Love of Film Blogathon this week, today we’re counting down our third and second favorite Alfred Hitchcock films along with a brief note on why they are important to each of our contributors (Wesley Lovell, Peter J. Patrick, Tripp Burton) here at Cinema Sight. Number 3 Rebecca (Wesley Lovell) The only time…
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