Poll: Best of Jul. 2025, Wide
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Precursor: 24th Chicago Film Critics Nominations (2011)
Always good to inject some interest into the Original Score category, the Chicago critics are strong are a frequently strong prognosticating body, though they have their own strange quirks that make them interesting. This eyar, most of those oddities appear in Best Actress where Anna Paquin who’s gotten no attention for most of the year…
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Precursor: 5th Houston Film Critics (2011)
The steamroll that is The Artist has been temporarily halted by the Houston critics who gave the film only one award for Original Score. The Descendants received three trophies including Best Picture and Drive received two. Another award for Michael Fassbender and Shailene Woodley give them added support when neither appeared on the SAG list…
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Poll: Best Original Song (1964 – 1968)
Return Links Best Picture Poll Archive Best Original Song Poll: 1964 – 1968 Which Original Song winner is best? Public OpinionView Results
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Trailer Watch: The Wicker Tree
More than 30 years after the original, a sequel emerges. The Wicker Tree Plot Summary: Two travelers agree to participate in an ancient festival in a small island community only to discover that their participation puts them in extreme danger. Release Date: January 27, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: A Commentary: It’s a gorgeous poster and,…
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Feed the Queue #76
Here are the results of last week’s poll. Cool Hand Luke (1967) Dirty Harry (1971) In a Lonely Place (1950) Falling Down (1993) As Young As You Feel (1951) American Psycho (2000) Cool Hand Luke wins and goes into my queue.
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Oscar Profile #64: Christmas and Oscar
Many films have memorable Christmas scenes, but there are way too many to do justice to the subject so I am just going to concentrate on those that are set specifically at the holiday itself with two exceptions – both of which feature songs that have become holiday standards. Despite limiting myself to films specifically…
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Precursor: 69th Golden Globe Nominations (2011)
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced its nominees for their annual Oscar precursor called the Golden Globes. There were no hugely embarrassing selections this year (a la The Tourist), though many notable names were missing. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is HFPA bait if anything is, but it wasn’t included. Was it screened too…
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Precursor: 15th Las Vegas Film Critics Society (2011)
Another series of big wins for The Artist, which has become the de facto front runner this awards season. Nothing really unexpected here, though Refn’s win as best director is something of a surprise. In the seven major categories, this group has done amazingly well at pushing through nominations getting five for five in each…
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Precursor: 16th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (2011)
Although it didn’t even get nominated for Best Picture, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 is the big winner here. No other film got two or more nominations save Harry. And apart from the wins by The Artist, Moneyball and Hugo, most of the rest of the choices were fairly eclectic covering a…
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Academy Announces 10 Finalists for Live Action Short Film
The Academy today announced the ten films that will compete for three to five slots at this year’s Oscars in the Live Action Short Film category. Beverly Hills, CA (December 14, 2011) – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 live action short films will advance in the voting process…
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Trailer Watch: A Separation
Proof they can make bad trailers for (allegedly) good films. A Separation Plot Summary: An Iranian couple struggles to stay together. She wants to get away from Iran and head to the United States, but he wants to stay behind and care for his sick father. A charge of murder, frustration and aggravation threaten to…
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Game: Week 16 – 2011 Oscar Season Box Office & Week 15 Results
For a full list of rules, click here: 2011 Oscar Season 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. Top limited release film and its per screen average.…
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Looking at the Weekend: Dec. 16-18, 2011
I’m torn this week on which film will be number one. While Alvin and the Chipmunks have typically done well, this is the third film where as the popular Sherlock Holmes is only on its second outing. I’m giving Holmes the edge. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general…
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