Contender: You Can See Everything (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Trailer Watch: Madagascar 3
The third film in a franchise that didn’t look initially like a franchise. That’s not necessarily a good thing. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted Plot Summary: The most successful escaped animal quartet in film history finds new adventures as they attempt to capture the elusive penguins in the grand cityscape of Monte Carlo. Release Date:…
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5 Favorites #62: 5 Favorite Academy Presidents
Every week, we’ll pose a new “five favorites” question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you’re welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. If you want to take a look…
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The DVD Report #240
New This Week George Clooney’s political drama, The Ides of March, newly released on DVD, is the latest in a long line of films dealing with American political campaigns. A timely film, it centers on a fictitious campaign in which dirty tricks abound. Ryan Gosling is the idealistic staffer for George Clooney as a sitting…
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The Cinema Sight Film Club #4: Discussion
Now that you’ve (hopefully) had a chance to watch The Dead, please join us in discussing this film by posting your comments below. And don’t forget, Mike Furlong, you need to make your selection today for February 2012. You can send it by e-mail or PM on UAADB.
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84th Academy Awards Nominations (2011)
The nominations have been announced. I’m still looking for the remaining nominations, but here are my initial thoughts on the currently available list: Extremely Loud managed to hang on long enough to earn a Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor nomination, but didn’t make it in Best Director. Other shocks: The Tree of Life held…
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Trailer Watch: In Darkness
It’s hard to go wrong with Agnieska Holland. In Darkness Plot Summary: A Polish man finds hiding places in the sewers for Jews attempting to escape the rise of the Nazi’s in Poland. Release Date: February 10, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: C+ Commentary: It reminds me a bit of the overly simplistic sales approach used…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 8
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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Oscar Morning: The Article (2011)
FOR AN OSCAR MORNING TRACKING SHEET, CLICK HERE. My predictions are in BOLD. On Tuesday morning, January 24, 2012, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be announcing its nominees for the 84th Annual Academy Awards. It will be broadcast live at just after 5:30a PST (6:30a MST, 7:30a CST, 8:30a EST). This…
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84th Predictions: Final Nominations Predictions
The time for hemming, hawing and vacillating is complete. Tomorrow, the nominations for the 84th Academy Awards will be revealed. Without much time left, we’re giving to you our final predictions for this years awards. It’s interesting to see all the differences between our predictions over the past several months begin to coalesce into a…
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The Morning After: Jan. 23, 2012
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…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 23
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 2007: 79th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 2006}
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Poll: What Are You Most Anticipating? (Feb. 2012)
Return Links Most Anticipating? Poll Archive What Are You Most Anticipating? (Feb. 2012) What film releasing in February 2012 are you most anticipating? Public OpinionView Results
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The Inbox (Jan. 14-20, 2012)
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…
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Weekend Preview: Jan. 27-29, 2012
There are six new releases this week. We have previews for four of them below.
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