Oscar History: October 25 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Feed the Queue #24
This week, there’s one film that towers above the crowd with 23 points. Hud came in a distance second with 17 points. Nashville has been added to my queue. I will receive it next week to be watched that subsequent weekend (or watched this weekend if I have time) and reviewed in The Morning After…
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Oscar Profile #15: Beau Bridges
Born Oscar Levert Bridges III, and delivered by candlelight because of a power outage on December 9 in 1941, the first of Lloyd and Dorothy Bridges’ four children was immediately nicknamed “Beau” after Olivia de Havilland’s baby in Gone With the Wind. Born to a Hollywood family with a Hollywood name, it was only natural…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 9
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Oliver Emert (72 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Black-and-White) – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1905: Dalton Trumbo (70 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Motion Picture Story;Oscar Nominee: Screenplay, Motion Picture Story – 3 Noms, 2 Wins} 1911: Broderick Crawford (74 at death) {Oscar Winner: Lead…
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Game: Week 15 – Awards Season Box Office Predictions
Week 15 of our Awards Season Box Office Predictions game. Don’t remember the rules? Check them out here: Game Rules. Submit the Following for this Week
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Looking at the Weekend: December 10-12, 2010
More family films are crowding the marketplace, hoping to be offset by a thriller. We’ll see how both work out. Once again, the more interesting content appears to be going out in limited release, which pretty much fits the Oscar season standard. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 8
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Gerard Carbonara (72 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1896: Bryan Foy (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Feature – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1900: Irene (61 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) – 2 Noms,…
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Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett Returning to Middle-Earth
Los Angeles, CA—December 7, 2010—Cate Blanchett, Ken Stott, Sylvester McCoy and Mikael Persbrandt and have joined the cast of Peter Jackson’s highly anticipated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic “The Hobbit.” Also joining them are Ryan Gage, Jed Brophy and William Kircher. The films, which are scheduled to commence principal photography in February 2011, mark Jackson’s…
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5 Favorites #3: 5 Favorite Film Directors
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. This week, we’re getting away from the…
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The DVD Report #185: Oscar on DVD – 1967
New This Week CLICK HEREfor other new releases this week. The April 1968 presentation of the 40th Annual Academy Awards had to be delayed a week due to the assassination of Martin Luther King. Fittingly, Oscar’s Best Picture award went to Norman Jewison’s In the Heat of the Night, a murder mystery that was also…
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Tiny Vacation
Starting today and through the end of the weekend, I will be taking a tiny vacation. Although I won’t have a lot of time to update the site, I will still do what I can. Most of this week’s articles are already ready to go, but things do come up. So, I’ll be around checking…
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This Day in Oscar Histroy: December 7
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: Harry Chandlee (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1887: Ernst Toch (76 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score – 3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1891: Fay Bainter (76 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actress;Oscar Nominee: Lead…
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Trailer Watch: December 6, 2010
Our update today features Santa-themed animated film Arthur Christmas, Jodie Foster’s new Mel Gibson film The Beaver and horror flick Bereavement. Meanwhile, for new posters we have the second for The Mechanic and the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh posters for The Chronicles of Narnia 3. ARTHUR CHRISTMAS Plot Summary: The high tech world of…
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Game: Week 14 – Box Office Predictions: Results & Standings
Despite winning the week, Harry Potter succumbed to the second weekend of Tangled, which took the top spot. Don’t forget to come back Wednesday to submit your predictions for Week 9. Original rules can be found here: Game Rules. #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Correct Response: Tangled, $21,608,891 Mike & Zach each…
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The Morning After #24: December 6, 2010
It was a very long weekend and I didn’t get a lot watched. I also didn’t have a lot of time to put my full reviews together like I normally do, so I’ll give you brief snippets on each film and a full review later (probably during next week’s Morning After), except for Psych, which…
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Precursor: Annie Awards Nominations
Below are the nominations for the Annie Awards, an industry group of professional animators and artists working on animated features. They have categories for television and home entertainment; however, since we’re only concerned with the film-based awards, here they are. Now, take these with a grain of salt. There was a dust-up between the organization…
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