Updated Preview: Wicker (2026)
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28th Film Music Critics Nominations
Seldom a good precursor for the Oscars, they are one of the few film critic organizations that look solely at film music. As such, it’s always a bit fascinating to see what obscure scores they adore. Nominations Tallies (4) The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (3) Here, The Wild Robot (2) Avatar:…
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Film Preview: Kid Snow (2025)
Page Revisions: (February 9, 2025) Original Release Date: February 14, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Set in a 1970s sweat-drenched world of tent boxing in outback Western Australia, Kid Snow is a film about breaking free from the cycle of loss and regret.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1, C+) Setting and character…
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Film Preview: Inhabitants (2025)
Page Revisions: (February 9, 2025) Original Release Date: February 14, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young woman moves in with her lapsed Catholic boyfriend, only to discover that they’re being haunted by the vengeful ghost of his childhood youth minister.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There was no poster immediately available for…
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Film Preview: The Dead Thing (2025)
Page Revisions: (February 9, 2025) Original Release Date: February 14, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young woman lost in a series of meaningless connections falls in love with a charismatic and sensitive man, who hides a dark secret that turns her affair into a dangerous obsession.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1,…
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41st Casting Society Awards
While these awards won’t mean much this year, pay attention for next year, they might. That said, it’s interesting to see how few of the major Oscar contenders picked up a prize here. Four of the Oscar nominees for Best Picture won, so that’s a positive for those films but Anora and The Brutalist weren’t…
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6th Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards
An intriguing list of winners. Some expected, some less so. Some of these are the Oscar nominees, so they should get a boost from this recognition. The Awards Best Original Score for a Studio Film The Wild Robot WL Best Original Score for an Independent Film The Brutalist WL PP TL Best Original Song for…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #15
Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #15
Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…
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Review: Emilia Pérez (2025)
Emilia Pérez Rating Director Jacques Audiard Screenplay Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi (Novel: Boris Razon) Length 2h 12m Starring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramirez, Mark Ivanir, Eduardo Aladro, Emiliano Hasan MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here Review Conventional stories about drug runners are passé and…
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Path to Oscar 2024: Documentary Feature
We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ll adjust our thoughts based on the precursor associated with this category, Producers Guild of America. Below are our predictions in Best Documentary Feature. Best Documentary Feature Winner Predictions Black Box Diaries No Other Land (TL…
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Poll: Re-Awarding Best Production Design, 2010
Return Links Polls Re-Awarding Best Production Design, 2010 Now that we’ve finished rebuilding the nomination slate between 1997 and 2016 (we’ll do subsequent years after this series has completed), we will take those rebuilt slates and pick a new winner from among the nominees. In our eighth pass, we take a look at the new…
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Oscar Profile: James Mangold
Born December 16, 1963 in New York, New York, James Mangold is the son of artists Robert and Sylvia Plimack Mangold. He was raised in Washingtonville in New York’s Hudson Valley. After high school in New York, he attended the California Institute of the Arts film and video program under Alexander Mackendrick (Sweet Smell of…
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97th Oscars Poll: Best Production Design
Every day through the Friday before the Oscars, we’re running polls to determine which of the Oscar nominees are the best. Keep checking back daily. Best Production Design Loading…
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Oscar History: February 13 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1908: Lennie Hayton (63 at death) {6 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Musical Score Oscar Wins: Musical Score 1918: Nino Oliviero (62 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1918: Oliver Smith (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design…
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Film Preview: Old Guy (2025)
Page Revisions: (February 9, 2025) Original Release Date: February 21, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Follows a contract killer facing the end of his career who is thrilled when The Company pulls him back into the field training Gen Z newcomer: Wihlborg, a prodigy assassin with an attitude.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review:…
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