Poll: What Are You Watching? (Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #7
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, #7
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: Conclave (2024)
Conclave Rating Director Edward Berger Screenplay Peter Straughan (Book: Robert Harris) Length 2h 00m Starring Ralph Fiennes, Jacek Koman, Lucian Msmati, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Thomas Loibl, Brian F. O’Byrne, Isabella Rossellini, Rony Kramer MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here Review Of the myriad governmental and quasi-governmental assemblages, it is challenging to make those…
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Oscar Profile: Oscar Loves Christmas
While no film with Christmas as its main theme has ever won a Best Picture Oscar, one film in which the holiday is prominently featured did win the big prize. That was 1960’s bittersweet comedy, The Apartment, which takes place primarily from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Eve. Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Jack Kruschen…
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Poll: Re-Awarding Best Production Design, 2002
Return Links Polls Re-Awarding Best Production Design, 2002 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 History: December 19 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: George Dutton (77 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects 1902: Ralph Richardson (80 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor 1925: Robert B. Sherman (86 at death) {9 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Substantially Original…
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9th Seattle Critics Awards
Seattle loved Anora and, surprisingly, Furiosa, a film that has been forgotten by most other groups and was missing from most expected shortlists. Yet again, The Substance took the top prize but lost the tally race to two other films. Strange. Award Tallies (4) Anora (3) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2) Sing Sing, The…
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22nd African American Critics Awards
Nickel Boys was a better film but The Piano Lesson was the better film? It’s always strange to see the Best Film winner take home a pittance of awards compared to two other films that didn’t win. Award Tallies (4) The Piano Lesson (3) Sing Sing (2) Nickel Boys, The Wild Robot (1) Dahomey, Daughters,…
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28th Las Vegas Critics Awards
Las Vegas went a new direction from a lot of groups with their Dune: Part Two love. And it wasn’t even close it seems. Awards Tallies (6) Dune: Part Two (2) The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, My Old Ass, Strange Darling, Wicked (1) Anora, Dìdi, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Gladiator II, Hans Zimmer, Nosferatu,…
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32nd Dallas Area Critics Awards
Dallas film critics went with the flow and awarded Anora with its top award along with two other prizes. Nothing particularly new or exciting in this list other than to see how some candidates ranked overall. Award Tallies (3) Anora (2) The Brutalist, The Wild Robot (1) Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, The Seed…
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33rd Southeastern Critics Awards
Anora came out on top while second-place finisher The Brutalist did equally well. Nothing too revolutionary here. Award Tallies (3) Anora, The Brutalist (2) Conclave (1) Challengers, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Sugarcane, Wicked, The Wild Robot The Awards Best Film Anora The Brutalist Conclave Dune: Part Two Challengers Nickel Boys Sing Sing Wicked The…
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Film Preview: The Electric State (2025)
Page Revisions: (December 15, 2024) Original (December 22, 2024) New Trailer (#2) (March 9, 2025) New Trailer (#3) — New Posters (#2-#3) Release Date: March 14, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An orphaned teenager traverses the American West with a sweet, but mysterious, robot, and an eccentric drifter in search of her younger brother.” Poster Rating:…
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Contender: Janet Planet (2024)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Janet Planet was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Type of Contender: Narrow Contender Factor: 59.5 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1 –…
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Film Preview: Vermiglio (2024)
Page Revisions: (December 15, 2024) Original Release Date: December 25, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “1944, Vermiglio, a remote mountain village. The arrival of Pietro, a deserter, into the family of the local teacher, and his love for the teacher’s eldest daughter, will change the course of everyone’s life.” Poster Rating: C / C SEE ALL…
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Film Preview: The Legend of Ochi (2025)
Page Revisions: (December 15, 2024) Original (April 20, 2025) New Posters (#2-#3) Release Date: February 28, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young girl uncovers the mysteries of animal communication.” Poster Rating: C+ / B- / C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1, C+) The yellow border is an interesting touch as it flows with the…
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