Wicked, Part I Rating Director Jon M. Chu Screenplay Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox Length 2h 40m Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here Review Influence and emulation are oftentimes the enemy of great filmmaking. It takes a strong…
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Born July 7, 1899 on New York’s Lower East Side, George Cukor’s father was a lawyer who expected him to follow in his footsteps. Instead, young Cukor fell in love with the theatre, and shortly after brief military service toward the end of World War I, had his first job in the theatre as a…
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Return Links Polls Re-Awarding Best Production Design, 2000 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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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Milan Roder (77 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1897: Nunnally Johnson (79 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Screenplay 1898: Grace Moore (48 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1901: Walt Disney (65 at death) {59 Noms,…
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These were announced at the end of November and Thanksgiving kept me from reporting on them. With all the others announcing this week, it was time to get these put in place, not that they matter much. This organization has been facing controversy after controversy that makes what the Globes went through look like a…
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Here are the winners of the creative arts awards from the European Film Awards. Award Tallies (2) The Girl with the Needle, The Substance (1) The Devil’s Bath, Emilia Pérez, Souleymane’s Story, When the Light Breaks The Awards Best Original Score The Girl with the Needle Best Editing Emilia Pérez Best Cinematography The Substance Best…
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New Trailer (#2) — New Posters (#2-#30) Sonic the Hedgehog 3, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Page Revisions: (December 1, 2024) Original (January 19, 2025) New Trailer (#2) (May 25, 2025) New Trailer (#3) — New Posters (#2-#11) (July 27, 2025) New Posters (#12-#16) Release Date: August 1, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The Bad Guys are struggling to find trust and acceptance in their newly minted lives as Good Guys, when…
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Another bad showing for The Brutalist but also for September 5, which had been building buzz throughout the fall and now seems to be getting stumped even on friendly ground. Also not helpful to Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Nominations Tallies (5) Anora, I Saw the TV Glow (4) Dìdi (3) The Apprentice, Janet Planet, Sing Sing (2)…
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A surprising film for Best Picture. It won’t make Wicked a winner but it will put it into the Best Picture race. Interesting how The Brutalist didn’t make the cut but Juror #2 did. The NBR has a thing for Clint Eastwood, so that’s no surprise. Kieran Culkin is so far the only duplicate acting…
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For our December update, several films moved on from one stage to the next. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. Moving to Stage 2 All contenders have reached Stage 2 or higher, so there will be no changes here. Moving to Stage…
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The winners of the last three weekends are still likely to hold positions at or near the top spot. There is nothing releasing new this week that will likely overtake them. OTHER RELEASES We are only looking at films that have had trailers released on Rotten Tomatoes’ trailer YouTube Channels. Below are some other films…
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