• Film Preview: The American (2024)

    Film Preview: The American (2024)

    Page Revisions: (November 3, 2024) Original Release Date: May 17, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow’s infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina.” Poster Rating: C- / C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1, C-) The positioning is poor, the background details…

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  • Updated Preview: Spellbound (2024)

    Updated Preview: Spellbound (2024)

    New Trailer (#2) — New Poster (#2) Spellbound, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.

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  • Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #1

    Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #1

    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, #1

    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: 7th Heaven (1927)

    Review: 7th Heaven (1927)

    7th Heaven Rating Director Frank Borzage Screenplay Benjamin Glazer, Katherine Hilliker, H.H. Caldwell (Play: Austin Strong) Length 1h 50m Starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Albert Gran, David Butler, Marie Mosquini, Gladys Brockwell, Emile Chautard, Ben Bard, George E. Stone MPAA Rating Approved Review On the cusp of the sound era, 7th Heaven came to define…

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  • Oscar Profile: Thelma Ritter Revisited

    Oscar Profile: Thelma Ritter Revisited

    Born February 14, 1902 in Brooklyn, New York, Thelma Ritter was a hard-working, albeit obscure stage and radio actress whose movie breakthrough came in her first film, in an unbilled bit role in 1947’s Miracle on 34th Street. Her portrayal of a mother who is sent to Gimbels by Macy’s Santa made such an impression on…

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  • Poll: Re-Awarding Best Directing, 2016

    Poll: Re-Awarding Best Directing, 2016

    Return Links Polls Re-Awarding Best Directing, 2016 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 seventh pass, we take a look at the new nominees…

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  • Oscar History: November 7 (2024)

    Oscar History: November 7 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Herman J. Mankiewicz (55 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay      Oscar Win: Original Screenplay 1903: Ary Barroso (60 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1903: Dean Jagger (87 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting…

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  • Film Preview: Queer (2024)

    Film Preview: Queer (2024)

    Page Revisions: (November 3, 2024) Original (December 1, 2024) New Trailer (#2) — New Poster (#2) Release Date: November 27, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Lee, who recounts his life in Mexico City among American expatriate college students and bar owners surviving on part-time jobs and GI Bill benefits. He is driven to pursue a young…

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  • Film Preview: Our Little Secret (2024)

    Film Preview: Our Little Secret (2024)

    Page Revisions: (November 3, 2024) Original Release Date: November 27, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Two resentful exes must awkwardly spend Christmas together after learning their new partners are siblings.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1, C+) The design plays into the theme of the film with the backs of the forefront figures…

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  • 15th Hollywood Music in Media Nominations

    15th Hollywood Music in Media Nominations

    Not a terribly great precursor for the Oscars but some of their selections will put things in our head about potential and clearly Emilia Pérez has the most potential, especially in the Original Song category. Nominations Tallies (5) Emilia Pérez (3) Blitz (2) African Giants, Better Man, Challengers, A Complete Unknown, Elton John: Never Too…

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  • 9th Seattle Critics Nominations (PNW Filmmaking)

    9th Seattle Critics Nominations (PNW Filmmaking)

    These were announced 11/1 with the rest being announced in December. The Nominations Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking All We Carry Fish War Gasoline Rainbow Rainier: A Beer Odyssey Strange Darling Seattle Film Critics Society Data First (Reboot) Awards: 2016 (9)

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  • Rating the Nominees, Group 3, #1

    Rating the Nominees, Group 3, #1

    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 3, #1

    Rating the Nominees, Group 3, #1

    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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  • Looking at the Weekend: Nov. 8-10, 2024

    Looking at the Weekend: Nov. 8-10, 2024

    With this week’s paucity of potential box office hits, Heretic, with its glowing reviews, is the most likely to top the list. OTHER RELEASES We are only looking at films that have had trailers released on Rotten Tomatoes’ trailer YouTube Channels. Below are some other films that are releasing this weekend that we haven’t considered.…

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