Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Grantland Rice (73 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: One-Reel Short Film Oscar Win: One-Reel Short Film 1895: Franz Bachelin (84 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1904: Jerry Fairbanks (90 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar…
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Page Revisions: (October 27, 2024) Original Release Date: May 3, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Just a week before Jo gets married, she is reunited with Scarlet, rekindling their friendship and an ex-teen romance.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in…
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New Trailer (#5) — New Posters (#6-#7) Moana 2, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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The Birds Rating Director Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay Evan Hunter (Story: Daphne Du Maurier) Length 1h 59m Starring Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffies, Charles McGraw, Ruth McDevitt, Lonny Chapman MPAA Rating PG-13 Review If you’ve never had an unhealthy fear of winged creatures, you’ve probably never seen The Birds,…
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Born May 20, 1908 in Indiana, Pennsylvania, James Stewart was the son of a hardware store owner and his wife. He was educated at a local prep school where he was an athlete (football and track), musician (singing and accordion), and sometime actor. In 1929, he went to Princeton University where he studied architecture and…
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Return Links Polls Re-Awarding Best Directing, 2015 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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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2019: Upcoming Precursors (5) Born 1879: Sara Allgood (70 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1893: John Waters (71 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Assistant Directing Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1896: Ethel Waters (80…
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Page Revisions: (October 27, 2024) Original Release Date: November 26, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In an alternate 1985 America, a group of retired superheroes investigate a conspiracy after one of their own is murdered.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available…
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Page Revisions: (October 27, 2024) Original Release Date: April 19, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In the late 1970s, the most feared hitman in the Montreal underworld, Donald Lavoie, found himself hunted down by his former accomplices and by a tenacious police officer.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There was no poster immediately…
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The new wide releases are a miserable lot. Here isn’t getting good reviews, Liam Neeson hasn’t had an actioner hit in quite some time, and Hitpig is bargain basement animation. In the end, Hitpig probably has the best shot at the top but that’s no guarantee. OTHER RELEASES We are only looking at films that…
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Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Nov. 1-3, 2024)
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1870: Lawrence Grant (81 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy Awards Host: 4th | 1 time 1889: Arthur Johns (57 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Special Effects Oscar Win: Special Effects 1890: Warren Doane (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination:…
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Page Revisions: (October 27, 2024) Original Release Date: April 26, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After the mayor of an idyllic island village discovers a child with mysterious powers awash on their shores, the once peaceful community devolves into civil war, torn over the belief that the child is the next saviour.” Poster Rating: C /…
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New Trailer (#2) — New Poster (#2) Wolf Man, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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The latest awards have been announced and their way of nominating is a bit bizarre. People who vote in the acting categories don’t vote in picture and vice versa. Thus the absence of The Brutalist or The Piano Lesson in Best Picture is no indication that the films in Best Picture are thought to be…
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