Film Preview: River (2027)
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The Friday Face-Off, The Ultimate List – Week #109
The Ultimate List Face-Off event has now begun. We will be using Google Forms to process these polls due to their extensiveness and the ease of creating the polls. For more information on how the game works, click here. Here are this week’s batch: GOOGLE POLL. Loading…
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The Ultimate List Poll #109
We’re looking back at all of the Oscar winners and selecting what films and performances and comparing them to one another. The most effective way to do that is pit each winner against each other winner. This long-running series will ultimately result in a final ranking of every winner in every category (except the documentary…
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Oscar History: July 26 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1856: George Bernard Shaw (94 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay Oscar Win: Screenplay 1892: Charles Boyle (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color) 1894: Lesser Samuels (86 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Story and Screenplay 1897:…
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Film Preview: Anora (2024)
Page Revisions: (July 21, 2024) Original (October 13, 2024) New Trailer (#3) — New Posters (#1-#5) Release Date: October 18, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Anora is a comedy about a sex worker shot in New York City and Las Vegas.” Poster Rating: C / C / C / C / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW…
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Film Preview: Place of Bones (2024)
Page Revisions: (July 21, 2024) Original (August 18, 2024) New Poster (#1) Release Date: August 23, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “1876. A mother and daughter, alone on a remote ranch, fight for survival against a gang of ruthless outlaws.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1, C+) For a western, this design sure…
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Film Preview: A Different Man (2024)
Page Revisions: (July 21, 2024) Original Release Date: September 20, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After undergoing a facial reconstructive surgery, Edward becomes fixated on an actor in a stage production based on his former life.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1, C) It tells the viewer something of what is going on…
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Oscar Profile: Hugo Friedhofer
Born May 3, 1901 in San Francisco, California, Hugo Friedhofer was the son of cellist Paul Friedhofer and his wife. Following in his father’s footsteps, he began playing the cello at the age of 13. After studying at the University of California, Berkely, he was employed as a cellist by the People’s Symphony Orchestra. He…
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Review: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Rating Director George Lucas Screenplay George Lucas Length 2h 20m Starring Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Jimmy Smits, Frank Oz, Anthony Daniels, Christopher Lee, Keisha Castle-Huges MPAA Rating PG-13 Review The final film in the prequel trilogy that leads into…
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Poll: Re-Awarding Best Directing, 2001
Return Links Polls Re-Awarding Best Directing, 2001 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: July 25 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2011: Oscar Preview (13) Born 1878: William C. de Mille (76 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy President #2: 1929-31, 2 terms; Academy Awards Host: 1st-Co, 2nd | 2 times 1894: Walter Brennan (80 at death) {4 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor…
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Film Preview: Strange Darling (2024)
Page Revisions: (July 21, 2024) Original (August 18, 2024) New Trailer (#2) Release Date: August 23, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “One day in the twisted love life of a serial killer.” Poster Rating: C+ / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1, C+) The paint-drip effect coming from the hair is decently well used but…
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Film Preview: The Killer (2024)
Page Revisions: (July 21, 2024) Original Release Date: August 23, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An assassin tries to make amends in an effort to restore the sight of a beautiful young singer.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1, C-) Even though the vast open sky motif of other poster designs is often…
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Film Preview: Close to You (2024)
Page Revisions: (July 21, 2024) Original Release Date: August 16, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Follow Sam who has the chance to encounter with an old friend on his way back home to a dreaded family reunion that forces him to confront long-buried memories.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1, C-) The intent…
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Looking at the Weekend: Jul. 26-28, 2024
Three new releases don’t mean a wide open race for top of the box office heap as there is one film that will dominate the others. Deadpool & Wolverine will win the weekend easily. OTHER RELEASES We are only looking at films that have had trailers released on Rotten Tomatoes’ trailer YouTube Channels. Below are…
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2024 Nominations Predictions: July
In the middle of July, it’s difficult to say what will ultimate wind up with Oscars. That said, a number of contenders have already shown up and some of them have faltered while others emerged that weren’t on the radar previously. Here are our predictions as they stand in the month of July. This month,…
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