Born February 5, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, Michael Mann studied English literature at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, graduating with a B.A. in 1965. Having fallen in love with the movies thanks to a screening of Dr. Strangelove, the fledgling filmmaker then moved to London where he earned an M.A. from the London Film…
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Return Links Polls Re-Awarding Best Animated Feature, 2003 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 sixth pass, we take a look at the new…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Gilbert M. Anderson (90 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1889: W. S. Van Dyke (53 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing 1892: Bertram Granger (75 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production…
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Page Revisions: (March 17, 2024) Original (March 24, 2024) New Posters (#1-#3) Release Date: March 29, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Follows the journey of Clémence and her kitty, Rroû, as they leave Paris to spend the holidays in the countryside. While there, Rroû enjoys the wildlife and befriends Câline, a white kitten who prowls in…
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After a few weeks of lackluster box office returns, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire hopes to goose the box office with a high-powered victory. We’ll see if the post-pandemic landscape will be kinder to this film than the pandemic one. OTHER RELEASES We are only looking at films that have had trailers released on Rotten Tomatoes’ trailer…
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Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Mar. 22-24, 2024)
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Hal Walker (76 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing 1907: Henry Grace (76 at death) {13 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design 1908: Michael Redgrave (77 at…
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Page Revisions: (March 17, 2024) Original Release Date: March 29, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A group of archaeologists and the black market of historical artifacts.” Poster Rating: B- / B SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1, B-) The hanged man tarot card won’t make a lot of sense to most passers-by, which makes it a…
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With some odd category placements these nominations are a bit confusing. Nominations Tallies (5) Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (4) Godzilla Minus One, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, John Wick: Chapter 4, Poor Things (3) Evil Dead Rise, M3GAN, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2) Blue Beetle, The Creator, Extraction 2, Nimona, Scream…
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They might as well have named their awards the NAACP Color Purple Awards since that film absolutely dominated everyone else. It makes sense since the film was the only one that really seemed like an Oscar contender that wasn’t. Awards Tallies (11) The Color Purple (2) Brother, Creed III, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (1) The…
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The Criterion Collection has released William Dieterle’s 1941 film All That Money Can Buy on Blu-ray under its Oscar qualifying title. Previous home video releases of the film, as well as its numerous television showings over the years, were under its better-known alternate title, The Devil and Daniel Webster, which was a slightly cut version…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Betty Compson (77 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1897: Edmund Reek (74 at death) {7 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Documentary Short, One-Reel Short Film Oscar Wins: Documentary Short, One-Reel Short Film 1901: Jo Mielziner (74 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win}…
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New Trailer (#3) — New Posters (#2-#10) Inside Out 2, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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Below are six previews for films opening next weekend. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Immaculate (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Femme (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Late Night with the Devil (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Limbo (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Sleeping Dogs (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview
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Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look…
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