Film Preview: The Last Temptation of Becky (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Home Viewing with Peter #861
At the end of a year or the beginning of the next one is a time to look back over the previous year’s crop of releases. Traditionally for me, that means two things. The first is looking over the past year’s home video releases which have dwindled to a precious few and have been covered…
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Film Preview: Miller’s Girl (2024)
Page Revisions: (January 1, 2024) Original Release Date: January 26, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A creative writing assignment yields complex results between a teacher and his talented student.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1, C) While it gets a somewhat pointed look from Jenna Ortega a starkness that speaks of “don’t stand…
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2nd UK Critics Nominations & Awards
Their announcement of winners video was really neat for the first category, but then they used the same music and design for every single category after that, which made for a tedious, repetitive watch. Thankfully, they only had seven categories, so it at least it was mercifully quick. The selections were spread out except for…
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Box Office History (Week 52 & 53, 2023)
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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Weekend Preview: Jan. 5-7, 2024
Below are four previews for films opening next weekend. Night Swim (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview The Bricklayer (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview He Went That Way (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Mayhem! (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview
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Film Preview: Mayhem! (2024)
Page Revisions: (January 1, 2024) Original Release Date: January 5, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A model prisoner’s leave ends in tragedy when his past resurfaces, forcing him to flee. He starts over in Thailand, until a local criminal coerces him back into crime. After this man attacks his family, he vows revenge.” Poster Rating: C…
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Calendar Preview: January
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organizations. Here’s what’s coming up this month. JANUARY Festivals Thursday, Jan. 18 – Sundance Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Wednesday, Jan. 24 – Rotterdam Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Nominations Thursday,…
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Film Preview: The Kitchen (2024)
Page Revisions: (December 24, 2023) Original Release Date: January 19, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In a dystopian future London where all social housing has been eliminated, Izi and Benji fight to navigate the world as residents of The Kitchen, a community that refuses to abandon their home.” Poster Rating: C+ / C- SEE ALL POSTERS…
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Film Preview: Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part One (2024)
Page Revisions: (December 24, 2023) Original Release Date: January 9, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The Anti-Monitor (the Monitor’s evil counterpart) is released in the DC Multiverse and begins to destroy the different Earths that compose it. The Monitor attempts to recruit heroes from across the Multiverse, but is murdered.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL POSTERS…
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Film Preview: The Bricklayer (2024)
Page Revisions: (December 24, 2023) Original (January 1, 2024) New Poster (#1) Release Date: January 5, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An ex-FBI agent is reactivated when an extortionist targets the agency.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1, C+) The brick motif is to be expected, but the black-white-and-red color scheme is dull.…
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Film Preview: Under the Fig Trees (2023)
Page Revisions: (December 24, 2023) Original Release Date: October 20, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Among the trees, young women and men working the summer harvest develop new feelings, flirt, try to understand each other, find – and flee – deeper connections.” Poster Rating: C- (2) SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1-#2, C-) While the positioning…
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