Film Preview: The Last Temptation of Becky (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Oscar Profile: Joseph MacDonald
Born May 26, 1906 in Mexico City, Mexico, Joseph (Patrick) MacDonald was initially trained as a mining engineer at the University of Southern California. Turning his interest to film work, MacDonald served a lengthy apprenticeship, starting as assistant cameraman at First National in the early 1920s before eventually graduating to first camera operator by the…
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Poll: Re-Awarding Best Visual Effects, 2003
Return Links Polls Re-Awarding Best Visual Effects, 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 fifth pass, we take a look at the new…
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Film Preview: Shrapnel (2023)
Page Revisions: (December 3, 2023) Original Release Date: July 28, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A former Marine and his old war buddy face off against the Mexican cartel behind the disappearance of his daughter.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available…
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Film Preview: Return to Dust (2023)
Page Revisions: (December 3, 2023) Original Release Date: July 21, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. To survive, they have to come together and build a home for themselves.” Poster Rating: B- / C SEE ALL POSTERS…
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95th National Board of Review Awards (2023)
The National Board of Review is one of the weaker Oscar predictors of the major players, but getting citations can still generate buzz for your performance. This certainly helps both Giamatti and Ruffalo while potential streaks seem to be building around Lily Gladstone in her seemingly successful gambit to switch to lead and around Da’Vine…
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Looking at the Weekend: Dec. 8-10, 2023
This weekend’s sole wide release is a Hayao Miyazaki film, The Boy and the Heron. Miyazaki’s films, though popular, have never been so at the box office, so a top ten placement is even questionable, though with so many bombs lately, it could make it anyway. OTHER RELEASES We are only looking at films that…
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Contenders: November Update
For our November update, several films moved on from one stage to the next. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. Moving to Stage 2 We have no films moving into Stage 2. Moving to Stage 3 There are four films that have…
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Dec. 8-10, 2023)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Dec. 8-10, 2023)
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Film Preview: The Beekeeper (2024)
Page Revisions: (December 3, 2023) Original (January 7, 2024) New Posters (#2-#4) Release Date: January 12, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In The Beekeeper, one man’s brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as “Beekeepers”.” Poster Rating: C+ /…
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Film Preview: Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (2023)
Page Revisions: (December 3, 2023) Original Release Date: November 7, 2023 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Fledgling occultist Onyx and a group of worshipers attend a once-in-a-lifetime ritual at their idol BARTOK THE GREAT’S mansion.” 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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Home Viewing with Peter #857
Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers is currently streaming on pay-for-view where you can find this highly anticipated film that takes place at a Massachusetts prep school during Christmas break in December 1970. Although the film received mostly glowing reviews from the critics, some objected to the film as not being indicative of a 70s movie, which…
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39th Spirit Award Nominations
The Spirit Award nominations yielded few major surprise, though a few stand out: Julianne Moore didn’t make the supporting cut, nor did Lily Gladston (for The Unknown Country) make it in to lead. Paul Giamatti couldn’t get into the lead race in spite of The Holdovers doing well. That said, it didn’t make the Best…
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