Page Revisions: (February 7, 2021) Original Release Date: February 12, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Test Pattern follows an interracial couple whose relationship is put to the test after a Black woman is sexually assaulted and her white boyfriend drives her from hospital to hospital in search of a rape kit.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL…
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Page Revisions: (February 7, 2021) Original Release Date: February 19, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An A-List Girl clique starts a secret cult where each of them must embody one of the seven deadly sins. They realize there’s more to their small religious town after they go missing one by one.” Poster Rating: C / C-…
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Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking…
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Below are our face-offs for this week. Choose the better winner in each category. For more information on how the game works, click here.
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Return Links Polls Remaking Best Original Screenplay, 2012 In our eleventh pass of the Oscar nominees from 1997 through 2016, we take a look at the nominees for Best Original Screenplay. Each week, we’ll present a list of contenders from which you can select five to make up the Best Original Screenplay slate. There will…
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Of the seven films with 3 or more nominations, only one of them is directed by a straight white man. Apart from that, there’s not much original here, though the Candice Bergen nomination is a little left-field. Award Tallies (6) Minari (5) Nomadland (4) Promising Young Woman (3) First Cow, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Never…
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Page Revisions: (February 7, 2021) Original Release Date: February 19, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Philosophical twenty-something Ross Ulbricht creates Silk Road, a dark net website that sells narcotics, while DEA agent Rick Bowden goes undercover to bring him down.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: While the colors certainly draw your attention, it’s…
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Page Revisions: (February 7, 2021) Original (February 21, 2021) New Poster (#3) Release Date: February 26, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity, in writer-director Keith Thomas’ electrifying feature debut.” Poster Rating: C / B+ / C…
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Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. While this weekend has a number of films releasing with fascinating actors, I thought…
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Born April 20, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, (Charles Samuel Eldridge Patrick) Ryan O’Neal (III) was the son of writer Charles O’Neal (The 7th Victim) and his actress wife, Barbara O’Neal (Three Came Home). Before becoming an actor, O’Neal was a Golden Gloves boxer between 1956 and 1959, winning eighteen bouts, thirteen of which were…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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It’s hard to say much original about any of the precursors coming out now and this group, while doing their awards differently than everyone else, still manages to feel like it’s in line with estimations. Award Tallies (3) Nomadland (2) Mank, Minari, Promising Young Woman The Awards
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Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Feb. 12-14, 2021)
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Page Revisions: (February 7, 2021) Original Release Date: February 26, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young man is sent to “La Maca”, a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new “Roman” and must…
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