Page Revisions: (January 24, 2021) Original Release Date: February 9, 2021 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Jack is an internet gambler living in NYC who becomes fixated on Scarlet – a cam girl from San Francisco. His obsession reaches a boiling point when fantasy materializes in reality and Jack sees Scarlet on a rainy Chinatown street.” Poster…
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…
Normally, the Academy announces honorary Oscars alongside its special awards, such as this Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Yet, that didn’t happen this year. While we don’t have any confirmation that I’ve seen so far, I suspect it has to do with the pandemic and any of the honorees would likely be septuagenarians, octogenarians, or nonagenarians.…
Return Links Polls Remaking Best Original Screenplay, 2010 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…
You can tell it’s getting closer to Oscar time because the eligibility lists are coming out. In one fell swoop, the Academy has revealed the films eligible for Animated Feature, International Feature, and Documentary Feature. Let’s take the lists one at a time. First, Animated Feature. It’s the category I often feel the most educated…
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 last week was a rather weak week in terms of potential topics for…
Born April 28, 1958 in Santa Ana, California to Donna and Richard Pfeiffer, a heating and air-conditioning contractor, Michelle Pfeiffer has an older brother, Rick, and two younger sisters, Deedee and Lori, both of whom have acted. She made her acting debut in 1978 as the bombshell in the TV series, Delta House. In minor…
Here we look at the upcoming month’s offerings. February 12, 2021 Judas and the Black Messiah Premise: From IMDb: “The story of Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, and his fateful betrayal by FBI informant William O’Neal.” Box Office Prospects: $12 M Expectations: Uncertain. This would be the kind of film that…