Below are our ten face-offs for this week. Each category requires you to select a certain number of films to save. 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
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Return Links Polls Remaking Best Supporting Actress, 2016 In our third pass of the Oscar nominees from 1997 through 2016, we take a look at the nominees for Best Supporting Actress. Each week, we’ll present a list of contenders from which you can select five to make up the Best Supporting Actress slate. There will…
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Page Revisions: (May 10, 2020) Original Release Date: May 22, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A disgraced doctor and his family are held hostage at their home by criminals on the run, when a robbery-gone-awry requires them to seek immediate medical attention.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The details are varied and well…
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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. Over the last year (and a short span a few years ago), I began…
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Born February 15, 1899 in Litchfield, Minnesota, Edith Holm Sondergaard, known professionally as Gale Sondergaard, was the daughter of socially conscious Danish immigrants. Her parents were progressives. As a child she marched with her mother, who was a suffragette. Educated at the University of Minnesota, she then studied with the Minneapolis School of Dramatic Arts…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Page Revisions: (May 10, 2020) Original Release Date: May 29, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In the twilight of the 1950s, on one fateful night in New Mexico, a young switchboard operator Fay and charismatic radio DJ Everett discover a strange audio frequency that could change their small town and the future forever.” Poster Rating: C…
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Klaus Rating Director Sergio Pablos Screenplay Sergio Pablos, Jim Mahoney, Zach Lewis Length 1h 36m Starring Jason Schwartzman, J.K. SImmons, Rashida Jones, Will Sasso, Norm MacDonald, Joan Cusack MPAA Rating PG for rude humor and mild action
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2010: Box Office Predictions Game (4)
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Page Revisions: (May 10, 2020) Original Release Date: May 22, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Actors Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan travel from Troy to Ithaca following in the footsteps of the Odysseus.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The comedy/tragedy masks are fitting to the locale, but uninspired. The background is dull, as…
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New This Week A Thousand Clowns was an unlikely contender for Best Picture at the 1965 Oscars, yet there it was nominated over such stronger possibilities as A Patch of Blue, The Collector, and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, along with Darling, Doctor Zhivago, and Ship of Fools, all of which were destined…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Page Revisions: (May 10, 2020) Original Release Date: May 29, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant are presented with a choice that could alter the course of their respective careers.” Poster Rating: B- / B- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1 & #2) These designs are similar in that…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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