Oscar History: November 7 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Film Preview: Enter the Fat Dragon (2020)
Page Revisions: (February 23, 2020) Original Release Date: February 20, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A cop is assigned to a case of escorting a criminal to Japan while dealing with relationship problems, and his enormous change in appearance as a result of being dumped.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for…
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Weekend Preview: Feb. 6-8, 2020
Below are twelve previews for films opening next weekend. Onward (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview The Way Back (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview The Banker (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Beneath Us (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Escape from Pretoria (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Extra Ordinary (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Final Kill…
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Film Preview: Sometimes Always Never (2020)
Page Revisions: (March 1, 2020) Original Release Date: March 6, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A detective fantasy / family drama where a love of words helps a father reconnect with a missing son.” Poster Rating: C / B SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) The Scrabble-ish tiling doesn’t add anything of value to this design.…
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This Day in Oscar History: March 1 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: Escape from Pretoria (2020)
Page Revisions: (February 23, 2020) Original (March 1, 2020) New Posters (#1-#2) Release Date: March 6, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa.” Poster Rating: C+ / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 29 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Ceremonies
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Precursor: 45th Cesar Awards (2019)
In spite of a rather pointed protest over Roman Polanski’s Best Directing win, the big winner of the night was not his film An Officer and a Spy, even though it took three awards, it was Best Picture winner Les Misérables, which took five. Award Tallies (5) Les Miserables (3) La Belle Epoque, An Officer…
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Film Preview: Run This Town (2020)
Page Revisions: (February 23, 2020) Original Release Date: March 6, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An emerging political scandal in Toronto in 2013 seen through the eyes of young staffers at city hall and a local newspaper.” Poster Rating: C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: A lot of details here and they blend well together and…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 9, 2020)
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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The Friday Face-Off Round One #29
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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This Day in Oscar History: February 28 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Ceremonies
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Poll: Remaking Best Supporting Actress, 2005
Return Links Polls Remaking Best Supporting Actress, 2005 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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Film Preview: Hunter’s Moon (2020)
Page Revisions: (February 23, 2020) Original Release Date: March 24, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A sheriff makes a strange discovery when he’s gets called to an orchard where three teenage sisters have been attacked by a band of young delinquents.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: An attempt to make something that sits…
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5 Favorites Redux #18: The Films of Bill Nighy
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. Last weekend, Emma opened in limited release. It expands wide this week and in…
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Oscar Profile #485: William Powell
Born July 29, 1892 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, William (Horatio) Powell was the only child of Nettie and Horatio Powell. He moved with his family to Kansas City, Missouri in 1907 where he graduated from Central High School in 1911. He then moved to New York where he entered the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in…
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