11th Critics Choice Doc Awards
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 44, 2019)
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. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the…
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The Friday Face-Off Round One #12
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: November 1 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Poll: Remaking Best Production Design, 2008
Return Links Polls Remaking Best Production Design, 2008 In our third pass of the Oscar nominees from 1997 through 2016, we take a look at the nominees for Best Production Design. Each week, we’ll present a list of contenders from which you can select five to make up the Best Production Design slate. There will…
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Film Preview: Radioflash (2019)
Page Revisions: (October 27, 2019) Original Release Date: November 15, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When a nuclear device causes an electromagnetic pulse that kills power to more than 200 million people, a teenage girl must help lead her family to survival in a dark new world.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Splitting…
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Film Preview: Mrs. Lowry & Son (2019)
Page Revisions: (October 27, 2019) Original Release Date: November 1, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A portrait of the artist L.S. Lowry and the relationship with his mother, who tries to dissuade him from pursuing his passion.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the…
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5 Favorites Redux #2: Films About Major Historical Figures
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. In honor of this week’s release of Kasi Lemmons’ Harriet starring Cynthia Erivo as…
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Oscar Profile #468: Dorothy Malone
Born January 29, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, Mary Dorothy Maloney was one of five children born to an AT&T auditor and his wife. When she was six months old, the family moved to Dallas, Texas where she grew up, her two older sisters dying of complications from polio. Intent on becoming a nurse, Maloney minored…
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92nd Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – November
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 31 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards (2019)
Considered South Korea’s pre-eminent film awards, the Blue Dragon Awards haven’t often been big players in the Oscar sweepstakes, but Parasite is this year and that could bolster its chances with this group. Of course, the film’s 12 nominations are probably enough for that. Nominations Tallies (12) Parasite (8) E.X.I.T, Extreme Job, Swing Kids (7)…
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (Nov. 1-3, 2019)
Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Nov. 1-3, 2019)
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Film Preview: Weathering With You (2019)
Page Revisions: (October 27, 2019) Original Release Date: January 17, 2020 (2019 Oscar-Qualifying Run) Synopsis: From IMDb: “A high-school boy who has run away to Tokyo befriends a girl who appears to be able to manipulate the weather.” Poster Rating: B- / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) There are a lot of details…
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Film Preview: The Cat and the Moon (2019)
Page Revisions: (October 27, 2019) Original Release Date: October 25, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Whilst his mother seeks treatment in rehab, teenager Nick (Wolff) comes to New York to stay with Cal (Epps), a Jazz musician friend of his late father’s. During his stay he makes friends who show him what the city has to…
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Looking at the Weekend: Nov. 1-3, 2019
There are four wide releases coming out this weekend and only one of them has a chance of becoming a blockbuster and that’s because it’s part of a franchise of blockbusters. Terminator: Dark Fate is said to pick up where Terminator 2: Judgement Day left off, ignoring the subsequent sequels of questionable quality. With Linda…
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