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My Dream Oscar Ballot 2019
This Oscar season has been crazy, and as I’ve covered before, there were a lot of egregious snubs this year. So here is how my nominations ballot would have looked. For the purposes of this, I’ve limited myself to the … Continue reading
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Oscar Guide 2019
If I was confused last year, this year I’m completely and utterly lost. The only things I’m sure about are “Shallow” winning Best Original Song and Roma winning Best Foreign Language Film. Any of this year’s other frontrunners losing to another nominee wouldn’t … Continue reading
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2018 in Review: Box Office Report
SURE-FIRE HITS – The Kings of the Box Office Black Panther ($700 million) Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8 million) Incredibles 2 ($608.5 million) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($416.7 million) SURPRISE SUCCESSES – They got there through word-of-mouth or succeeded where others … Continue reading
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Tagged annihilation, avengers, black panther, book club, breaking in, crazy rich asians, death wish, detective chinatown 2, fantastic beasts, girl in the spider's web, halloween, i can only imagine, incredibles 2, infinity war, jurassic world, mortal engines, nutcracker, pacific rim uprising, paddington 2, predator, quiet place, ready player one, skyscraper, solo, star wars, tomb raider, truth or dare, won't you be my neighbor
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The Optimist’s Summer Movie Preview 2018
Marvel has thrown down the (Infinity) gauntlet, by moving their big tentpole to kick off the summer movie season back to the end of April. It traditionally started around Memorial Day, and moved up to the first weekend of May … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews
Tagged ant-man, avengers, deadpool, hereditary, incredibles, mission impossible, ocean's 8, sicario, solo, tully
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