The “wokester’ crowd who make up what’s known as “FilmTwitter” did their absolute DAMNEDEST to destroy “Joker” when it came out, complaining of violence, incel influence, and everything else under the sun…in other words, they tried to “cancel” it. “Joker” went on to make over $800 Million at the box office, and now it leads the nominations for the 2020 […]
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180 minutes equals three hours. For years, the Academy Award presentations have careened through this benchmark like a car with no brakes screaming down a hill at 95 miles an hour. WHY? Clearly, the elitist class in La La Land haven’t even bothered to TRY. Actually it’s easy…but you DO have to follow a few simple rules…rules that neither the […]
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“Black Panther” has made history, becoming the first Marvel Universe film to land a nomination for Best Picture, despite skeptics (like me) that it would manage to do so, no matter how deserving it was (and is). There were a number of major surprises with the announcement of the nominees for the 2019 Academy Awards this morning, starting with the […]
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Here are the film nominees for the 2018 Critics Choice Awards; the awards will be telecast live on the CW Television Network on January 13. FILM NOMINATIONS FOR THE 24TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS BEST PICTURE “Black Panther” “BlacKkKlansman” “The Favourite” “First Man” “Green Book” “If Beale Street Could Talk” “Mary Poppins Returns” “Roma” “A Star Is Born” “Vice” BEST […]
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association top films of 2018 Best Picture:“Roma” Runner up: “Burning” Best Director:Debra Granik, “Leave No Trace” Runner up: Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma” Best Actress: Olivia Colman, “The Favourite” Runner up: Toni Collette, “Hereditary” Best Actor: Ethan Hawke, “First Reformed” Runner up: Ben Foster, “Leave No Trace: Best Supporting Actress: Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk” Runner […]
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First time director Bing Liu’s rich, heart-tugging portrait of three skateboarding friends and their intertwined lives, “Minding The Gap“, has taken the top prize from the International Documentary Association (IDA) for 2018. For those of you who haven’t yet seen this engrossing doc as yet, it is currently available for play on Hulu. The complete list of winners is below: […]
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2018 San Diego Film Critics Society Award Winners Best Picture: LEAVE NO TRACE Runner Up: GREEN BOOK Best Director: Debra Granik, LEAVE NO TRACE Runner Up: Peter Farrelly, GREEN BOOK Best Actor: Ethan Hawke, FIRST REFORMED Runner Up: Viggo Mortensen, GREEN BOOK Best Actress: Glenn Close, THE WIFE Runner Up: Melissa McCarthy, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? Best Supporting Actor: […]
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Director Adam McKay’s upcoming Dick Cheney biopic “comedy” “VIce” tops the 2019 Golden Globe nominations, with noms in multiple categories. Although some Awards pundits predicted that there would be some innovation and daring among the nominations this year, the only real shocker was critically-acclaimed “Roma” getting locked out of the Best Picture- Drama race, most likely in favor of “Black […]
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American Film Institute has released their lists of their top ten films and television shows for 2018. They also awarded “Roma” a special mention; it can not be included in the regular list because it was not a US-made film. Here’s the full list and info from AFI’s official press blog site: The American Film Institute has named the honorees […]
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The 46th annual Annie Awards, recognizing the best in animation and animation work, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 2. Complete list of nominees: Best Animated Feature Early Man, Aardman Animations Incredibles 2, Pixar Animation Studios Isle of Dogs, Fox Searchlight Pictures/Indian Paintbrush/American Empirical Pictures Ralph Breaks the Internet, Walt Disney Animation Studios Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Sony Pictures Animation […]
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The British Independent Film Awards – the UK version of the Spirit Awards here in the U.S. – were handed out Sunday night in London. DIrector Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” was the huge winner, taking home a record TEN BIFA’s including Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay, wins for Actress and Supporting Actress for Olivia Coleman and Rachel Weisz respectively, and […]
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December is here, and that means it’s time for our year-end festivities to hit the airwaves! All throughout December, eCinemaOne, eCinemaBoston, and Subject:CINEMA will be bringing you the best and worst of 2018 – here’s our planned calendar for the Subject:CINEMA 2018 Time Capsule shows (subject to last minute changes): SUNDAY, December 2 – Subject:CINEMA #618 – The year in […]
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New York Film Critics’ Circle has released its 2018 winners as is tradition – they are always the first major critic group to announce their winners. “Roma” took Best Picture, which was expected by many of the awards watchers, but one most awesome surprise – at least on my part – was the selection of first time director Bing Liu’s […]
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The National Board of Review, a group of fans, cinephiles, and critics based in New York and whom are unfortunately not taken too seriously by critics and stars alike, have named “Green Book” as the best picture of the year, and star Viggo Mortensen as best actor, with Lady Gaga taking best actress for “A Star Is Born” The complete […]
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IFP‘s 28th annual Gotham Awards were handled out in New York last night, and as usual, the eclectic show went its own direction, naming the critically adored but tiny and little seen film “The Rider” as best picture. while the Audience Award went to the delightful Mister Rogers doc “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?“ Here’s the full list of winners: […]
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I’ve been sitting here for the past two weeks watching the critics’ reactions to the new films premiering at Telluride and Toronto, with New York yet to come, and the results have been interesting. This is what I’ve been able to glean thus far from the praise and sniping… Four films have almost assured themselves major Awards mojo – multiple […]
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Subject:CINEMA #602 – March 25 2018 COMMUNICATE WITH US! We want to hear from YOU! Email – subjectcinema@pnrnetworks.com <—NEW ADDRESS Voicemail – TOLL FREE – call 888-269-9443 Speakpipe – https://www.speakpipe.com/SubjectCINEMA Patreon Friends -join up now! We Need YOU! http://patreon.com/PNRNetworks Subject:CINEMA App – NOW AVAILABLE!! YAY! Get your FREE app for Android RIGHT HERE! iOS and Amazon Apps coming soon! Filled […]
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Subject:CINEMA #594 – December 31 2017 COMMUNICATE WITH US! We want to hear from YOU! Email – subjectcinema@pnrnetworks.com <—NEW ADDRESS Voicemail – TOLL FREE – call 888-269-2443 Speakpipe – https://www.speakpipe.com/SubjectCINEMA Patreon Friends -join up now! We Need YOU! http://patreon.com/PNRNetworks Subject:CINEMA App – NOW AVAILABLE!! YAY! Get your FREE app for Android RIGHT HERE! iOS and Amazon Apps coming soon! Filled […]
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Subject:CINEMA Top Films Of 2017 Announcement Special – December 29 2017 COMMUNICATE WITH US! We want to hear from YOU! Email – subjectcinema@pnrnetworks.com <—NEW ADDRESS Voicemail – TOLL FREE – call 888-269-2443 Speakpipe – https://www.speakpipe.com/SubjectCINEMA Patreon Friends -join up now! We Need YOU! http://patreon.com/PNRNetworks Subject:CINEMA App – NOW AVAILABLE!! YAY! Get your FREE app for Android RIGHT HERE! iOS and […]
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Subject:CINEMA #561 – March 20 2017 COMMUNICATE WITH US! We want to hear from YOU! Email – subjectcinema@pnrnetworks.com <—NEW ADDRESS Voicemail – TOLL FREE – call 888-269-2443 Speakpipe – https://www.speakpipe.com/SubjectCINEMA Patreon Friends -join up now! We Need YOU! http://patreon.com/PNRNetworks Subject:CINEMA App – coming soon! Masochistic Martial Arts March continues this week with one of the worst Bruceplotation films ever made..plus […]
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Subject:CINEMA #560 – March 12 2017 COMMUNICATE WITH US! We want to hear from YOU! Email – subjectcinema@pnrnetworks.com <—NEW ADDRESS Voicemail – TOLL FREE – call 888-269-2443 Speakpipe – https://www.speakpipe.com/SubjectCINEMA Patreon Friends -join up now! We Need YOU! http://patreon.com/PNRNetworks Subject:CINEMA App – coming soon! Masochistic Martial Arts March continues this week with the biggest budgeted of our films this month..and […]
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Subject:CINEMA #557 – February 19 2017 COMMUNICATE WITH US! We want to hear from YOU! Email – subjectcinema@pnrnetworks.com <—NEW ADDRESS Voicemail – TOLL FREE – call 888-269-2443 Speakpipe – https://www.speakpipe.com/SubjectCINEMA Patreon Friends -join up now! We Need YOU! http://patreon.com/PNRNetworks Subject:CINEMA App – coming soon! THIS WEEK: DEJAVU REVIEW – “SONITA” FREEZE FRAME – FOX’S “FAKE NEWS” FOR “CURE FOR WELLNESS” […]
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