Meet the New Honorary Oscar Winners!

by Cláudio Alves

On Saturday, November 28th, at this year's Governors Awards, we'll finally see the amazing Angela Bassett with an Oscar statuette befitting her talents and incredible career. After she lost the Best Supporting Actress trophy at the 95th Academy Awards, netizens everywhere decried another injustice committed against one of the most important African-American thespians working today, mourning an Oscar-less status many think should have been rectified way back in 1993. Hopefully, they feel vindicated now. Indeed, if nothing else, this proves how much the industry is behind Bassett, making one wonder how close the vote was between her and Jamie Lee Curtis...

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Review: "Revoir Paris"

by Cláudio Alves

2023 is shaping out to be the year of Virginie Efira, at least as far as American audiences are concerned. Other People's Children blessed theaters in March, and Madeleine Collins will arrive in August, all lauded leading roles for the Belgian star. This month, Revoir Paris comes to satiate Efira fans, gleaming with the promise of César gold, for this picture finally won her the prize oft called the French Oscar. Written and directed by Alice Winocour in tribute to her brother, the film, also known as Paris Memories, considers the aftermath of a terrorist attack not unlike those that befell the French capital in November 2015…

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First & Last 011

Can you guess the movie from its first and last shot? This one is for Pride Month

The answer if you scroll down is after the jump...

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Box Office: 'Past Lives' Rising

By Nathaniel R

The weekend looked, at first glance, exactly like the first weekend in June as Across the Spider-Verse and Past Lives topped the box office charts for wide and limited release. That shows both films excellent word of mouth and staying power. On the other hand, it's a horrible sign for what Hollywood is offering up each weekend that audiences aren't being distracted by the shiny newer films...

Weekend Box Office (actuals) June 23rd-25th 🔺 = new or expanding /  ★ = Recommended
WIDE (Over 800 Screens)	LIMITED / PLATFORM
ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE	PAST LIVES
1 ★ SPIDER-MAN ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE $19 (cum. $316,7) 3785 screens	1 🔺 PAST LIVES $1.1 (cum. $3.5) 296 screens

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First & Last 010

Can you guess the movie from its first and last shot?

The answer is after the jump if you scroll down...

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