Blogs Posts in Nominees category; 148 blog posts

Oscar Nominations 2012: Will There Be A Shock On Sunday?

The 84th Annual Academy Awards comes live from Los Angeles on Sunday (February 26, 2012), with several categories wonderfully poised and others looking like foregone conclusions. As has been well-documented, the silent French flick The Ar [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscar nominee 'Undefeated' scores outside the lines

Undefeated chronicles a championship season but covers turf that extends miles beyond the football field. A coming-of-age story, a tale of a dedicated coach and an inspirational sports saga, this Oscar-nominated documentary is a stirring [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscar nod sinking in for McKenzie

Bret McKenzie is still pinching himself over his Oscar nomination, The Muppets director James Bobin has revealed. The Flight Of The Conchords star, who was chosen by his former Conchords director James to be the film's music superviso [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Movie review: Oscar-nominated short films

The races for the live-action and animated short film Oscar tend to operate blessedly outside the Academy Awards hype machine; assembled here into two separate programs, this year's nominees — a stronger batch than last year' [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscars 2012: Watch all 10 short film nominees on the big scr...

Canadians finally get to come up short in their Oscar pools. We get to see, for the first time in recent memory, all 10 nominees for Best Animated Short Film and Best Live-Action Short Film prior to the Academy Awards on Feb. 26. The [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscar Nominees 'The Artist', 'Iron Lady' both cross $20 mn m...

Los Angeles: Two of The Weinstein Company's contenders for Academy Awards - 'The Artist' and 'The Iron Lady' - surpassed the $20 million mark at the box office this weekend. The company's 'W.E.', directed b [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Nomination Speculation: Best Director

This week’s blog post will be all about the man behind the camera–the director. This year’s list has a mix of both newcomers and more experienced directors that are used to the Oscar rounds, and like the last week’ [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscars 2012: Oscar nominations avoid controversy

Months ago, at the beginning of the awards season, I suggested that some of the finest films around would struggle to win recognition because the Oscar voters have a tendency to play it safe. I mentioned three releases (all British, as it [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscar nominations offer wide range

Curiously, this year looks like one where the most widely panned films have crept into the Oscars nomination basket. Movies such as Transformers: Dark Of The Moon, Albert Nobbs, W.E., and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close are some. The la [...]

Posted On : Feb, 01 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscar nomination ballots sent to voters

LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday sent out Oscar ballots to its members, who will select the nominees for Hollywood's top film honors. The academy's 5,783 voting members must cast their [...]

Posted On : Dec, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscar nom for DAM 999 a proud moment

DUBAI — The director of Oscar-shortlisted movie DAM 999 feels the movie’s nominations have made the UAE and India proud. Produced by UAE-based BizTV Network and directed by debutant Indian filmmaker Sohan Roy, the controversia [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Swinton named best European actress

Tilda Swinton has been named best actress at the European Film Awards. The British star was honoured for her performance as troubled mother Eva Khatchadourian in gritty drama We Need To Talk About Kevin by the members of the European Film [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2011 | Comments : 0