The year started off 9 months ago with The Artist taking the early lead in Cannes. It had the early advantage in Cannes of being one of the few wholly uplifting films to screen there. A tiny tasty bonbon that melts on our tongue in flavor [...]
Two hundred sixty-five feature films are eligible for the 2011 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. To be eligible for 84th Academy Awards® consideration, feature films must open in a c [...]
Just when you thought we would go a year without a Coen brother's film taking up residence during Oscar season, "True Grit" comes along. I know, I was just as disappointed as you were, but believe it or not, these two broth [...]
Today is the 156th anniversary of the birth of Irish writer Oscar Wilde – one of the greatest playwrights, poets and writers to have ever committed words to paper. Google are celebrating this event by featuring a Google doodle imag [...]
Since "The Social Network" has not disappointed at the box office, it retains its status as the front-runner to win best picture at the Oscars. However, buzz builds fast for "The King's Speech," which is just the [...]
Finally, my dear award nuts, you've had the chance to see "The Social Network," the film we Oscar bloggers have been hailing as the front-runner to win best picture. Do you agree? "The Social Network" performed we [...]
I couldn't believe "The Hurt Locker," though a very good film, beat out "Avatar" for the Academy Award for best picture. "Avatar," by far, was the most incredible movie, with the amazing special affects [...]
Beverly Hills, CA - The general habit here is to wait until the last possible minute until Oscar Predictions are filed. That's to give this blogger enough time to research how politics has impacted the Oscar race. The question i [...]
There is a saying that so goes Best Editing, so goes Best Picture. OK, well, maybe that's a stretch, but there is a belief by many that if a film has the backing of the Academy in editing, it will win Oscar's biggest prize [...]
It's Oscar season all over again and the Academy Award Hollywood star power is preparing for the annual Oscars ceremony on March 7, which means Academy Award winning Oscar stars past and present were out in full force to attend the a [...]
The New Zealand-born filmmaker, one of only three female directors ever nominated for an Academy Award, can't comprehend why the best-picture list of nominees was expanded from five to 10 slots for the first time since 1943, when Casablanca [...]
As you probably already know, it was announced earlier in the day by Steven Pond over at the fantastic Awards blog The Odds that the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences will be switching the rules around so that the giant field of [...]
This year's Oscar nominations came out today, so we'll reminisce with a look back at past Best Picture winners. The awards date back to the late 1920s, so there's a lot of ground to cover. There are many great choices, so unless you pick [...]