Oscars

DGA Brings More Confusion by Crowning The King

DGA Brings More Confusion by Crowning The King
Topics : Oscars
Posted by : Matt Rosenberg on January 31, 2011

The DGA gave The King’s Speech director Tom Hooper its top award, giving us a fight come Oscar night.

Oscar Nominations 2011: Almost Nothing New to See Here

Oscar Nominations 2011: Almost Nothing New to See Here
Topics : Oscars, Rants
Posted by : Nick Ondras on January 26, 2011

Nominations for the 83rd annual Academy Awards ceremony.

Toy Story 3 For President

Toy Story 3 For President
Topics : Movie Marketing, Oscars
Posted by : Nick Poyner on December 31, 2010

Toy Story 3 has a great campaign to win that Oscar gold.

Why the Golden Globes May have Been Right in Getting the Popular Vote Wrong

Why the Golden Globes May have Been Right in Getting the Popular Vote Wrong
Topics : Oscars, Rants
Posted by : Nick Ondras on December 17, 2010

The folks of the Hollywood Foreign Press may be smarter than the movies they’ve picked.

Golden Globes Nomination Reaction

Golden Globes Nomination Reaction
Topics : Oscars
Posted by : Matt Rosenberg on December 15, 2010

Golden Globes Nomination Reaction – A look at the nominations

Oscar-Contending Songs

Oscar-Contending Songs
Topics : Oscars, Rants
Posted by : Parrish Tigh on December 8, 2010

A look at some of the top choices for this year’s Oscar songs.

What is your choice for Best Picture – a look at potential nominees

What is your choice for Best Picture – a look at potential nominees
Topics : Oscars, Rants
Posted by : Matt Rosenberg on December 2, 2010

A list of potential best picture nominees. What movie do you think should win Best Picture at the 2011 Oscars?

Rant: Oscar Predictions – Go (Mistakenly) Big or Go Home

Rant: Oscar Predictions – Go (Mistakenly) Big or Go Home
Topics : Oscars, Rants
Posted by : Nick Ondras on November 27, 2010

More people have already seen most of 2010′s Oscar hopefuls. Could this year’s show prove the Academy’s changes were for the good?

Old School for the New School: On the Waterfront

Old School for the New School: On the Waterfront
Topics : Movie Reviews, Old School for the New School, Oscars
Posted by : Nick Poyner on September 7, 2010

There are often debates over which movies are considered classics. Maybe within your group of friends you like to talk about the best films of the 70’s, and which of those are classics. Maybe you like generational debates with your parents because, no matter what year it is, parents just don’t understand. Maybe you like [...]

Are Studios Going to go Small Budget From Now On?

Are Studios Going to go Small Budget From Now On?
Topics : Oscars, Rants
Posted by : Craig Kessler on March 9, 2010

Would a studio rather have an Oscar winning movie or a big blockbuster?  That seems to be a big question out of Hollywood studio execs and although it may seem that studios would want the best quality movie possible, the answer is they don’t care.  Cause like anything else, it’s all about money, and big [...]

Observations From Oscar Night

Observations From Oscar Night
Topics : Oscars
Posted by : Craig Kessler on March 8, 2010

The Oscars have come and gone and I can’t believe I spent about 4 hours (including the red carpet preview) watching the Oscars last night.  Wow…do I really need to find something to do on Sunday nights.  I was very happy with the winners announced and was glad to see The Hurt Locker come out [...]

Snap Review of “A Prophet (Un prophète)”

Snap Review of “A Prophet (Un prophète)”
Topics : Movie Reviews, Oscars
Posted by : Nick Ondras on March 4, 2010

My review of Jacques Aduiard’s Oscar-nominated prison crime biography “A Prophet”.

Oscar Week

Oscar Week
Topics : Oscars, Rants
Posted by : Matt Rosenberg on March 4, 2010

We are finally here. This Sunday night, March 7th, is the big night: Oscar Night. I for one am extremely excited for the Oscars.  I think it’s the best of the entertainment award shows probably due to the magnitude of what is on the line.  The past couple years might have been a little dull [...]

Oscar Movies – Best Picture Run Down

Oscar Movies – Best Picture Run Down
Topics : Movie Reviews, Oscars
Posted by : Matt Rosenberg on February 8, 2010

The month of February is commonly considered a dark period for movies. Nick mentioned that it is the graveyard for film. New releases are basically overshadowed by the award season.  In fact, Oscar nominated films get a distribution boost in February in order to milk the buzz they get from the nomination. So, we know [...]

Avatar Will Win Best Picture Because of Patrick Ewing

Avatar Will Win Best Picture Because of Patrick Ewing
Topics : Oscars, Rants
Posted by : Craig Kessler on February 5, 2010

Patrick Ewing entered the 1985 draft as the best player in the country.  this also happened to be the first year that the NBA turned to their new ping pong ball style way to determine the order for the draft.  Sure enough out of nowhere, the New York Knicks, a struggling team, ended up with [...]

Star Trek Oscar Snub

Star Trek Oscar Snub
Topics : Oscars, Rants
Posted by : Matt Rosenberg on February 4, 2010

In a year that the Academy expanded the Best Picture pool to 10 films, they had an opportunity to really change the framework to which so-called popcorn movies are judged. The films up for Best Picture are The Hurt Locker, Avatar, Up in the Year, Precious, Inglorious Basterds, Up, The Blind Side, An Education, A [...]

Nick: Oscar Nominations Reaction

Nick: Oscar Nominations Reaction
Topics : Oscars, Rants
Posted by : Nick Ondras on February 3, 2010

The 2010 Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday morning, and resulted in surprise, praise and disappointment.

Snap Review of “The White Ribbon”

Snap Review of “The White Ribbon”
Topics : Movie Reviews, Oscars
Posted by : Nick Ondras on January 30, 2010

My review of Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon”.

The Hangover is the Reason the Golden Globes are Better than the Oscars

The Hangover is the Reason the Golden Globes are Better than the Oscars
Topics : Oscars, Rants
Posted by : Craig Kessler on January 20, 2010

The award show season is among us as the recent 2010 Golden Globes has come and gone.  There is so much attention given to these award shows, even when it is a down year in Hollywood like this past year has been.  A lot of it can be attributed to the 2007 writers strike for [...]

Golden Globes Reaction

Golden Globes Reaction
Topics : Oscars, Rants
Posted by : Matt Rosenberg on January 18, 2010

Last night was quite a night to the kick off the official award season. There were some suprises, some snubs, a great Mel Gibson knock by Ricky Gervais, and a speech from Martin Scorcese that will be remembered for some time. Lets get to it. Best Picture (Drama)/Director – Who would of thought? Avatar retains the [...]

The Reviews Are In: ‘The Lovely Bones’ is a Bomb

The Reviews Are In: ‘The Lovely Bones’ is a Bomb
Topics : Early Reviews, Oscars
Posted by : Nick Ondras on December 4, 2009 zz025e4139

‘The Lovely Bones’ is performing rather poorly considering its writer-director, earning a 56% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with only 16 reviews in.

Dynamic Comedy Duo of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to Host Oscars

Dynamic Comedy Duo of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to Host Oscars
Topics : Oscars
Posted by : Craig Kessler on November 4, 2009 alec

It has just been announced that the dynamic comedy duo of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will be hosting this years Oscars. 28 Weeks Later… This is a pretty shocking revelation for the academy to select 2 co-hosts for the show.  They expect the fan base of the two to be a big pool to [...]

Oscars Best Picture Category Boost Nominees up to 10 Movies

Oscars Best Picture Category Boost Nominees up to 10 Movies
Topics : Oscars
Posted by : Craig Kessler on June 25, 2009 oscarsjpeg

The head honchos behind the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Metropolis aka Robotic Angel trailer Airplane! film Finding Nemo buy Blackout trailer 101 Dalmatians ipod has made a bold decision shocking the movie world.  Well maybe not, but in this over hyped  summer 09 movie galor where big hype is making up for [...]

The Wrong Man Won Best Actor

The Wrong Man Won Best Actor
Topics : Oscars
Posted by : Craig Kessler on February 25, 2009 large-the-wrestler

Herostratus film Empire divx Smashing Time movie Sunday night was exciting for movies fans around the world, and even though I didn’t watch the entire Oscars because I can only watch fake smiles for the same amount of time Cookie Monster can go without a cookie.  I did perfectly time my viewing of it for [...]

Best Oscar Speech of All Time?

Topics : Oscars
Posted by : Craig Kessler on February 23, 2009

Beer Wars dvd 20 Years After buy Sunshine divx The Oscars last night was an evening of Hugh dancing it up, stars all classed out in evening wear, and of course the winners and speeches.  I have to be honest, I did not watch the whole thing, because frankly, it’s really boring.  I did watch [...]

Springsteen Couldn’t Wrestle Himself an Oscar Nomination

Springsteen Couldn’t Wrestle Himself an Oscar Nomination
Topics : Oscars
Posted by : Craig Kessler on February 21, 2009 bruce

download Safehouse dvd American Pie Presents: Beta House movie All Star Comedy Jam dvd The Oscars are tomorrow and this means a lot to some people or very little to most, more on the latter.  There are always arguments to who should win, who should have won or what most people care about, what they [...]

Is Anyone Really Excited for the Oscars?

Topics : Oscars
Posted by : Craig Kessler on February 21, 2009

Boa vs. Python movie The Oscars are here!  Most people care about this as much as Dr. Cox cares about Hugh Jackman hosting the Oscars.  That was a reference to the character on the TV show Scrubs and his hate for Hugh.  The over 3 hour bore fest is more enjoyed by fans before the [...]

Slumdog is OVERRATED

Slumdog is OVERRATED
Topics : Oscars
Posted by : Matt Rosenberg on February 20, 2009 Overrated

I know, I know! Everyone loves Slumdog Millionaire.  I’ve heard people saying it’s one of the best movies ever.  My roommates Grandparents actually claimed it might be there favorite movie, and to this I say COME ON! This movie was very good, and very good at best.  It was not great.  The plot was very [...]