Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1968: 40th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1967} 1974: 46th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)] (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1973} 1991: 63rd Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)] (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1990} 1992: 64th Annual…
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Return Links Poll Archives Now That You’ve Seen Beautiful Creatures…? Cinema Sight Asks: Now that you’ve seen Beautiful Creatures, which Richard LaGravanese screenplay is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Pedro Almodovar’s a tease…and damn him for getting that song stuck in my head. I’m So Excited Plot Summary: Little is known about the plot of this film, but it appears to involve a group of passengers and stewards on an airplane. Release Date: Coming Soon Poster Trailer Rating: C+ Commentary: Almodovar’s name is the…
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This is it! The last week of the Oscar season. Unlucky week 13. The Academy Awards will be aired live this coming Sunday. There are only two precursors left, the Costume Designers Guild and the Spirit Awards. This past weekend saw four different guild precursors working to establish their place in the Oscar season. The…
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Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what I’ve seen over the past week either in film or television. On the film side, if I have written a full length review already, I will post a link to that review. Otherwise, I’ll give a brief snippet of my thoughts on the film…
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For our twelfth Rundown article, we’ll look at two defining categories that form the backbone of filmmaking’s production and post-production process. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Editing and Best Cinematography as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover the two most aurally impressive categories.
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1956: 28th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1955} 1957: 29th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1956} 1958: 30th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1957}
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Although Argo didn’t pick up an award tonight, Life of Pi proved a potent competitor taking two prizes, but the big one went to Skyfall, the film many are predicting to carry the corresponding category at the Oscars. Award Tallies (2) Life of Pi (1) Last Call at the Oasis, Les Misérables, Rust and Bone,…
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While the victory of Zero Dark Thirty signals a possible victor over non-nominated Quentin Tarantino, the big news of the night is the Adapted Screenplay win by Chris Terrio for Argo. The film didn’t seem like it had much of a shot with the WGA with the likes of Tony Kushner and David O. Russell…
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Return Links Poll Archives What Are You Most Anticipating? (Mar. 2013) Cinema Sight Asks: Which March 2013 film are you most anticipating? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Every week, I get several press releases, screening invitations and other notifications from a handful of studio contacts. While I won’t be sharing any information regarding my screening invites, some of the press releases might be of interest to my readers, so I thought I’d start sharing them in toto with all of you. These…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1976: 48th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)] (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1975} 1981: 53rd Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)] (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1980} 1983: 55th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)] (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of…
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Another prize for Argo and a great sign for its Oscar chances. A Best Editing Oscar would be a welcome award for Argo, which is looking at very few places it can compete for this year’s Oscars. Silver Linings Playbook also gets a boost and Brave is showing surprising (though not entirely unexpected) strength in…
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And the musical won the Sound Mixing award. There’s really no surprise there, but it does put a damper on Skyfall‘s chances with the Oscars. The Awards Best Sound Mixing – Live Action Les Misérables Best Sound Mixing – Animated Brave Cinema Audio Society Data Year Founded: 1964 First Awards: 1993 (20)
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