Michael Haneke’s Amour got its biggest take yet, nabbing the Best Picture, Director and Actress prize from the NSFC. None of the selections below were particularly original, but it was clear that a handful of films were very well liked this year. Award Tallies (3) Amour (2) The Master The Awards Best Picture
Many actors have gone on my list of “won’t watch” and Dwayne Johnson is firmly entrenched. Snitch Plot Summary: To protect his imprisoned son, a construction company owner agrees to work undercover for the DEA and attempt to help bring down a ruthless drug lord. Release Date: February 22, 2013 Poster Trailer Rating: None Commentary:…
Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…
The Writers Guild of America, one of the toughest groups to earn nominations with, has announced its nominees for the best of 2012. The reason it’s so tough to get in is that if your film wasn’t made under a WGA contract or under the contract provided by a sister organization from another country, you’re…
Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It’s a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we’ll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar…
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Chris Colfer will always be typecast in my mind as his character from Glee…of course, if he had more range perhaps it would be easier to differentiate. Struck By Lightning Plot Summary: An aspiring journalist concocts a plan to blackmail some of the school’s most popular students into writing articles for his literary magazine. Release…
Born June 10, 1892 in Wichita, Kansas to former slaves, Hattie McDaniel was the youngest of thirteen children. In 1900 the family moved to Fort Collins, Colorado, then to Denver. After graduating Denver East High School, Hattie joined brother Otis’ minstrel show, which folded shortly after his death in 1916. Beginning in 1920 she sang…
There has always been a slight correlation between Oscar’s Best Picture category and the box office, usually in that it boosts Best Picture winners beyond $100 million. But what about blockbusters heading TO the Oscars? The term blockbuster had been used before in other media, but it wasn’t until the massive success of Jaws in…