Oscar History: July 4 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
-
Precursor Predictions: CDG
Tonight, the Costume Designers Guild will announce the winners of its three feature film prizes for Period, Fantasy and Contemporary achievements. So, here’s what we expect Costume Designers Guild Period Costume Design The Fighter The King’s Speech (Wesley, Peter) True Grit (RU:Wesley) Wesley Lovell: I can’t imagine them not giving it to The King’s Speech.…
by
-
5 Favorites #14: 5 Favorite Best Picture Winners
Every week, we’ll pose a new “five favorites” question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you’re welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. More Oscar themed polls this week with…
by
-
The Rundown: Best Editing
Today, we present our predictions and commentary on the Best Editing category.
by
-
The DVD Report #196: Oscar on DVD – 1976
New This Week CLICK HEREfor other new releases this week. It’s a commonly held notion that All the President’s Men; Network and Taxi Driver were the Oscar front-runners and that Rocky came out of nowhere to win the 1976 Oscar for Best Picture. That wasn’t at all the case. Rocky, whose artistic reputation has not…
by
-
This Day in Oscar History: February 22
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Luis Buñuel (83 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay,Adapted Screenplay – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1901: Charles Newman (76 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1908: John Mills (97 at death) {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1917:…
by
-
Review: I Am Number Four (2011)
I Am Number Four Rating Director D.J. Caruso Screenplay Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Marti Noxon (Novel: Pittacus Lore) Length 109 min. Starring Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Callan McAuliffe MPAA Rating PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and for language
by
-
The Rundown: Sound Mixing/Sound Editing
Today, we start our final week of Rundown articles. This week, we’ll cover the remaining categories for this year’s Oscars starting with today’s look at Sound Mixing and Sound Editing. Tomorrow, we’ll open up about our thoughts on the Best Editing prize. Following on Wednesday, we’ll look at Costume Design, then round out the week…
by
-
The Morning After: February 21, 2011
Not being at home most of the weekend tends to interrupt your regularly scheduled movie viewing. So, this week, I have only one new movie to review: I Am Number Four. I have started La Dolce Vita, but got interrupted about two-thirds through and haven’t been able to get back to it yet. Next weekend…
by
-
Precursor: Motion Picture Sound Editors
Here are the winners for this year’s Golden Reel Awards Awards Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film The Social Network (Wesley, Peter) Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film Inception (Wesley, Peter) Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Foreign Language Film…
by
-
This Day in Oscar History: February 21
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Clemence Dane (77 at death) {Oscar Winner: Motion Picture Story – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1898: Ray Moyer (87 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color); Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color) – 12 Noms, 3 Wins} 1899: Emile Santiago (96…
by
-
Precursor: Cinema Audio Society
This year’s winner of the Cinema Audio Society award was a surprise to most who look at these kinds of awards. Awards Best Sound Mixing True Grit
by
-
This Day in Oscar History: February 20
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Bernard Knowles (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Color) – Not Official: Preliminary submission not granted official nomination} 1912: Pierre Boulle (81 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Adapted Screenplay – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1925: Robert Altman (81 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Picture,…
by
-
Precursor: American Cinema Editors
Below are the winners of this year’s American Cinema Editors Awards. AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS Best Editing, Drama> The Social Network (RU:Wesley, Peter, Wes) Best Editing, Comedy/Musical Alice in Wonderland Best Editing, Animated Toy Story 3 (Wesley, Peter)
by
-
This Day in Oscar History: February 19
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Paul Terry (84 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Animated Short Film – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1895: Louis Calhern (61 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1899: Homer G. Tasker (90 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Sound/Sound Mixing – 2 Noms, 0 Wins}…
by
-
What to See: February 18-20, 2011
On Wednesdays, we preview all of the upcoming new wide and limited releases hitting the theaters the coming weekend. On Fridays, we’ll now tell you what you should see. We pose two questions each week to our contributors and their responses are posted below. Wesley Lovell 1. Which of the three new wide releases would…
by
Search Our Site
Oscar Preds (99th)
Affiliated Sites
Posts by Topic
Archives
Infrequent Updates
Site Updates
Our Team
Login
Register
Contact Us
