Oscar History: July 4 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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5 Favorites #10: 5 Favorite Oscar Surprises
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. Let’s turn our attention to the Oscars…
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Predictions: How Did We Do?
After months of making changing predictions, the nominations have finally been announced. Now let’s see how our contributors fared with nominations. We’ve got four special tracking orders. “Perfect Scores” are contributors who correctly predicted all nominees in the category, “Universal Omissions” are Oscar nominees that no one predicted, “Alone in Thought” are individual predictions that…
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Academy Awards Nominations
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards nominations have been announced. Below are those nominations. (Editor’s Note: List completed) Nominations Tallies (12) The King’s Speech (10) True Grit (8) Inception, The Social Network (7) The Fighter (6) 127 Hours (5) Black Swan, Toy Story 3 The Nominations Best Picture Black Swan – Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 25
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1901: Mildred Dunnock (90 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1905: Edward Colman (89 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1919: Norman Newell (85 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1945:…
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Game: Week 3 – Box Office Predictions: Results & Standings
Nearly doubling the next highest grosser, The Green Hornet takes the week.. Don’t forget to come back Wednesday to submit your predictions for Week 13. Original rules can be found here: Game Rules. #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Correct Response: No Strings Attached, $19,652,921 Wesley, Yusuf & Zach each get a point…
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Review: Labyrinth (1986)
Labyrinth Rating Director Jim Henson Screenplay Terry Jones (Story: Dennis Lee, Jim Henson) Length 101 min. Starring David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Shelley Thompson, Christopher Malcolm, Shari Weiser, Brian Henson, Ron Mueck, Rob Mills, Dave Goelz, David Alan Barclay, David Shaughnessy, Frank Oz MPAA Rating PG
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Review: Buried (2010)
Buried Rating Director Rodrigo Cortés Screenplay Chris Sparling Length 95 min. Starring Ryan Reynolds (voice cast: José Luis García Pérez, Robert Paterson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis, Warner Laughlin, Erik Palladino) MPAA Rating R for language and some violent content
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Review: Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Oh! What a Lovely War Rating Director Richard Attenborough Screenplay Len Deighton (Musical Play: Joan Littlewood; Play: Charles Chilton) Length 144 min. Starring Paul Daneman, Ian Holm, Guy Middleton, Juliet Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Jean-Pierre Cassel, John Clements, John Gielgud, Jack Hawkins, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Corin Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Maggie Smith,…
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Review: Poltergeist (1982)
Poltergeist Rating Director Tobe Hooper Screenplay Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, Mark Victor Length 115 min. Starring Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williamson, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins, Heather O’Rourke, Marty Casella, Richard Lawson, Zelda Rubinstein, James Karen, Dirk Blocker MPAA Rating R (original); PG (re-rated after appeal)
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The Morning After: January 24, 2011
Despite feeling like I didn’t get much watched this weekend, it turns out I got quite a bit accomplished. One more 2010 movie packed away, a couple of ’80s fan favorites and this week’s Feed the Queue entry, plus a whole lot of Eureka. So, here is what I watched this weekend: BURIED Dozens of…
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Precursor: Razzie Nominations
The Golden Raspberries have announced the nominees for its 31st Annual Film Awards. Below are the results. Nomination Tallies (9) The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The Last Airbender (7) Sex and the City 2 (4) The Bounty Hunter, Vampires Suck, Valentine’s Day (3) Little Fockers (2) Jonah Hex, Clash of the Titans, The Spy Next Door…
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Oscar Predictions: Cinema Sight Final
Tomorrow, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will announce their nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. We’ll be covering the announcement live and posting the results as we get them. But before we do that, it’s time for Cinema Sight’s four contributors to lay down their final nominations predictions. Here are our…
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The DVD Report #192: Oscar on DVD – 1973
New This Week CLICK HEREfor other new releases this week. (Editor’s Note: Due to the Oscar nominations, The DVD Report is being posted a day early) Oscar went retrograde in 1973 and gave the Best Picture award to the rousing caper film, The Sting, set in the 1930s with the music of an earlier time,…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 24
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Henry King (96 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Directing – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1892: Gladys Lehman (101 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1914: Frank R. McKelvy (66 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction,Art Direction (Black-and-White), Art Direction (Color) –…
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Precursor: OFTA Film Awards Nominations
The Online Film & Television Association has announced the nominees for its 15th Annual Film Awards. Below are the results. Nomination Tallies (13) Black Swan, Inception (10) The Social Network (9) 127 Hours, The King’s Speech (8) True Grit (7) Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Toy Story 3 (6) Easy A, The Kids Are All…
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