Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Fred Sersen (72 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special Effects – 8 Noms, 2 Wins} 1890: Marjorie Main (85 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1895: Nat W. Finston (84 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Scoring – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1897: Louis…
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This week, we are paring down our coverage to make things a bit easier on our contributors. From here on out, we will cover all wide releases and the occasional limited release of importance. This week, we have Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on. The number…
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Time for another week of box office predictions. Submit yours below. Don’t remember the rules or need a refresher? Check them out here: Game Rules. Submit the Following for this Week
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We’re nearly at the end of this year’s Oscar journey. Today, we cover the final tech category from the last guild to announce its winners.
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Sunday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will collectively select the year’s best films, performances and technicians. However, we don’t always agree with the Academy’s choices. Today, we’re going to look at several categories and who we would want to win, if we could make that choice. Tripp and Wes have advised me…
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The winners of this year’s Costume Designers Guild (the final guild to announce prior to Oscar Night) have been announced. The results are below: Costume Designers Guild Period Costume Design The King’s Speech (Wesley, Peter) Fantasy Costume Design Alice in Wonderland (Wesley, Peter) Contemporary Costume Design Black Swan (RU:Wesley)
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Victor Fleming (59 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Directing – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1899: Norman Taurog (82 at death) {Oscar Winner: Directing – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1920: Maurice Richlin (70 at death) {Oscar Winner: Original Screenplay – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1936: John Truscott…
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The President’s Day holiday weekend wasn’t as solid as I expected leaving Liam Neeson the clear box office champ. Don’t forget to come back Wednesday to submit your predictions for Week 5. Original rules can be found here: Game Rules. #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Correct Response: Unknown, $21,856,389 Scott gets a…
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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.…
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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…
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Today, we present our predictions and commentary on the Best Editing category.
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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…
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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:…
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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
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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…
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