• 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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

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  • 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,…

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  • 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)

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  • 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}…

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  • 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…

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  • Precursor Predictions: CAS, ACE & MPSE

    This weekend, three of the last four guilds to announce winners will finally make their picks known. Starting things off on Saturday are the Cinema Audio Society, which honors the best in Sound Mixing, and the American Cinema Editors, which recognize the best in Editing. Following those on Sunday are the awards from the Motion…

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  • The Rundown: Best Actress

    We finish out the week with Best Actress, one of the few categories ripe for upset. Come back next week when we do our final five articles in preparation for this year’s Academy Awards.

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  • Film Fun Friday #44

    Welcome to the new Film Fun Friday. In an effort to make our games more fun, I’ve increased the interactivity of them. Now you’ll be responding to your fellow players or continuing their thoughts. Each game has a different set of rules, so make sure to read up before posting. And always remember to have…

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  • This Day in Oscar History: February 18

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Adolphe Menjou (73 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1907: Oscar Brodney (100 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Story and Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1917: Ralph S. Hurst (55 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Color) – 1 Nom,…

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  • Feed the Queue #33

    Finding no quarter on these lists, Rachel, Rachel came in tenth on this week’s rankings with only 12 points. Just above it were House of Games with 15, Bugsy and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof next up with 16 each, Mean Streets above them with 18, Goodbye, Mr. Chips next with 22 points, The…

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  • The Rundown: Best Actor

    Our penultimate rundown article this week finds us in the final two acting categories. Today, we cover the Best Actor race and will follow it up tomorrow with Best Actress.

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  • Oscar Profile #25: Patricia Neal

    Born January 20, 1926, Patricia Neal’s real life story, only part of which was played out by Glenda Jackson in a 1981 TV movie, was more turbulent and eventful than anything she ever did on screen. A classically trained actress, the Kentucky native made her Broadway debut as Margaret Sullavan’s understudy in 1943’s The Voice…

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