Oscar History: October 24 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Foreign Language Film Finalists Announced
9 Films were selected by the Academy’s Foreign Language Film branch to compete for the five-slot Best Foreign Language Film category. Below are the contenders: Ajami – Israel Kelin – Kazakhstan The Milk of Sorrow – Peru Un Prophète – France El Secreto de Sus Ojos – Argentina Samson & Delilah – Australia The White…
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Review: The Lovely Bones (2009)
The Lovely Bones Rating Director Peter Jackson Screenplay Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson (Novel: Alice Sebold) Length 135 min. Starring Susan Sarandon, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Saoirse Ronan, Stanley Tucci, Nikki SooHoo, Amanda Michalka, Jake Abel, Rose McIver, Michael Imperioli MPAA Rating PG-13 for mature thematic material involving disturbing violent content and images, and…
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Review: Invictus (2009)
Invictus Rating Director Clint Eastwood Screenplay Anthony Peckham (Book: John Carlin) Length 134 min. Starring Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng, Matt Stern, Julian Lewis Jones, Adjoa Andoh, Marguerite Wheatley, Leleti Khumalo, Patrick Lyster, Penny Downie, Sibongile Nojila, Bonnie Henna MPAA Rating PG-13 for brief strong language. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material…
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What Did the Globes Tell Us?
Oscar prognosticators can argue until their hair turns grey what the importance of the Golden Globes mean. Sometimes the winners match up, sometimes they don’t match up. It doesn’t matter. Looking at what won a specific award in no way leads to what will win an Oscar. There is no one with a perfect track…
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The DVD Report #139: January 19, 2010
Canadian director Kari Skogland takes on both the murderous Irish Republican Army and the duplicitous British occupation force in 1980s Belfast in 50 Dead Men Walking, based on the true story of an Irish Catholic youth recruited by the British as a spy within the IRA. The title refers to the fifty men whose lives…
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Box-Office Report #1: Weekend of January 15-18, 2010
As expected, Avatar was king over Martin Luther King weekend, bringing in $54.4 million and pulling ahead of the $500 million mark, a milestone reached by only two other motion pictures in history, James Cameron’s own Titanic and 2008’s The Dark Knight. Not only did Avatar break $500 million this weekend, it reached it in…
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Review: Up in the Air (2009)
Up in the Air Rating Director Jason Reitman Screenplay Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner (Novel: Walter Kim) Length 109 min. Starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Amy Morton, Melanie Lynskey, J.K. Simmons, Sam Eliott, Danny McBride, Zach Galifianakis MPAA Rating R for language and some sexual content. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material…
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Review: Julie & Julia (2009)
Julie & Julia Rating Director Nora Ephron Screenplay Nora Ephron (Book: Julie Powell & Book: Julia Child, Alex Prud’homme) Length 123 min. Starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond, Helen Carey, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jane Lynch, Joan Juliet Buck, Crystal Noelle MPAA Rating PG-13 for brief strong language and some sensuality.…
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Precursor: Visual Effects Society Nominations
The Visual Effects Society has announced its nominations. Below are those results: Nomination Tallies (11) Avatar (4) Coraline (3) 2012; District 9; Up The Nominations Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Film 2012 Avatar District 9 Star Trek Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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Precursor: Golden Globes
Below are the winners of the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Much will be discussed regarding these winners from the predictable to the unpredictable. Winner Tallies (2) Avatar (2) Crazy Heart (2) Dexter (2) Grey Gardens (2) Up The Winners Drama Picture: Avatar Drama Actor: Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
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Precursor: Broadcast Film Critics Association
Below are the winners of the 15th Annual Broadcast Film Critics Association (Critics’ Choice) Awards. Winner Tallies (6) Avatar (3) Inglourious Basterds (2) Crazy Heart (2) The Hurt Locker (2) Up The Winners Picture: The Hurt Locker Actor: Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart Actress: TIE: Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia; Sandra Bullock – The…
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Precursor Predictions: Golden Globes
Sunday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will hand out its Golden Globe Awards. Below are our predictions, starting with a by-category look, then individual agreements/disagreements and commentary. And we’ve also predicted both Film and Television nominations, so you can follow along all night if you like. In addition, below all of these predictions, we have…
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Box-Office Preview #2: Weekend of January 15-18, 2010
As we move into the first four-day holiday weekend of the New Year, two new movies and one Oscar hopeful going into wide release will try to suck away audiences from James Cameron’s mega-hit, Avatar. Sadly for them, they will all probably come up short. The film that has the best shot at dethroning Avatar…
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Precursor Predictions: Broadcast Film Critics Association
The Broadcast Film Critics Association will announce the winners of its Critics’ Choice Awards on Friday evening. Here are our predictions for tomorrow night’s winners. Because the complexity of the predictions below, I’ll list our predictions by category and then how we each came down on them. The Predictions Picture: Avatar (2); The Hurt Locker…
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The DVD Report #138: January 12, 2010
You now no longer have an excuse for not being able to find 2009’s most acclaimed film in a theatre near you. Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, which has appeared on hundreds of ten best lists and won more Best Picture awards than other film this year, has been released on DVD. Although it takes…
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