Category Archives: Oscars
Academy Award Nominations & Winners
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ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
NOMINEES
STEVE CARELL
Foxcatcher
BRADLEY COOPER
American Sniper
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
The Imitation Game
MICHAEL KEATON
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
EDDIE REDMAYNE
The Theory of Everything
NOMINEES
ROBERT DUVALL
The Judge
ETHAN HAWKE
Boyhood
EDWARD NORTON
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
MARK RUFFALO
Foxcatcher
J.K. SIMMONS
Whiplash
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
NOMINEES
MARION COTILLARD
Two Days, One Night
FELICITY JONES
The Theory of Everything
JULIANNE MOORE
Still Alice
ROSAMUND PIKE
Gone Girl
REESE WITHERSPOON
Wild
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
NOMINEES
PATRICIA ARQUETTE
Boyhood
LAURA DERN
Wild
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY
The Imitation Game
EMMA STONE
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
MERYL STREEP
Into the Woods
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
NOMINEES
BIG HERO 6
Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
THE BOXTROLLS
Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
SONG OF THE SEA
Tomm Moore and Paul Young
THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA
Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
BEST PICTURE
NOMINEES
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers
WHIPLASH
Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers
AMERICAN SNIPER
Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers
BOYHOOD
Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers
THE IMITATION GAME
Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers
SELMA
Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
CINEMATOGRAPHY
NOMINEES
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)
Emmanuel Lubezki
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Robert Yeoman
IDA
Łukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski
MR. TURNER
Dick Pope
UNBROKEN
Roger Deakins
COSTUME DESIGN
NOMINEES
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Milena Canonero
INHERENT VICE
Mark Bridges
INTO THE WOODS
Colleen Atwood
MALEFICENT
Anna B. Sheppard
MR. TURNER
Jacqueline Durran
DIRECTING
NOMINEES
THE IMITATION GAME
Morten Tyldum
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
BOYHOOD
Richard Linklater
FOXCATCHER
Bennett Miller
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Wes Anderson
FILM EDITING
NOMINEES
AMERICAN SNIPER
Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
BOYHOOD
Sandra Adair
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Barney Pilling
THE IMITATION GAME
William Goldenberg
WHIPLASH
Tom Cross
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
NOMINEES
IDA
Poland
LEVIATHAN
Russia
TANGERINES
Estonia
TIMBUKTU
Mauritania
WILD TALES
Argentina
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
NOMINEES
FOXCATCHER
Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
PRODUCTION DESIGN
NOMINEES
INTERSTELLAR
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
INTO THE WOODS
Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
MR. TURNER
Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
THE IMITATION GAME
Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald
SOUND EDITING
NOMINEES
AMERICAN SNIPER
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)
Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
INTERSTELLAR
Richard King
UNBROKEN
Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
SOUND MIXING
NOMINEES
AMERICAN SNIPER
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga
INTERSTELLAR
Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
UNBROKEN
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee
WHIPLASH
Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
VISUAL EFFECTS
NOMINEES
INTERSTELLAR
Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
NOMINEES
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Alexandre Desplat
THE IMITATION GAME
Alexandre Desplat
INTERSTELLAR
Hans Zimmer
MR. TURNER
Gary Yershon
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Jóhann Jóhannsson
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
NOMINEES
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)
Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
BOYHOOD
Written by Richard Linklater
FOXCATCHER
Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
NIGHTCRAWLER
Written by Dan Gilroy
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
NOMINEES
WHITE EARTH
J. Christian Jensen
CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1
Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
JOANNA
Aneta Kopacz
OUR CURSE
Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki
THE REAPER (LA PARKA)
Gabriel Serra Arguello
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
NOMINEES
CITIZENFOUR
Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
FINDING VIVIAN MAIER
John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM
Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
THE SALT OF THE EARTH
Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
VIRUNGA
Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
NOMINEES
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
THE DAM KEEPER
Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
FEAST
Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
ME AND MY MOULTON
Torill Kove
A SINGLE LIFE
Joris Oprins
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
NOMINEES
AYA
Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM
Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
BUTTER LAMP (LA LAMPE AU BEURRE DE YAK)
Hu Wei and Julien Féret
PARVANEH
Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
THE PHONE CALL
Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
NOMINEES
THE LEGO MOVIE
“Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie; Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
SELMA
“Glory” from Selma; Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
BEYOND THE LIGHTS
“Grateful” from Beyond the Lights; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
GLEN CAMPBELL…I’LL BE ME
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me; Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
BEGIN AGAIN
“Lost Stars” from Begin Again; Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
NOMINEES
AMERICAN SNIPER
Written by Jason Hall
THE IMITATION GAME
Written by Graham Moore
INHERENT VICE
Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
WHIPLASH
Written by Damien Chazelle
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Loads of Interesting Random Facts About the Academy Awards aka Oscars
Here are a bunch of random facts about the Academy Awards. Some are quite surprising. which one shocked you the most?
Top winner & nominee for Visual Effects
- Dennis Muren – 8 wins, 15 nominations
Won: Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Innerspace, The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Jurassic Park
Kathleen Kennedy has been nominated as producer 8 times, but never won
BEST PICTURE NOMINEES DIRECTED BY WOMEN
Out of 11, only 3 were nominated for directing and only 1 won
- Zero Dark Thirty [Kathryn Bigelow was NOT nominated for directing]
- The Kids Are All Right [Lisa Cholodenko was NOT nominated for directing]
- Winter’s Bone [Debra Granik was NOT nominated for directing]
- The Hurt Locker [Kathryn Bigleow won for directing]
- An Education [Lone Scherfig was NOT nominated for directing]
- Little Miss Sunshine [Valerie Faris (and Jonathan Dayton) were NOT nominated for directing]
- Lost in Translation [Sofia Coppola was nominated for directing]
- The Piano [Jane Campion was nominated for directing]
- The Prince of Tides [Barbra Streisand was NOT nominated for directing]
- Awakenings [Penny Marshall was NOT nominated for directing]
- Children of a Lesser God [Randa Haines was NOT nominated for directing]
Top 3 winners & nominees of Best Makeup
- Rick Baker – 7 wins, 11 nominations
- Greg Cannom – 3 wins, 9 nominations
- Ve Neill – 3 wins, 8 nominations
Top winner & nominee of Best Song
- Sammy Cahn – 4 wins, 26 nominations
Top 2 winners & nominees of Best Score
- Alfred Newman – 9 wins, 41 nominations
- John Williams – 5 wins, 44 nominations
THE ONLY SEQUELS TO WIN BEST PICTURE
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
THE ONLY X-RATED FILM TO WIN BEST PICTURE
- Midnight Cowboy (1969)
[The film was subsequently edited and given an R rating in 1971.]
THE ONLY FILMS TO WIN THREE ACADEMY AWARDS FOR ACTING
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
- Network (1976)
[To date, no film has won all four of the Academy Awards for acting.]
THE ONLY PERFORMERS TO WIN CONSECUTIVE ACADEMY AWARDS
- Luise Rainer, 1936 and 1937
- Spencer Tracy, 1937 and 1938
- Katharine Hepburn, 1967 and 1968
- Jason Robards, 1976 and 1977
- Tom Hanks, 1993 and 1994
Top winner & nominee for Writing
- Woody Allen – 3 wins, 16 nominations
THE ONLY PERSON TO WIN AN OSCAR FOR PLAYING A MEMBER OF THE OPPOSITE SEX
Linda Hunt, 1983, Best Supporting Actress for The Year of Living Dangerously.
THE ONLY THREE-GENERATION OSCAR-WINNING FAMILIES
- The Hustons. Walter Huston won Best Supporting Actor in 1948; son John Huston won Best Director and Best Screenplay in 1948; and granddaughter Anjelica Huston won Best Supporting Actress in 1985.
- The Coppolas. Carmine Coppola won for Original Dramatic Score in 1974; son Francis Ford Coppola’s first win was for Original Screenplay in 1970; and granddaughter Sofia Coppola won for Original Screenplay in 2003.
THE ONLY BROTHER AND SISTER TO WIN ACTING OSCARS
- Lionel Barrymore, 1930/31
- Ethel Barrymore, 1944
THE ONLY SISTERS TO WIN ACTING OSCARS
- Joan Fontaine, 1941
- Olivia de Havilland, 1946 and 1949
THE ONLY BROTHERS NOMINATED FOR ACTING OSCARS
- River Phoenix, 1988
- Joaquin Phoenix, 2000, 2005 and 2012
THE ONLY MARRIED COUPLES TO WIN ACTING OSCARS
- Laurence Olivier (1948) and Vivien Leigh (1951).
[They were not yet married when Leigh won her first Oscar in 1939.] - Paul Newman (1986) and Joanne Woodward (1957).
[They were married in 1958, prior to Woodward receiving 1957’s Best Actress award.]
The only Oscar winner with parents who both received Oscars
Liza Minnelli. Her mother Judy Garland received an Honorary miniature Oscar in 1939; father Vincente Minnelli won Best Director in 1958; Liza Minnelli won Best Actress in 1972.
The most Oscar-nominated Family
The Newmans, with 88 nominations and counting. Brothers Alfred Newman (43 nominations), Emil Newman (1), and Lionel Newman (11); second generation, Randy Newman (20), David Newman (1), and Thomas Newman (12).
3 films that won Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Actor and Writing
- 1934 – It Happened One Night
- 1975 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
- 1991 – The Silence of the Lambs
5 films nominated in over 4 categories, winning ALL
- 11) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- 9) Gigi (1958)
- 9) The Last Emperor (1987)
- 5) It Happened One Night (1934)
- 4) The Matrix (1999)
5 films nominated over in over 10 categories, winning NONE
- 11) The Turning Point (1977)
- 11) The Color Purple (1985)
- 10) Gangs of New York (2002)
- 10) True Grit (2010)
- 10) American Hustle (2013)
3 films winning 11 awards
- Ben-Hur, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1959 (12 nominations)
- Titanic, 20th Century Fox and Paramount, 1997 (14 nominations)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, New Line, 2003 (11 nominations)
France, Italy and Spain are the 3 most nominated and awarded countries in the Foreign Language Award
- France – nominated 36 times, awarded 11
- Italy – nominated 28 times, awarded 9
- Spain – nominated 29 times, awarded 4
Top 10 Youngest Winners
- Best Actress 21-26
- Best Actor 29-34
- Best Supporting Actress 10-27
- Best Supporting Actor 20-35
These actors have been nominated at least 5 times, but never won
- GLENN CLOSE (3 actress; 3 supporting)
- AMY ADAMS (1 actress; 4 supporting)
Films winning both Best Actress and Best Actor
- 1997 – Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt — As Good As It Gets
- 1991 – Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster — The Silence of the Lambs
- 1981 – Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn — On Golden Pond
- 1978 – Jon Voight, Jane Fonda — Coming Home
- 1976 – Faye Dunaway — Network
- 1975 – Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher — One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
- 1934 – Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert — It Happened One Night
If I Chose the Academy Award Winners and Nominees – 2015 edition
I’ve now seen most of the films that had a release in 2014. This makes me more qualified to vote for the Oscars than 97.548% of the Academy’s membership. With the Oscar ceremony occurring tonight, I’ve picked, as I have the previous two years, who I think the nominees and winners should be in the bulk of the major categories. Once again, the foreign film category will be left off because I simply haven’t had access to enough foreign films to make a comment on them. Those that have made it to my neck of the woods, I will say, have been very good for the most part. Read More →
FREE Stream of Live Action Short Nominee ‘Helium’ Plus Rent or Buy All the Oscar-Nominated Short Films on Vimeo
“A young boy Alfred is dying, but through the stories about HELIUM – a magical fantasy world, told by the hospital’s eccentric janitor Enzo, Alfred regain the joy and happiness of his life, and finds a safe haven away from daily life.” via IMDb – Watch “Helium” by clicking this link. Read More →
Jeremy’s Review: 2015 Oscar Nominated Shorts – Live Action
I’m happy to say that most of the Live-Action shorts are more upbeat than their documentary predecessors. This crop of films come from a variety of countries (Tibet/France, Ireland, Israel, England and Switzerland) and cover a variety of topics. Most of them do a great job of pulling the cinematic equivalent of sleight of hand, leading us down one road only to pull the rug out from under us using our expectations against us. So let’s check them out.
Aya
A quirky little film, Aya grabs an idea that many feature films have explored before – happenstance. As Aya (Sarah Adler) waits for her boyfriend to arrive at the airport, a valet who is waiting for his client has to move his car and asks Aya to hold his sign until he comes back. The client, Mr. Overby (Ulrich Thomsen), arrives before the valet returns. Aya is left with a choice – tell him the truth, that she is just holding the sign for someone else, or actually drive Mr. Overby where he needs to go and see where the trip takes her. She obviously decides on the latter or there would be no movie. What transpires between the two is a back and forth in which each character gains knowledge about the other and perhaps themselves. I really enjoyed this one. While it had some fairly bizarre moments in it, the characters’ arcs were earned rather than forced. Directors Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis brought this one home. This is a film that deserved its nomination.
Boogaloo and Graham
From the outset of Boogaloo and Graham, you get the sense that something bad is going to happen. The film opens in Belfast in 1971. The camera follows British troops as they creep through an alleyway, residents of the flats that line watching them intently. If you know anything about Irish history, you’ll know that ’71 was a particular rough time during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. When the camera moves over a stone wall and we see a man (Martin McCann) huddled over a box, we expect the worst. We’ve been programmed this way as so many films point to an attack by the IRA or some other Republican paramilitary group on the British soldiers not five feet away. As the camera zooms in on the man, he pulls something from the box and we await the devastation to come…until it doesn’t. I craned my neck as if that would help me see what he held. What was it you ask? Not bombs, but two baby ducks for his sons, Jamesy (Riley Hamilton) and Malachy (Aaron Lynch). What unfolds after this tense moment is the story of how these two boys bond with their chickens, how they integrate them into the family despite the protestations of the boys’ mother (Charlene McKenna). This film is full of trickery on the part of director Michael Lennox, whose camera shots are witty and add great depth to an already fun story, as well as the script by scribe Ronan Blaney, which twists and turns your expectations. I loved this film and I hope the Academy does, too.
Butter Lamp (La lampe au beurre de yak)
Perhaps the most interesting of the five nominated films, Butter Lamp takes place in Tibet and features a revolving set of groups gathering to have their pictures taken using a variety of different backgrounds the photographers have brought with them in what amounts to an interesting pictorial ethnographic study of the different peoples of the area. Infused with a good bit of humor, writer-director Wei Hu is able to create a story where the is seemingly none. Equipped with the best final shot of all of the films nominated in this category, Butter Lamp is incredibly pleasing and a lot of fun. When thinking about feature length films (80+ minute running times), it would seem hard to be able to tell a coherent story in only 20 minutes like this film. Wei Hu, like the rest of the writers and directors in this category, makes it look easy. The final shot in this film is really incredible. Be on the lookout for it.
Parvaneh
So, here’s where the films start get a little less humorous and venture into darker territory. Frankly, last year’s set were much more dark and even the last two films that are edgier in their material and approach still have their uplifting moments. Parvaneh fits that bill. A young Afghan girl (Nissa Kashani) living and working in Switzerland comes to a crossroads when her father needs money for an operation back home. As an illegal who is underage, she is not allowed to send money without proper ID, which she can’t get for obvious reasons. When she enlists the help of a girl, Emely (Cheryl Graf), she meets on the street to get the money sent, the story hits a crossroads – will it all work out or will it turn into a Dancer in the Dark-like spiral into crushing depression? Luckily for us, it’s the former. Writer-director Talkhon Hamzavi creates a relatively in depth portrait of immigrant life in a foreign land, something that is commonplace these days with so many people displaced by armed conflicts throughout the world.
The Phone Call
Almost from the outset of Mat Kirkby’s The Phone Call, you can tell that it isn’t going to be a cathartic, uplifting piece that leaves you feeling all warm and fuzzy. This film runs you through an entire gauntlet of emotions and it’s easy to see why this film has garnered some serious accolades leading up to the Oscars. Anchored by a truly incredible performance from the always outstanding Sally Hawkins (twice nominate for Oscar) as Heather, a woman who works at a crisis helpline. When she arrives at work, she has trepidation written all over her face. She is skittish, perhaps because of her personality, but perhaps because of the job. Shortly after sitting down, her phone rings. On the other line is a voice, breaking up and crying. After a brief pause, Stan (Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent) begins to tell his story – his wife passed away years ago and he just can’t bear to live any longer without her. He has taken a large dose of pills and doesn’t want to die alone. Heather uses all of the training she’s learned to try and keep him from ending his life, to keep him on the phone until she can find out key information about him so that she can somehow save his life. As their banter continues over the course of the _____ minutes, Heather continues to engage him, learning more about him, his wife and their life together – all things missing from her life. So in her attempts to save Stan’s life, she, in a way, saves her own. This film is gutting and is very tough to watch. It expertly drills into emotional depths that few feature films are able to. Hawkins’ performance is flat out incredible and shows why she is one of the best actresses in the business. Known more for her quirky, funnier roles, Hawkins is absolutely devastating in The Phone Call. I have no doubts that this film will take home the Oscar and it’s hard to argue against it winning. Kudos to Kirkby and his co-writer James Lucas for creating such an emotionally lush and layered film.
So there’s the Live Action shorts lowdown. Stay tuned for my reviews of the Animated shorts coming later this week and don’t forget to check here for dates and locations where you can see all of the Oscar nominated shorts.
Jeremy’s Review: 2015 Oscar Nominated Shorts – Documentary
I am happy to again have a chance to watch and review the Oscar-nominated shorts. Not typically something I watch a lot of, short films such as these are, according to the Academy, the best the world has to offer and there most certainly is an international flavor to them all. In the coming days, I will be rolling out my reviews of those anointed by the Academy as the top five in the following categories: live-action, animated and documentary. The first crop I will tackle is the documentary shorts. Read More →
Liz’s Review: Jennifer Aniston is devastatingly delicious in ‘CAKE’
Imagine a scenario where you’ve lost everything you hold dear in life: spouse, career, friends, stability, sense of self and, perhaps, even your soul. How would you live day to day? Now forget “live”, and replace it “survive”. CAKE is a film that tackles a profound sense of loss and the tremendous possibility that this may be impossible. Read More →
‘Boyhood’ Q&A on Yahoo! Livestream Tonight! 10pm EST / 7pm PST
Don’t miss Richard Linklater and Ellar Coltrane on Yahoo! Livestream tomorrow (Wednesday, January 21st – 7:00pm PST/10:00pm EST) for a live Q&A about their remarkable work on BOYHOOD!
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Winners of the 20th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards Have Been Announced
The 20th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards took place last night at the Hollywood Palladium, hosted by Michael Strahan, broadcast live on A&E.
Richard Linklater’s Boyhood as well as Alejandro G. Iñarritu’s Birdman were among the top winners along with Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel. Read More →
The 35th Annual Razzies Awards Nominees Have Been Announced
For the 35th year, The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation has announced their nominations for the Razzie Awards. You can check out the list of films and performances deemed to be the absolute worst Hollywood has to offer below… Read More →
Oscar News: ‘Still Alice’ Starring Julianne Moore to Release in December to Qualify
Sony Pictures Classics announced they will open STILL ALICE in New York and Los Angeles in December for a one-week year-end awards qualifying run, with a regular film release to follow on January 16. The film reunites Co-Directors and Co-Writers Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland (THE LAST OF ROBIN HOOD) with Sony Pictures Classics, who worked together on QUINCEANERA. Based on the novel by Lisa Genova, STILL ALICE, a BSM Studio Presentation, is produced by Lex Lutzus, James Brown and Pamela Koffler and executive produced by Marie Savare, Christine Vachon of Killer Films, Maria Shriver, Emilie Georges, Nicholas Shumaker, Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler. Read More →
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