The 85th Annual Academy Award winners have been announced with "Life of Pi," "Argo" and "Les Miserables" dominating the awards. "Argo" took the top honor of Best Picture along with screenplay and editing. "Life of Pi" took Best Director along with cinematography, score and visual effects. Meanwhile, "Les Miserables" won for Best Supporting … [Read more...]
The 2013 Oscar Nominations
January 10, 2013 by
The 85th Annual Academy Award nominations have been announced with "Lincoln" and "Life of Pi" leading the pack with twelve and eleven nominations respectively. Also faring well were "Les Miserables" and "Silver Linings Playbook" with eight; "Argo" with seven; "Amour," "Django Unchained," "Skyfall" and "Zero Dark Thirty" with fivel and "Anna … [Read more...]
Nine Films Vie For Foreign Language Oscar
December 21, 2012 by
Nine films have made it to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category at the upcoming 85th Academy Awards®. This shortlist will be shrunk down to the five nominees to be announced with the rest of this year's nominees on Thursday, January 10th 2013. Those that made the cut include: "Amour," directed by Michael Haneke … [Read more...]
“Les Miserables” Shakes Up Oscar Race
November 25, 2012 by
Amongst awards pundits, this part of the Oscar season has always been about ticking off the few remaining boxes. The film festivals are long over, a critical verdict has been reached on the various titles screened there, and enough time has passed that the awards chances surrounding each title has settled on a decent consensus. That just leaves … [Read more...]
Oscar Animation & European Film Award Noms
November 5, 2012 by
Twenty-one films have been officially submitted for consideration for the Best Animated Feature award at the Oscars in February. This list will be whittled down to five finalists which will all compete for the award. In alphabetical order, the list includes: "Adventures in Zambezia," "Brave," "Delhi Safari," "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax," … [Read more...]
Focus Sets “Promised Land” For Oscar Run
August 26, 2012 by
Focus Features is set to give Gus Van Sant's "Promised Land" an awards-qualifying two city theatrical run on Friday, December 28th says Deadline. Matt Damon and John Krasinski co-wrote the script and star in the project about a corporate salesman (Damon) who arrives in a rural town with his sales partner (Frances McDormand) to try and purchase … [Read more...]
The 2012 Oscar Winners
February 27, 2012 by
The 84th Annual Academy Award nominations have been announced with "The Artist" taking the big awards (Best Picture, Actor, Director) while "Hugo" dominated the other categories. Both scored five awards each, with the only thing even vaguely close to a surprise being that "Hugo" lost out on one technical category - film editing - to "The Girl with … [Read more...]
VOTD: “Snubbed 2012: An Oscar Tribute”
February 27, 2012 by
While this year's Oscar winners and nominees are currently out on the party circuit celebrating their wins or drinking away their sorrows, it's time to reflect on those who didn't even score a nomination and should have. The guys at Joblo.com have done just that, putting together a brilliant two-minute piece entitled "Snubbed 2012: An Oscar … [Read more...]
The 2012 Oscar Nominations
January 24, 2012 by
The 83rd Annual Academy Award nominations have been announced with "Hugo" and "The Artist" leading the pack with eleven and ten nominations respectively. Also faring well were "Moneyball" & "War Horse" with six, "The Descendants" & "Midnight in Paris" with five, "The Help" with four, and "The Tree of Life" & "Tinker Tailor Soldier … [Read more...]
