Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Saw Good Night, and Good Luck. and Jarhead last night (aah the old double-headers) and found them to be opposites. GNGL is easily the best movie I've seen this year: the acting was spectacular (oh yes, David Straitham is my front-runner), the direction by Clooney was amazing (to coax performances l...

This isn't a review, but Jarhead just opened to $10.4M on Friday, which is quite a spectacular number considering tracking had it pegged at maybe $15-18M the entire weekend. Who knows how good the weekend multiplier will be, but as a movie playing to both adults and younger folk (the screening we a...

Meet the Fockers ** Sideways ***1/2 The Aviator **1/2 Million Dollar Baby *** Hotel Rwanda *** Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy **1/2 Revenge of the Sith ** Sin City ***1/2 Kicking and Screaming *1/2 Batman Begins *** Madagascar ** War of the Worlds ** Mr. and Mrs. Smith **1/2 Wedding Crashers *** ...

Wow, Christmas 2003 was the last post?? I have to represent: Boyz in the Hood! Powerful, moving, proper message, wonderful directing coaxing stunning performances, unbelievable robbed. Should have won Best Pic over Silence of the Lambs, Supporting Actor for Laurence Fishburne, and Director for John...

Damn right, Bruce, Do the Right Thing was robbed like few movies have been. Of course, conservative Oscar voters choosing such an incendiary and magnificent movie as Best Picture is highly unlikely. But really, Driving Miss Daisy? If that isn't the absolutely worst movie to win Best Picture outside...