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Picture: Slumdog Millionaire Actor: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) Actress: Kate Winslet (The Reader) Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) Supporting Actress: Viola Davis (Doubt) Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) Original Screenplay: Milk Adapted Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire ...

Someone below posted that he must be guilty because otherwise why would Flynn have left. But you can't really say that because he could have left to get Sister Aloysius off his back and he could have left because he felt temptations and didn't want to give in to them. I haven't seen the movie yet, ...

My predictions... Picture: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Frost/Nixon Milk Slumdog Millionaire Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon) Mike Leigh (Happy-Go-Lucky) Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) Gus Van Sant (Milk) Actor: Clint Eastwood (Gran To...

I was at opening night of Doubt (and I actually was directly behind Philip Seymour Hoffman when they were scanning our tickets). After leaving the theatre with three friends, all speechless from the weight of the play, I said then and there that Meryl would play Sister Aloysius. I agree with some o...

BEST PICTURE No Country for Old Men (There Will Be Blood) BEST DIRECTOR Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men (Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) BEST ACTOR Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood (Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd) BEST ACTRESS Julie Christie, Away from Her (Marion Co...

Just saw The Diving Bell and the Butterfly last night and I think that's the film to beat in this category. I know it would be history-making, but the direction is spectacular. My guess is the Coens win their other three nominations, but Directing goes to Schnabel making this an exciting Awards yea...

Picture - No Country for Old Men Lead Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood) Lead Actress - Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) Supporting Actress - Ruby Dee (American Gangster) Director - Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (No Country for Old M...

Picture: American Gangster Atonement Michael Clayton No Country for Old Men Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Director: Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men) Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton) Julian Schnabel (The Divin...

I think that every year there is a post about the repercussions of the nominees. Everyone knows that the Golden Globes and the SAG awards are the most accurate precursors and the best tools for accurately predicting the Academy Award nominations. I would say that generally 16-18 of the Academy Awar...

I see the last post in this section was on 10/7, so I hope people check out this part of the site - I don't know where else to put this. OK, so for the first time I am planning a trip abroad. A friend and I are going to Europe and we are deciding between two itineraries: A: St. Petersburg, Moscow, ...

My predictions: Picture: Atonement Charlie Wilson's War Juno No Country for Old Men There Will Be Blood Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood) Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men) David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises) Mike Nichols (Charlie Wilson's War) Joe Wright (Atonemen...