Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

I agree. One of the most beautiful trailers I have ever seen. I have no idea what the actual story is but I want to see it. The images and words in the trailer and on the TOL official website seemed vaguely familiar. I did a little Googling and rediscovered an article from the August 1998 issue of ...

As I said in my review right after I saw it, I liked Winter's Bone and thought Jennifer Lawrence was good. I rated it 7/10 if memory serves. But I did not think either her performance nor the film were award worthy. Good, but not award worthy. I seem to be out of step with the critics. Then again, ...

Mister Tee wrote:Screenplay could conceivably slip in on level-of-inventiveness, but voters would have to ignore the widespread impression that the dialogue clunked.

For example, Ellen Page's howler: "OK, now whose subconsciousness are we entering?"

Is it pretty much a foregone conclusion that Inception will be nominated for BP, Director, Original Screenplay and Editing Oscars? I think it deserves nothing more than technical nominations, except for Editing (and it deserves recognition for visual effects, art direction and cinematography). I th...

Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Bobby Jindal, Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty, Mike Huckabee, Jeb Bush, Lindsey Graham, Hayley Barbour, Jim Demint, Scott Brown, Rick Perry? I do not see Obama being beaten by any of them, despite Obama's best efforts to empower the GOP at the expense of the Democratic base. B...

One of my favorite memories of Jill is the breakup scene between her and Burt Reynolds in Starting Over (an overpraised film, IMO, but one I enjoyed). She makes Burt swear repeatedly that he will not contact her ever again, ending with something like "I swear on my life and the lives of my par...

I Am Love with Tilda Swinton, Taylor Hackford's Love Ranch with Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci (I'll camp out for tickets for that one :laugh: ) Not to dampen your enthusiasm, but both of these are currently available on dvd. Thanks for the tip. I did not mean to denigrate I Am Love; I actually think I...

Last season's finale was obviously much more intriguing, with the new firm starting, Greg going to Vietnam which allowed Joan to return to the firm, and Betty and Henry on their way to Reno. I was dying to see how all that would play out and was disappointed that the new season began a year later. ...

Just for my info, kaytodd, how did you manage to see 127 Hours? The 21st Annual New Orleans Film Festival is running at venues all over town October 14-21. Saw 127 Hours last night. In addition to 127 Hours and Howl, Soldonz's Life During Wartime, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest, I Am Love wi...

I do not think Franco will be nominated for this performance. He will probably be nominated for Howl , which I will see Thursday night. There is no way James Franco is going to be nominated for Howl. Most of his performance consists of his reading Howl as Allen Ginsberg. I liked Howl and Franco was...

127 Hours (Danny Boyle) James Franco shows he has the charisma to carry a movie, even one in which he is alone on the screen in almost every frame. I always liked him in films but I had my doubts when I heard he had been cast as Aron Ralston. I knew that, due to the nature of the story, his chatact...

I also voted for Geena. Flipp, that look on her face at the end of the film was beautiful (would also make a background for my desktop. I'm sure it is out there). I also loved the scene in which she chews out Hurt when he offers to pay for a private school for her son. I was surprised by that mothe...

According to imdb, a forty year old actress named Elizabeth Marvel (beautiful woman) has been cast as "Adult Mattie Ross." The 1969 film did not have anyone playing Kim Darby's role as an adult. I know nothing about the novel or if it has an epilogue involving Mattie as an adult. And, of ...

I'm 90% sure Joan is pregnant. I wonder if Roger will be around to even see her belly grow. He does not seem well and there will be hell to pay when the other partners find out what he is hiding about the Lucky Strike account. Poor Pete Campbell. He brings in a huge account that will likely lead to...

Very good episode. I especially liked Peggy's scenes with Abe. I think Peggy from Season 1 would have been dazzled by a "counterculture intellectual" (for lack of a better term) showing an interest in her and would have been deferential to him. But Peggy has experienced too much since Spr...