Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Venezuelan socialist dictator Hugo Chavez is dead according to reports. Not gonna say R.I.P.. because the man was a scumbag.

Still unfinished, but I'll attempt one... 1. The Master (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson) **** 2. Amour (dir. Michael Haneke) **** 3. Moonrise Kingdom (dir. Wes Anderson) *** 1/2 4. Silver Linings Playbook (dir. David O. Russell) *** 1/2 5. Life of Pi (dir. Ang Lee) *** 1/2 6. Django Unchained (dir. Quent...

River Phoenix's final role is brought to light in this never-before-released 1993 effort from George Sluizer, which co-stars Judy Davis, Jonathan Pryce and Karen Black. BERLIN -- An actor who was larger than life is given the chance to breathe again, if only in fragments, in director George Sluizer...

Is it possible that we could see some Oscar history this year? James Dean received 2 posthumous Oscar nominations, but they were both within 2 years of his death. Would the Academy even care about nominating an actor 20 years after his death? It's not as if they would ever have another opportunity t...

I've recently been hearing a lot of great buzz about Fruitvale , which was picked up by the Weinstein Co. at Sundance and is being tipped by some as this year's Beasts of the Southern Wild . Find Out Why Fruitvale Was Sundance's Biggest Film And A Future Awards Contender Fruitvale began earning huge...

I don't understand Adam Yauch's inclusion. I know he was one of the big deaths of last year, but I would expect to see him during the Grammys 'In Memoriam' segment more than I would the Oscars. I only know him as one of the members of the Beastie Boys, not for whatever work he did in film.

August: Osage County (dir. John Wells) Before Midnight (dir. Richard Linklater) Captain Phillips (dir. Paul Greengrass) The Counselor (dir. Ridley Scott) Dallas Buyer's Club (dir. Jean-Marc Vallee) Devil's Knot (dir. Atom Egoyan) Diana (dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel) Foxcatcher (dir. Bennett Miller) Frui...

Please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks this....

My final winner predictions: Best Picture: Argo (r.u. Life of Pi) Best Director: Ang Lee - Life of Pi (r.u. Steven Spielberg - Lincoln) Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln (r.u. Joaquin Phoenix - The Master) Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva - Amour (r.u. Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook) ...

Just announced: 5 out of the 6 actors to have played James Bond will appear onstage together as part of the James Bond tribute. Ironically, the one to be holding out is Pierce Brosnan, not Sean Connery who has not only retired from making public appearances, but has voiced public disdain toward the ...

Not even sure how I feel about the news about the two recently announced spin-off films, especially since the Han Solo spin-off is going to revisit the prequel era. The Boba Fett film is set between Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back and is being written by Lawrence Kasdan, so that one might be g...

Ben Affleck - Argo

Actually I'm quite surprised that no one has started a thread about this project since it's been in the news so much over the past few months. I'm curious to know what everyone thinks now that George Lucas is out and Michael Arndt and J.J. Abrams are in. Any excitement at all or is everyone done wit...

My predictions... 1. Man of Steel - $440 million 2. Star Trek Into Darkness - $420 million 3. Iron Man 3 - $410 million 4. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $380 million 5. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - $330 million 6. Monsters University - $290 million 7. Oz, the Great and Powerful - $285 m...

Actually, the orcs have nothing to do with the nomination for The Hobbit because they weren't makeup effects at all. Most of the creatures this time around were CGI mo-cap effects, and therefore had more to do with the visual effects nomination than the makeup nomination. The makeup in this picture ...