Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

I would vote for The Insider, only because it was the only one of his performances where I sensed any remote being of real acting going on, under the masterful direction of Michael Mann, but I'm not going to vote only on the pretense of my extreme dislike of the man, and he doesn't deserve a best o...

Interestingly, I only count 4 best picture winners that fit into this category (Gone With the Wind, Godfather, Godfather 2 and Around the World in 80 Days)...What does that say? NETWORK - does this count if most of these won for this film? Peter Finch Faye Dunaway Robert Duvall Beatrice Straight (s...

OscarGuy, I too just read the book (about a month ago) and found it a grand disappointment. While it tries to make some sort of statement about the roots of evil, I felt it completely failed in marking the path the Wicked Witch of the West took to the evil side. It was like, one day she became evil...

Still have to see several films, including Closer, Hotel Rwanda, Being Julia, Vera Drake and Bad Education. PICTURE *Before Sunset Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind House of Flying Daggers Kill Bill vol. 2 Million Dollar Baby DIRECTOR *Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby Michael Gondry, Eternal...

Here is the first wrap-up of the 1990s. If the lists keep coming, I'll be more than glad to keep tallying...it is interesting to see the board's opinions, and it highlights some films I need to see. 1. Fargo (dir: Joel Coen) Pulp Fiction (dir: Quentin Tarantino) [34] 3. Taste of Cherry (dir: Abbas K...

1. Fargo (dir: Joel Coen) 2. Beauty and the Beast (dir: Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise) 3. GoodFellas (dir: Martin Scorsese) 4. Pulp Fiction (dir: Quentin Tarantino) 5. A Simple Plan (dir: Sam Raimi) 6. Toy Story (dir: John Lasseter) 7. Taste of Cherry (dir: Abbas Kiarostami) 8. Ed Wood (dir: Tim Burt...

I really hadn't realized just how good this category was for this period. I voted Landau, but Spacey, Hackman and Kline are right up there too. After that, I can't argue with the selections of Washington nor Pesci, although both had superior competition. In fact, only Williams really upsets me, and...