Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Anybody been to Cyprus or Madeira? Trying to plan a trip and wanted thoughts on these places. I have been reading about Madeira and it looks like it can be done in a day out of Lisbon - just fly there in the morning, spend the day there, and fly back in the early evening. Is this true? How much tim...

Thank you, tootpadu! Now when you saw the slow season... does that include right around Christmastime? I imagine the last week in December isn't so slow because people have off for the holiday, but I definitely see January and February as being the slow point. Also, is hte park open Christmas Day? ...

Anyone ever been to Disneyland Paris during the Winter Holidays? If so, are certain rides/parts of the park closed? I would imagine some may close in Florida (I'm sure the water parks are closed, and maybe Splash Mountain?) Any info is helpful... I'm trying to plan a trip to France and accomodate a...

Last week, on a TERRIBLE cruise (it was Norwegian Cruise Line - never again!), I read In Evil Hour (Gabriel Garcia Marquez), The Arrivants (Edward Brathwaite), and Koolaids: The Art of War (Rabih Alameddine). The last one was the most interesting. It was a collage of passages - some news clippings ...

It's funny you mention that specific moment, Movielover. It's that moment I brought up last night at a party. That moment is so fucking stupid. She's just bawling her eyes out in that montage, but really the broadness of it wouldn't feel out of place in a ZAZ comedy. This is a film in which Hanna S...

Saw this last night in a double feature along with The Reader. I know many are hoping the film will assist in changing views on homosexuality, etc. but is it possible that some of the scenes could possibly support Anita Bryant's theories? The night Milk wins the election, Cleve is giving a blowjob ...

Put me on the Winslet bandwagon (although I haven't seen Doubt yet). Saw the film last night and absolutely loved it. Lena Olin should have been nominated as well! Did anyone else lose it when they did the cross-cutting between Michael recording the books and Hanna's listening to them. I was bawlin...

Can someone help me out with this movie? I absolutely loved it... but at the end what was it about? I mean it was funny to sit through and the acting was great - but what was it Leigh was trying to say about society? That we sometimes often accidentally give off the wrong signals and aren't mindful...

I'm surprised that "Little Person" from Synecdoche, New York didn't make the cut. Talk about a song that has narrative context, occurs in the body of the film (not the credits) AND is actually quite good. I still haven't seen Slumdog Millionaire, but I find it hard to believe that either ...

Saw the film last night and Rourke's work is pretty stunning. I really felt for him when he showed up late to get his daughter. Yes, he should have been more responsible... but only the audience saw how terrible he felt about his actions and how he would have done it differently if he could have. T...