Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Howard's End is by far the weakest of Merchant-Ivory's oscar films It’s anchored though by wonderful performances by Emma Thompson and Vanessa Redgrave. I just finished E.M. Forster’s novel this past weekend and, I have to say, it’s definitely his best. Better than A Passage to India and Where Ange...

Eric wrote:I forgive Italiano because he's hot. Have you seen his MySpace page?

No. Link? I can always forgive a hot guy.

ITALIANO, take it offline or to your own thread. I think there are still tons of things we can discuss about today's NBR developments that don't involve your heretofore undisclosed preoccupation with semantics. I mean, how old are you, really? Frankly, I think that I and the other 20-something memb...

Go Catherine O'Hara! Marilyn Hack's Oscar buzz on that "Internet thing" is certainly on the rise. I guess the WTF nomination in this line-up is Hounsou who I don't see factoring into the Best Supporting Actor race. Although, he pulled off an Academy Award nomination for the under-apprecia...

Just in under the wire... 1. Dreamgirls 2. The Departed 3. Flags of Our Fathers/Letters from Iwo Jima 4. The Queen 5. Babel 6. Volver 7. Children of Men 8. Little Children 9. Infamous 10. For Your Consideration Best Actor Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson runner-up: Peter O'Toole, Venus Best Actress Helen ...

I have it on GOOD authority that there is absolutely no truth to any kind of feud between the two, that Beyonce was actually went out of her way to play down her star status on the set and that she and Hudson (and Anika Noni Rose) were fast friends. Hudson's 6-page spread article in "The Advoc...

Jacqueline Bissett in The Sleepy Time Gal was one of those performances that I looked for after I saw it on your lists. I had heard great things about this performance so I ordered the film from Amazon. While Bisset is good, it is a rather underwhelming performance. Certainly not worth mentioning o...

The larger question is what does she have to do to win a second Oscar? How about for lead performance in The Corrections? Her upcoming role as the Midwestern wife of a man suffering from Alzheimer's disease whose only wish is to have her whole family together for Christmas has, at the very least, &...

I can´t understand why every year Judi Dench is easily considered for her work no matter if it´s lead or supporting and it results so hard to push Caine this year for a nod. You raise an interesting point. Maybe it's because the Dame didn't receive her first nomination until her 60s and the Academy...

Reza, it's because, yes, it has been a rather disappointing year for movies, but also because Little Miss Sunshine is one of those sleeper, feel-good, Cinderella story hits that the Academy occasionally embraces, like Four Weddings and a Funeral. At least 4 Weddings seemed slightly original - thank...

I have never thought that Caine was anything but a good Brit actor--no better and no worse than most good Brit actors, and have wished him well when he won his awards. Surely not a third. As I see it, the Supporting Actors will be Beach, Baldwin, Nicholson,Murphy and Arkin. I have always liked Mich...

I don't get the deal with Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness . It looks like Pay It Forward / Stepmom territory to me. Oh, God. Does everything have to be edgy and sophisticated to be appreciated now? I haven’t even seen the movie yet, however, can’t there be just one sentimental, good ole fash...