Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

GROUP I In the category of Best Supporting Actress, Jan Sterling who is more of a lead replaces Joan Blondell in The Blue Veil for her performance in Ace in the Hole. GROUP II In the category of Best Motion Picture Story...I have no fucking clue what films are eligible? I guess I'll opt to absently...

BEST ENSEMBLE An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds It's Complicated Up in the Air BEST LEAD MALE Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart George Clooney, Up in the Air Matt Damon, The Informant! Colin Firth, A Single Man Morgan Freeman, Invictus BEST LEAD FEMALE Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Helen M...

"Well, a lot of Jews are like Peter Sarsgaard." Pretty sure he isn't, but he shares a bed with Maggie Gyllenhaal so he's one of the flock honorarily. She meant the character, not the actor. Slow on the uptake over here. That aside: wow. I remember thinking a couple weeks ago that An Educa...

The truth is that it was THIS BOARD which desperately wanted to see it as the ONLY possible winner, despite everything. No movie, in any year, has Oscar "written all over it" since before it's released, except in the minds of its fans, or in those of the publicity department. There are AL...

Armond White hates it, compares it to a 3D Rapa Nui. Blue In the Face James Cameron delivers dumb escapism with his expensive special effects in 'Avatar' By Armond White ....... Directed by James Cameron Runtime: 162 min. James Cameron’s love of technology is enough to sell Avatar to fans awaiting ...

I think this pretty much kills Invictus's chances for an Oscar Best Picture nomination. Aren't there ten nominations this year? I think Changeling AND Gran Torino could've been nominated with ten spots last year. No one has mentioned the year's biggest outrage - Julia Roberts over Zooey Deshenal. W...

The biggest loser is An Education. This would seem like perfect Foreign Press fodder. Dramatic Picture, Supporting Actor, and Screenplay seemed like solid bets in the wake of that Mulligan juggernaut that we keep hearing about. Films like A Serious Man, Invictus, and The Lovely Bones suffered set-b...

/Adaptation./ (Spike Jonze) - 7.5/10 Flaws on more prominent display this time and with far fewer excuses for what I'm not digging. "Donald's" handiwork isn't wrong-headed but poorly fleshed out, and puts far too much into focus the irony of a second writer taking over. It doesn't really ...