Perhaps “Michael Haneke” himself best elucidates the success of Amour by describing the film it could have been but no one, except possibly for us, would have wanted to see or give an Oscar to.
All right, all right, all right. We should’ve known.
An award for makeup may be just the thing with which to bless Peter Jackson’s return to Middle-earth.
Conventional wisdom would suggest that Brave is a favorite to take this year’s prize.
Blergh. Weeks ago I dreamed a dream where all the particulars of my presently contentious relationship with Anne Hathaway were manifest.
No single element of no single film in recent memory has more shamelessly been invented for the purpose of snaring just one more Oscar nod than “Suddenly.”
By now, most awards watchers are aware of Tony Kushner’s grand task of translating Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals.
Looking back on the last decade of winners in this category, you might begin to see a pattern.
It’s a boon for a short to taste like a flavor of the moment contending for best picture.
The email paper trail this year’s live-action short category has left in its wake has litigation written all over it, but our expert panel [sic] managed to agree on at least a few things.
Starting tomorrow, check back daily as we predict the winner in every Oscar category.
Yesterday’s Oscar nominations came with major snubs, but it certainly wasn’t the first time the Academy stuck it to likely contenders.
We’re sensing that, once again, Best Picture will fall just shy of 10 nominees.
The surefire frontrunners are Kathryn Bigelow, Ben Affleck, and Steven Spielberg.
Compared to most of the season’s races, Best Actress has remained somewhat open.
It certainly looks like Joaquin Phoenix is about to be snubbed for his work in The Master.
Boasting enough fine performances to at least fill a 10-wide field, supporting actress is this year’s most riches-packed race.
With all due respect to the gentlemen in contention, this year’s likely Supporting Actor crop has shaped up to be a snooze.
The stage bred many of 2012’s finest film adaptations.
With its Oscar clout and inevitable crowd-pleasing matched by widespread critical ire, the film is easily the year’s most divisive awards contender.