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New drinking game. Every time someone writes “Get over it! The Dark Knight sucked!” That’s one. “Sasha is such a fangirl!” That’s worth a tequila shot. This scene, by the way, is one of my favorites.
Social tagging: The Dark Knight
3 Feb 2012
The last time a film won the Best Picture Musical Comedy at the Golden Globes then went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director was in 1968. The film was Oliver! Despite it being 1968, one of the most tumultuous periods of history for the US, …
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1 Feb 2012
It takes a lot to shake the tree of discontent where the Oscars are concerned. Most film critics and media writers feel it’s borderline irresponsible to even care about such a silly contest, let alone write about it. The Oscars are then left to the hardcore fans of the Oscars, …
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29 Jan 2012
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES Best Male Actor in a Leading Role ★ Jean Dujardin, The Artist Best Female Actor in a Leading Role ★ Viola Davis, The Help Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role ★ Christopher Plummer, Beginners Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role ★ Octavia Spencer, The Help …
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29 Jan 2012
Right about now, Harvey Weinstein is looking like the King of the World. For the second year in a row, he’s carried a Best Picture winner through to victory. The first film required more work, as The Social Network was creaming The King’s Speech at every major critics award in …
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28 Jan 2012
There were many different directions the Oscar race for 2011 could have gone but didn’t. They could have honored Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which is better than at least five of the current Best Picture nominees, and the darkest of its long and fruitful series. They could have …
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27 Jan 2012
The actors will chime in with their favorites this Sunday when the Screen Actors Guild awards unfurl. We can expect little surprises, I’m guessing, as the buzz for some contenders simply overwhelms the competition. It feels like a natural progression towards Oscar, this. And much will be decided. For …
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26 Jan 2012
It’s really hard, isn’t it, to defend, spend time on, invest any emotion on an institution that could continually, and repeatedly, up to and including this year, make such ridiculous choices when the better films are staring them right in the face. Blame the public too, blame the critics especially, …
(179 Comments)
25 Jan 2012
If I could call back All those days of yesteryear I would never grow old And I’d never be poor But darlin, those days are gone. Stop dreaming And live on in the future But darling, don’t look back And so it was with this that the 2011 Oscar race …
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25 Jan 2012
Major props must go out to Anne Thompson for sticking hard to Tree of Life and never wavering. Thompson knew that the passionate support for the film (boomer nostalgia cum familial masterpiece) would drive it over when it was all about the number one votes. My biggest mistake was assuming …
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22 Jan 2012
Back in 1999, when Oscarwatch.com first began, the highest of priorities was to correctly predict the Oscar race. There was only one other site, for the most part, that predicted the Oscars – Tom O’Neil’s GoldDerby.com. Tom’s site collected mostly film critics who lined up to give their Oscar …
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