I’m going to quietly simmer about my own personal disappointments, just as many of you can happily celebrate your triumphs. I think we can all agree that this dreadful year is better off tucked into bed where it can rest in peace. In other words, thank god it’s over. In the ten years I’ve been doing this, it’s been the worst Oscar year on record.¬†...
Monthly Archives: February 2009
And here. We. Go. Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Best Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight Best Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, Milk Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy,...
PLEASE SEE ABOVE POST for winners. This was the earlier thread. But we’ve left it up in order to show the comments. Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Best Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger,...
Vote with your hearts. That’s what we asked you to do in our final poll of the 2008 Oscar Season — instead of trying to predict what WTFWAMPASD? And you know what? As the results poured in, and data piled up, the numbers did a crazy thing — they began to sync up with the Big Bad Chart and The Sultans Chart, and every other major predictive instrument...
Last night I made an off-the-cuff remarks about how I wouldn’t mind if the Oscars just went full retard this year, and handed out some truly gag-inducing awards to match their batch of gasp-inducing nominations. I’d much rather be a worthy nominee who goes down in Oscar history as having been robbed, instead of being forever maligned and ridiculed with fickle...
No secret, for me personally, Mickey Rourke is only the 4th or 5th most interesting thing about The Wrestler. I kept wanting Randy the Ram to be a supporting character in a movie about Cassidy’s life. I wanted to spend more time with Evan Rachel Wood in Stephanie’s life. I found Aronofsky’s choices much more interesting than Randy’s or Rourke’s....
Well, my friends, this is the last and final No Guts, No Glory of the year. It is the easiest one because no one ever wants to take any big risks with their predictions. I am personally taking a risk I know I shouldn’t: cinematography, which I’m predicting Button to take. I think we all know that this award is Slumdog’s to lose. But it’s just not...