‘The King’s Speech’ vs. ‘The Social Network’ for Oscar glory
Although the mighty producer and film executive Harvey Weinstein has had his financial problems in recent years, today’s Oscar nominations demonstrate once again his peerless ability to get Hollywood’s...
View ArticleBest supporting actor: A second Oscar for Geoffrey Rush?
QUICK VIEW- Who will win? Best Picture | Director | Actor | Actress | Supporting Actor | Supporting actress | Screenplay Most industry analysts assume Christian Bale will win here for his powerhouse...
View ArticleBest actor: Dust off your mantle, Mr. Firth!
QUICK VIEW- Who will win? Best Picture | Director | Actor | Actress | Supporting Actor | Supporting actress | Screenplay A lock, a lead pipe cinch, no contest. Choose your term for “no surprises here”...
View ArticleBest director: Can David Ficher score an upset?
QUICK VIEW- Who will win? Best Picture | Director | Actor | Actress | Supporting Actor | Supporting actress | Screenplay Oscar history tells us that the winner of the Directors Guild of America award...
View ArticleOscar roulette: or, don’t forget the year ‘Crash’ won
QUICK VIEW- Who will win? Best Picture | Director | Actor | Actress | Supporting Actor | Supporting actress | Screenplay For a few weeks every year, people who aren’t even that interested in movies get...
View ArticleBottoming out: the debacle that was last night’s Oscars
The Oscar telecast has been in terrible trouble — as a TV show — for quite a while now, basically because all of those other movie awards shows have stolen its thunder. 30 or 40 years ago, Oscar night...
View ArticleWTF!: or, squeezing more money out of ‘The King’s Speech’
You might think that the distributors of the movie that won the best picture Oscar Sunday night — “The King’s Speech” — would be thrilled by the prize and a box-office gross already over $100 million...
View ArticleBest picture: “The Artist”
Although there has been a sizeable backlash against this charming French-produced homage to the last days of the silent movie, you can place a very safe bet on the final award to be handed out Sunday...
View Article‘Bully’: Harvey Weinstein pulls another fast one
You really had to hand it to movie mogul Harvey Weinstein this week. After generating tons of press coverage for his anger over the Motion Picture Association of America’s R rating for the documentary...
View ArticleIf ‘Argo’ wins best picture, who takes the best director Oscar?
Movie people and TV network executives believe that more people will watch the annual Oscar telecast when the nominees include big, popular hits. If that’s true Sunday night’s telecast should score...
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