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Those Oscar Missed: Best Picture

Posted on January 31, 2013 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Picture has been a troubling category in the last few years. I remember being pissed off when 2006’s Babel got nominated. While it’s a good movie, it had no business being nominated over Pan’s Labyrinth … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Picture, Hitchcock, Oscar Talk, Stanley Kubrick | Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, 20th Century Fox, A Clockwork Orange, Alfred Hitchcock, Arnon Milchan, Babel, Barry Lyndon, best picture, best visual effects, Black Hawk Down, Children of Men, Damon Lindelof, Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Full Metal Jacket, Gladiator, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, J.J. Abrams, James Stewart, Kingdom of Heaven, L.A. Confidential, Lifeboat, Once Upon A Time In America, Pan's Labyrinth, Psycho, Rear Window, Rebecca, Ridley Scott, Sergio Leone, Spellbound, Stanley Kubrick, Star Trek, the avengers, The Blind Side, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, The Reader, the wrestler, Thelma and Louise, Vertigo, Walk the Line, Wall-E | 3 Comments

Those Oscar Missed: Best Director

Posted on January 28, 2013 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON A director is vital to the making of a movie. The director is responsible for getting the best possible performances from the actors. The director is responsible for bringing his/her vision to life through his/her collaborations … Continue reading →

Posted in Oscar Talk | Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Aaron Eckhart, Academy Awards, Akira Kurosawa, Albert Brooks, Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Bel Geddes, Barry Lyndon, best director, christian bale, Christopher Nolan, Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Ed Wood, Francis Ford Coppola, Full Metal Jacket, Gangs of New York, gary oldman, George Lucas, Goodfellas, Guillermo Del Toro, Heath Ledger, hugo, Inception, James Stewart, John Ford, Kagemusha, Kim Novak, Lifeboat, martin scorsese, Memento, Oscar Snubs, Pan's Labyrinth, Paul Schrader, Psycho, Raging Bull, Ran, Rear Window, Rebecca, Robert DeNiro, Shintaro Katsu, Spellbound, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen Daldry, Tatsuay Nakadai, Taxi Driver, The Age of Innocence, The Aviator, The Dark Knight, The Departed, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Reader, The Searchers, The Shining, Tim Burton, Vertigo | 1 Comment

Those Oscar Missed: Best Actor

Posted on January 22, 2013 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Actor can be a controversial category at times. Sometimes a supporting performance will be submitted as a lead performance by the distributor either to help boost box office revenue or to increase the actor’s chances … Continue reading →

Posted in Oscar Talk | Tagged A Better Life, A Clockwork Orange, Alfred Hitchcock, Anatomy of a Murder, best actor, Bill Murray, brad pitt, Casablanca, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Chaim Topol, Charlton Heston, Cinderella Man, clint eastwood, Cyrano De Bergerac, David Niven, Demian Bichir, Don Cheadle, Father of the Bride, Fiddler On the Roof, Finding Neverland, gary oldman, Gene Hackman, George C. Scott, george clooney, Harvey, Hotel Rwanda, Humphrey Bogart, In A Lonely Place, It's A Wonderful Life, Jack Nicholson, James Stewart, Jamie Foxx, Jean Dujardin, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, Johnny Depp, Jose Ferrer, Kotch, leonardo dicaprio, Louis Calhern, Malcolm McDowell, michael fassbender, Million Dollar Baby, moneyball, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, paul giamatti, Paul Newman, Peter Finch, Ray, Separate Tables, shame, Sideways, Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Sunset Boulevard, The African Queen, the artist, The Aviator, The Caine Mutiny, The Defiant Ones, the descendants, The Fly, The French Connection, The Hospital, The Magnificent Yankee, The Old Man and the Sea, The Philadelphia Story, The Shining, The Ten Commandments, The Truman Show, tinker tailor soldier spy, Tony Curtis, Vertigo, Walter Matthau, What About Bob, William Holden | 3 Comments

Those Oscar Missed: Best Actress

Posted on January 21, 2013 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Actress, like, Best Actor, can be difficult to predict at times. There’s also been some controversy regarding supporting performances being submitted for a lead performance award. One example being Anne Baxter, who should’ve gotten a … Continue reading →

Posted in Oscar Talk | Tagged Afterglow, All About Eve, Anne Baxter, As Good As It Gets, Atlantic City, Auntie Mame, Avatar, Barbara Streisand, Batman Returns, best actor, best actress, best supporting actress, Bette Davis, Born Yesterday, Caged, Camille Claudel, Cary Grant, Crossfire, Diane Keaton, Eleanor Parker, Funny Girl, Ginger Rogers, glenn close, Gloria Grahame, Gloria Swanson, Helen Hunt, Helena Bonham Carter, His Girl Friday, In A Lonely Place, Isabelle Adjani, Isadora, Jackie Brown, Joan Fontaine, Joanne Woodward, Judi Dench, Judy Holliday, Julie Christie, Kate Winslet, Katharine Hepburn, Kitty Foyle, Linda Hamilton, Marsha Mason, Martha Scott, Meryl Streep, Mia Farrow, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mourning Becomes Electra, Mrs. Brown, My Sister Eileen, On Golden Pond, Only When I Laugh, Our Town, Pam Grier, Patricia Neal, Possession, Rachel Rachel, Rebecca, Reds, Revolutionary Road, Rosalind Russell, Rosemary's Baby, Sister Kenny, Sunset Boulevard, Susan Sarandon, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Bad and the Beautiful, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Letter, The Lion In Winter, The Philadelphia Story, The Reader, The Story of Adele H, The Subject Was Roses, The Wings of the Dove, Titanic, vanessa redgrave, Weinsteins, Zoe Saldana | 1 Comment

Those Oscar Missed: Best Supporting Actor

Posted on January 15, 2013 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Supporting Actor can be a very fun category. It’s always made up of actors whose roles were small but significant. Once in a while the nominating process can be a bit controversial (Anthony Hopkins and … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Supporting Actor, Oscar Talk | Tagged Academy Awards, Albert Brooks, Andy Serkis, Anthony Hopkins, best actor, best supporting actor, Citizen Kane, drive, Films, Forest Whitaker, In the Loop, Kangaroo Court, Legend, Movies, Orson Welles, Oscar Snubs, Peter Capaldi, Peter Jackson, Ricardo Montalban, rise of the planet of the apes, Sean Astin, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Last King of Scotland, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Silence of the Lambs, Tim Curry, Tom Cruise, Tombstone, Touch of Evil, Val Kilmer | 1 Comment

Those Oscar Missed: Best Supporting Actress

Posted on January 11, 2013 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Supporting Actress has sometimes produced some surprise winners, but it has grown mostly predictable for the last decade. What strikes me is how quickly the winners of the last decade have been largely forgotten (with … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Supporting Actress, Oscar Talk | Tagged A.I. Artificial Intelligence, All About Eve, american Gangster, Anne Baxter, Annie Hall, best actress, best supporting actress, Bette Davis, Cate Blanchett, Damage, Diane Keaton, Dreamgirls, Frances O'Connor, Jennifer Hudson, Kirstie Alley, Knocked Up, Leslie Mann, Marvin's Room, Miranda Richardson, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Penelope Cruz, Precious, Rachel Getting Married, Reds, Renee Zellweger, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ruby Dee, Sandra Bernhard, Sleepy Hollow, Something's Gotta Give, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Family Stone, The King of Comedy, The Razor's Edge, tilda swinton, Tom and Viv | 3 Comments

Those Oscar Missed: Best Original Screenplay

Posted on January 10, 2013 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Original Screenplay refers to a screenplay in which the material is not based on another medium. Even if the screenplay is about someone or something that was real, it would still count as an original … Continue reading →

Posted in Oscar Talk | Tagged (500) Days of Summer, 50/50, Arthur Bremer, Best Original Screenplay, Christopher Nolan, Danny Rubin, David O. Russell, George Wallace, Groundhog Day, Harold Ramis, Hickey and Boggs, Hollywood, I Heart Huckabees, Inception, Jeff Baena, Michael H. Weber, Moon, Paul D. Zimmerman, Paul Schrader, Scott Neustadter, Taxi Driver, The Dark Knight, The Fighter, The King of Comedy, Win Win | 3 Comments

Those Oscar Missed: Best Adapted Screenplay

Posted on January 8, 2013 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Adapted Screenplay refers to a screenplay on which the material is based on another medium (examples being short stories, novels, plays, comic books, TV shows, video games, short films, newspaper articles, or even previous films). … Continue reading →

Posted in Oscar Talk | Tagged 12 Monkeys, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Al Capone, Andrew Solt, Barry Lyndon, Batman Begins, Best Adapted Screenplay, Bob Kane, Christopher Nolan, David Mamet, David S. Goyer, Diane Johnson, Dorothy B. Hughes, Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Edmund H. North, Eliot Ness, Franz Seitz, Full Metal Jacket, Gloria Grahame, Gunter Grass, Happy Anniversary, hugo, Humphrey Bogart, In A Lonely Place, Inception, Jean-Claude Carriere, Jeph Loeb, Jonathan Nolan, Memento, Nicholas Ray, Oscar Farley, Point Blank, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, That Obscure Object of Desire, The Dark Knight, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Long Halloween, The Shining, The Tin Drum, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Untouchables, The Verdict, Twilight, Volker Schlondorff, Wag the Dog, Watchmen | 4 Comments

Those Oscar Missed: Best Documentary Feature

Posted on January 7, 2013 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Documentary Feature can be an excellent showcase for documentaries that should not be missed. I admit that I don’t get to see as many as I would like to, but when I do get to … Continue reading →

Posted in Documentary, Oscar Talk | Tagged Albert Maysles, Arthur Agee, Best Documentary Feature, Best Film Editing, best picture, Bill Maher, Bowling For Columbine, Bully, Charles H. Ferguson, Christo's Valley Curtain, David Maysles, Edith Beale, Ellen Hovde, Encounters At the End of the World, Errol Morris, Fahrenheit 911, Five Broken Cameras, George W. Bush, Grey Gardens, Grizzly Man, Hoop Dreams, Inside Job, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Koyaanisqatsi, Larry Charles, Michael Moore, Muffie Meyer, Randall Dale Adams, Religulous, Sicko, steve james, The Central Park Five, The Fog of War, the Maysles brothers, The Thin Blue Line, werner herzog, William Gates | 1 Comment

Those Oscar Missed: Best Documentary (Short Subject)

Posted on January 4, 2013 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Documentary (Short Subject) is one of the few Oscar categories that home viewers would probably not be very familiar with. As with the other two short film categories, I was originally not going to include … Continue reading →

Posted in Documentary, Oscar Talk | Tagged 66 Scenes From America, Academy Awards, Alain Resnais, Best Documentary (Short Subject), Bobby James, Day of the Fight, Dock Ellis, Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No, Films, James Blagden, Jorgen Leth, La Soufriere, Movies, Night and Fog, Oscar Snubs, Stanley Kubrick, Walter Cartier, werner herzog | 1 Comment