Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Ludwig (1972; Luchino Visconti) 8/10 Lavish if lengthy and leisurely-paced bio-pic of the so-called "mad king" of Bavaria, Ludwig II (Helmut Berger): his relationships with Austria's Empress Elisabeth (Romy Schneider, more nuanced here than in the Sissi films) and composer Richard Wagner ...

Le Silence de Lorna (2008; Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne) 5/10 (Here due to its current release in the US) Disappointing Dardenne Brothers film mines territory they've already explored, but this time less convincingly. Lead character is more stupid than silent and anybody who's ever watched a soap...

Just wrote this up and submitted it to the Dallas Voice. It may seem minor compared to other gay rights issues, but I think it has a relevancy and it's important to me. The Best—And Gayest—Show On TV by Joseph C. Jones Consider this: what if there was a television program that featured not just one...

Best Picture: Death in Venice Best Director: Luchino Visconti - Death in Venice Best Actor: Dirk Bogarde - Death in Venice Best Actress: Jane Fonda - Klute Best Supporting Actor: Tom Baker - Nicholas and Alexandra Best Supporting Actress: Cloris Leachman - The Last Picture Show Best Ensemble: Nicho...

Actors who've graduated from daytime have consistently said that working on a soap is one of the hardest things they've ever done; like a crash course in acting. Julianne Moore (As the World Turns) has repeatedly said this; others who have spoken about how great the training was on soaps are Meg Ry...

Actually, I hope this is the beginning of a trend. Instead of treading the boards of Broadway, maybe more A-listers will do guest spots on the soaps--an industry that needs as many new eyes as it can get. Maybe One Life to Live can get Chris Evans for a short-term role as the long-lost brother of O...

Fashion Victims (aka Reine Geschmacksache; 2007; Ingo Rasper) 6/10 A hapless, middle-aged traveling salesman (Edgar Selge) begins a downward spiral with his family, his finances and his career; meanwhile, his son (Florian Bartholomäi) falls for his father's colleague/competitor (the über-sexy Roman...

Looks to me like the following Oscar nominated films are *not* eligible for 1971 (unless somebody has different information: Sometimes a Great Notion The Go-Between The Conformist The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth Tchaikovsky ...

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957; Ernst Marischka) 5/10 The least impressive of the three Sissi films, as Empress Elisabeth (Romy Schneider) grows increasingly distant and unhappy with her role. Unfortunately, the light tone of the three films is retained, thus negatively affecting its ...

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Wonderful interview with 17 year old James "Duke" Mason, the openly gay son of singer Belinda Carlisle and grandson of late film legend James Mason.



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