Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

I actually like Gooding's performance. Its not great acting, but I'd only put forward Landau and maybe Hackman as 'great' acting out of the gentlemen named here. Cuba's win was refreshing - a likeable on and off-screen personality recognised for a bright comic performance, and certainly a better ch...

I simply can't imagine straight males in the heartland having any interest in the picture. I hope I'm wrong. I was skeptical too, but I'm starting to come around. Its clearly never going to be a huge blockbuster - that's too much to hope for. But there does seem to be a level of anticipation for th...

Woe, Damien, you're the first serious movie watcher I've known to say they didn't like L.A. Confidential . I was completely blown away by it when I saw it in 1997. It's one of the greatest films of the 1990's, maybe of the last 25 years. It's so good, even Kim Basinger turned in a solid performance...

This piece appeared in The Guardian last week. I can't believe I have to wait 3 months to see this movie - although it should give me a chance to dig out the short story first. Hello cowboy Ang Lee's award-winning gay western is the most important film to come out of America in years, says B Ruby R...

Best Film 1. The Ice Storm 2. Princess Mononoke 3. Funny Games 4. Gattaca 5. Jackie Brown Best Director 1. Ang Lee for The Ice Storm 2. Hayao Miyazaki for Princess Mononoke 3. Michael Hanecke for Funny Games 4. Andrew Niccol for Gattaca 5. John Woo for Face/Off Best Actor 1. Al Pacino for Donnie Br...

I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for the Wallace and Gromit movie to take the cake this year. Oh, I hope not. The trailer looks dreadful. They just about worked as shorts, but there's something supremely irritating about the cosy, cheese-obsessed view of rural northern England in those movies -...

Best Film 1. Central Station 2. Velvet Goldmine 3. Pleasantville 4. Happiness 5. Rushmore 6. Affliction 7. The Truman Show 8. Love and Death on Long Island 9. A Simple Plan 10. There’s Something About Mary Best Director 1. Todd Haynes for Velvet Goldmine 2. Walter Salles for Central Station 3. Todd...

Geoffrey McNab in The Guardian singles out both Ledger and Gyllenhaal. There are some (very minor) spoilers. Brokeback Mountain Four stars (out of five) Hollywood westerns have often had a homoerotic undertow; think, for example, of Montgomery Clift comparing weapon sizes with fellow gunslinger Joh...

I really need to see Mysterious Skin. Along with that, Me You and Everybody We Know, My Summer of Love, Fear and Trembling, and a James Dean retrospective are playing in the city. Finally! Movies I want to see and no time to see them in. I've never seen a Greg Araki film. Is this representative of ...

What I've seen to date, based on a 2005 UK release... 9/10 1. Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki) 2. Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel) 3. Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood) 8.5/10 4. Kinsey (Bill Condon) 7.5/10 5. Sideways (Alexander Payne) 6. The Edukators (Hans Weingartner) 6/10 7. Batman Begins (Christ...

It was made for British TV, but according to the imdb has an October, 1992 release date in the U.S., though that could be its video release date. I certainly don't remember being aware of it in theatres. I guess I should err on the side of caution and remove Julie Christie's nomination. ...or you c...

Best Film **Olivier, Olivier Best Director Agnieszka Holland for Olivier, Olivier Best Actress Brigitte Rouan for Olivier, Olivier Fantastic choices - Olivier Olivier is one of the best and least appreciated movies of the 90s, and Rouan's performance (along with those of Gregoire Colin and Marina G...

Best Film 1. Titus 2. The Sixth Sense 3. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut 4. Ratcatcher 5. Office Space Best Director 1. Julie Taymor for Titus 2. Lynne Ramsey for Ratcatcher 3. Paul Thomas Anderson for Magnolia 4. M Night Shyamalan for The Sixth Sense 5. Alexander Payne for Election Best Actor...