Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

I love the Lord of the Rings movies, but aside from The Fellowship and much of The Two Towers I don't think it classifies as Howard Shore's best work. Shore, in my book, is the best composer not remotely nominated for his best work. The Departed, Esther Kahn, Crash, Naked Lunch, The Silence of the ...

Best Picture - Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hills Best Director - Andre Techine, Thieves Best Actor - sorry, haters. Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire Best Actress - Lili Taylor, I Shot Andy Warhol Best Supporting Actor - Derek Jacobi, Hamlet Best Supporting Actress - Bonnie Hunt, Jerry M...

Um, I was wrong. It happened. I said it. Sandra Bullock could very possibly get nominated for Best Actress. I haven't seen the movie. I probably won't see the movie. It's John Lee Hancock. He's not bad. I've read the script. I'm not impressed nor do I really care. But look at the support behind it....

Thanks, Damien. Needless to say, I'm all about Broadcast News in 1987. I look at the roster of possibilities that year and it's an embarrassment of riches. I don't much care for Fatal Attraction, but Hope and Glory is wonderful and The Last Emperor is amazing filmmaking. Moonstruck is quite charmin...

I usually won't vote unless I've seen at least four of the nominated performances. I haven't seen Kirkland's film nor have I seen Ironweed. I'm sure both performances are quite good. You look at the impressive number of performances left off the list and yet nobody seems to complain too terribly mu...

The Best Films of '00's The scene was not unlike 12 Angry Men (or, in this case, 3 Shlubby Men, 1 Exasperated Woman, And A Dude On Speaker Phone From Arkansas): Armed with lists of their favorite movies of the decade, the five core A.V. Club film writers spent days sequestered in a stuffy, un-air-c...

GROUP I Best Actor - replace Humphrey Bogart with Robert Walker (Strangers on a Train). GROUP IIA Best Screenplay - replace Detective Story with Strangers on a Train. GROUP IIB Best B&W Cinematography - replace The Frogmen (!) with La Ronde. GROUP III Best B&W Costume Design - replace The M...

Up in the Air The reason that I think Up in the Air is going to win Best Picture is because Slumdog Millionaire last year, it has become more than the movie that it is. Very much so. It's worth noting that Jason Reitman opted for pathos instead of using those laid off as a source of humor. This was...

Just a little interesting look back of how many Best Picture nominees rank into his top ten list. 2008 - 3BPs 2007 - 3BPs 2006 - 5BPs 2005 - 5BPs 2004 - 4BPs 2003 - 4BPs 2002 - 3BPs 2001 - (should be excluded for doing a Top20) - 5BPs 2000 - 3BPs Man, if there were only FIVE Best Picture nominees t...