Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

My surprise at his not getting through with a nod this year is that he was passed over when even his lackluster effort on Sicko got a nod. I'm not trying to be dick-ish to you immediately upon your return -- good to see you, all that -- but Sicko is my favorite Michael Moore film. I know it's not r...

I really like Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott on this show much more than Siskel and Ebert. Phillips is pretty mainstream but he's several notches above Roeper. He's like Siskel, a glorified columnist with a social agenda who watches a lot of movies. Scott is a very amusing presence with a lot of v...

GROUP I - replace Nicole Kidman (The Hours) with Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary) in the category of Best Actress. GROUP IIA - replace committee (Gangs of New York) with Dover Kosashvili (Late Marriage) in the category of Best Original Screenplay. GROUP IIB - Danny Elfman (Spider-Man) replaces Thomas ...

In terms of watching the Oscars, the 1982 Awards are probably my favorite ever. I saw them at Brian De Palma's apartment at One Fifth Avenue in Greenwich Village, lying in bed under the covers with Nancy Allen and Bill Condon. In 1998, my parents let my sister and I order whatever pizza we wanted. ...

This is going to sound odd but I was looking at the nominees and wins for the year 1982 and what an exciting night it would have been if Gandhi was never made. None of the other movies are conventionally what would win the Oscar but they appear to be very well-received. I'm not even talking about t...

Haven't seen Only When I Laugh. Didn't know there was any reason to. I don't like Neil Simon that much. And I really don't like Marsha Mason. So...I'm just going to let this one go by the wayside and assume she's terrible. On Golden Pond is one of my least favorite movies ever. Henry Fonda is perfe...

I'll be honest, I didn't at New Regency. I have read some good scripts since. Most of them were quite bad. There was a script for an epic called SAIGON as in FALL OF THE. And it was hard to say because it was such a big, clearly-researched piece of work. It was better than the rest, which is why I ...

Armond White counters "Preciousmania" with The Blind Side. I read The Blind Side when I was a reader at New Regency two years ago. It sucks. That being said, it can't not be better than Precious. This notion of though of "Sandra Bullock cinema" is something I don't subscribe to....

Recount (Roach) - 4/10 Big missed opportunity but works as a nostalgia piece. Roach is clearly the wrong man to helm this thing. You can tell he has the wrong sensibility for the film whenever an (O.S.) voice of Gore, Bush, or Lieberman is heard. The emotional timbre of the 2000 Election boiled dow...