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It’s Oscar weekend!! That being said, if you are going to the theatre this weekend I would recommend trying to see anything that you might have missed up until now. If you are already up to par on the Oscar nominated films, here is what is slated for release on Friday: The …
For those of us torn between Alice in Wonderland and The King’s Speech for Best Costume Design on our Oscar ballots, this should only muddy the waters a bit further: The King’s Speech, Black Swan and Alice in Wonderland took the top feature film honors Tuesday evening at the 13th Costume Designers Guild Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Jenny Beavan won excellence in period …
With such a busy week in front of us, I’m going to be rather brief with this Video posting. You’ll still get a list of what is out and what I recommend, just in a ‘nutshell.’ The film trilogy based on Steig Larsson’s Millennium series is out today (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl …
We are finally at the end of the first annual Aycee Award results. Thanks again to everyone who took part in the process. Hope you are satisfied with the majority of the outcome. We finish with the winners for Best Picture, Director, Lead Actor and Lead Actress. See the winners after the jump…
Happy Oscar week everyone! It’s a big week here at Award Contenders. I will be extremely busy wrapping up my final Oscar predictions, as well as giving you the last two installments in our first annual Aycee Awards. On Thursday evening, at 10 p.m. EST, I will be participating in Jason O’Brien’s annual …
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Down to the last two installments in our first ever Aycee Awards! Today we have the results of your choices for Best Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay. Check out the winners after the jump…
Here is the most up to date list of Oscar presenters for this Sunday’s (omg, omg, omg) Oscar ceremony: Annette Bening Halle Berry Russell Brand Jeff Bridges Sandra Bullock Robert Downey Jr. Tom Hanks Hugh Jackman Scarlett Johansson Nicole Kidman Jude Law Alan Menken, Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Randy Newman, Gwyneth Paltrow, A.R. Rahman (musical performers) Marisa Tomei Florence Welch Oprah Winfrey …
It’s almost Oscar time. Whatever you think, however you feel about the Academy Awards and awards in general, there’s little arguing with the eighty plus years of history and rich tradition of this still most prestigious and popular of movie honors. For many years now the most interesting part of the awards for …
As many of you know, Meryl Streep will be playing British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the upcoming film, The Iron Lady. Could this role earn her the much deserved 3rd Oscar she has been chasing for 27 years? Streep has said of the role: “I am trying to approach the role with as much …
Today on video we have a whole lot of movies that I decided to pass on in 2010. The one I did manage to see was It’s Kind of a Funny Story, starring Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover), Keir Gilchrist, and Emma Roberts. This is definitely a cute film, well worth a rent. You can read my …