Academy Awards (Oscars) Reviews

To many this will appear to be a sacrificial mutilation of a great man and the greatest ideological concept in world cinema, but rest assured it is not. This weekend an ageing Italian American will almost certainly be receiving a golden award in front of a gaping audience of peers and admirers. His acceptance speech will no doubt be short and ...

We're in the run up to Oscar time again, and as usual Hollywood is buzzing with excitement about who will win what. And the big question is, this time - can Martin Scorcese finally win an Oscar for Best Director? Here are the main categories of interest and my thoughts on each. Best Director --------------- ...

The 75th Academy Awards, also known as The Oscars will take place on March 23rd, and will be hosted by comedian Steve Martin, and for over 2 weeks now extensive canvassing has been going on amongst the nominees to see who can win one of the coveted statuettes. Everyone has their own opinion on who will win what, so here is mine... ...

'...and the winner for the most clumsy acting goes to...clissoldjones, for dropping his mobile phone in the Thames' The applause was tremendous and as I stood up I saw Spielberg and an array of Hollywood stars clapping furiously. As I made my way up to the stage my legs felt like they were about to dissolve into a little puddle ...

Being a (sad) film buff, I always look forward to that Monday in March - the day after Oscar Night. You see, I always tape the ceremony which is broadcast overnight in the UK and then watch it in full the next evening. I spend the whole of Monday avoiding news broadcasts (in fact media at all) and almost any conversation in the desire to not find ...

Well it wasn?t that bad for the Brits, eight of the twenty acting nominations were for our boys and girls with Jim Broadbent and the guy who wrote Gosford Park bagging a statue each. Oh and some tart who did the make up on Lord of the Rings whose bound to get one of those Revlon adverts. These awards were about black faces, or lack of them in ...

Well the Oscars came and went. I taped the whole live 4 hours on Sunday night, knowing that there wouldn?t be anything in the papers the following morning, so I could watch it in the morning and still not know the winners. It all went very well, until three hours in, it stopped recording, even though only half the tape had been used. And I had ...

Ahh, the Oscars. The time when every Hollywood film star, along with all those who want to be film stars but just don't have "it", break the bank in order to buy the sparkliest dress, the sexiest tux, the tiniest frock, on order that, even if they don't win, they're sure to be splashed across the front of every two-bit ...

I tune in to the Oscars every year. I get a kick out of the clothes and who is with who stuff. I am also very interested in what the academy deems as the best of the best. This year I was very disappointed in their choice as best actress. First, Julia Roberts is not exactly a talented actress. She is a beautiful woman, with a great smile who ...

Undoubtedly the biggest awards ceremony in the world, but hype can kill things you know... - Advantages: Most prestigious award ceremony in the world, all of the top film stars turn up without fail, watch the stars cry! - Disadvantages: The awards go to unknown films which sometimes can kill the occasion, far too over-hyped,, are they as important as everyone makes out.

I loathe the oscars. If I had an uncle oscar I'd strangle him with his own shoelaces. An opportunity rarely arises for a group of people to show their smarminess, pretention, inability to think of an interesting speech, back-stabbing two-facedness or general vulgarity. As if the tackiness isn't bad enough, the success of the ...

I was very disappointed by the results of the Oscars and here's why: Best Picture: Gladiator beat the wonderful Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Traffic even though it only was considered good enough for Best Actor, Costume, Sound and Effects. Traffic was considered the best directed, scripted, and edited film and yet isn't ...

What do the Oscars atually mean and how did they start? Well, this is the 72nd Oscar awards ceremony in USA. It all started all of those many years ago when it was decided that an award should be given to recognise excellence in the film industry. In 1928 the first ceremony was held in Hollywood with 4 of the awards that we recognise ...

The Oscars are a bemusement to me, I fail to see their importance in fact the only thing I see is another symptom of a very sick nation the United States which delights in rewarding its winners and by this I mean films which are reasonably original and make a goodly sum of money at the box-office. Look at the big five up for best movie and what do ...

I don't know about anyone else but i really love to watch films, and the highlight of my year is the Academy Awards (a.k.a the Oscars). Its the time of year when actors, directors, producers, costume designers and musical directors (to name a few) get recognition for a good job done. I remember a few years ago BBC used to show this ...

The Oscars. The ultimate in Glitz and Glamour. Or is it? People go every year with 4 or 5 nominations in each category and very rarely is there ever a shock result in any category. Its almost as if the results are leaked out before attending as its normally a foregone conclusion with regard to the award winners. Good example is Gwyneth ...

I ask my question because he tends to overlook small independent films and with it superb performances in favour of big Hollywood blockbusters. This year for example films like Memento and O Brother Where Art Thou will probably be overlooked. You may think that reading this I am opposed to the Oscars, but nothing couldn't be further ...

I hate the oscars, academy awards whatever you want to call them. The best films never win, they dont appreciate comedy, plus when you have 5 excellent films up for winning how can you possibly decide who deserves the award. The oscars are taken far too seriously, its all for business purposes. If you walk into a video store or a cinema ...

Winning an oscar will always be the pinnacle of most people in the film industry. The award just has so much prestige. But with all award ceremonies it's all based on opinions and this is just a view by the academy voters as to who wins. Almost every year someone or some film will get snubbed. It seems that most times if your film is excellent ...

i think that the oscars are one hell of a good idea! this is because films and movies are awarded for what they have done! this gives credit to those involed which will make them want to do more! this turns out to be better for us, the viewer. also if there were no awards then there would be just crictis to evaluate the film/movie which is never a ...