Archive for the ‘Awards’ Category

Though the Oscars were held last month, some films are still riding the wave of success all the way to the box office. Once the silent film “The Artist” had been nominated for the Academy Awards, the Weinstein Company quickly expanded the number of theaters showing the film, knowing that many film fanatics would want [...]

After much anticipation, last night we were finally able to watch the 84th annual Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal. We’re sure that all film fanatics were watching the awards show, but the list of winners for each category is included below. Were there any big surprises in the evening? Any disappointments? Best Picture:  “The [...]

Film fanatics, the day has finally arrived. This morning, the nominations for the 2012 Academy Awards were announced and we’re happy to share the full list with you. Best Picture: “The Artist” “The Descendants” “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” “The Help” “Hugo” “Midnight in Paris” “Moneyball” “The Tree of Life” “War Horse”   Best Actress: [...]

It may not come as a huge surprise to those readers who are serious film fanatics that two movies who pay homage to filmmaking currently lead the nominations in the Broadcast Film Critics Association’s 17th annual Critics Choice Award. Martin Scorsese’s 3-D “Hugo” and Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist” each earned 11 nominations. The winners will [...]

This past weekend MTV had their 2011 Movie Awards. “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” directed by David Slade won the MTV Best Movie Award in 2011. Other nominees for this award were “Black Swan,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1,” “Inception” and “The Social Network.” Best Comedic Performance winner was Emma Stone in “Easy [...]

Many great actors and actresses won during this years Razzie Awards. The most wins at the 31st annual Razzies were Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristen Davis. Parker and her fellow “Sex and the City 2″ ladies were all awarded golden raspberries for worst actress. The film also won worst sequel, worst [...]

The 83rd annual Academy Awards were live on ABC Sunday, February 27. The Hollywood event was hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway, and produced by Bruce Cohen and Dan Mischer. “The King’s Speech” dominated the Oscars by winning four major awards: for best picture, director for Tom Hooper, actor for Colin Firth and original [...]

This year at the British Academy Film Awards, “The King’s Speech” won seven awards. They took home both Best Film, Best British Film, Best Actor and both Best Supporting awards. Other films like “Inception” and “The Social Network” both won three awards and “Alice in Wonderland” took home two awards. “The King’s Speech” was the favorite going into the [...]