Last night was the 87th Annual Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars). With an exciting, albeit controversial, selection of nominations, this year’s Oscars featured a lot of question marks going into last night’s telecast. The 72nd Golden Globes set the bar for the two picture fight between Boyhood and Birdman, my personal top two films of 2014. […]
Selma’s Oscar Snub: Why Awards Strategies and Hollywood Politics Are a More Likely Factor Than Gender and Race
As with every year, the big story following the announcement of the Academy Awards nominations is who got snubbed. This year, the most glaring omission was Selma. The critically acclaimed film about the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches snagged two Oscar nominations: Best Picture and Best Original Song (“Glory” by John Legend and Common). But […]
87th Oscars Nominations
In case you missed this morning’s live stream announcement of the 87th annual Oscars nominations, here’s a quick list of all of them! We’ll have more on The Oscars soon. Performance by an actor in a leading role Steve Carell in “Foxcatcher” Bradley Cooper in “American Sniper” Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Imitation Game” Michael Keaton […]
87th Oscars Nominations Announcement Live Stream
With the Golden Globes officially under wraps, the film industry is preparing for the 87th Academy Awards. This year, The Oscars nominations will be announced live online via video stream, and we have the announcement video below. Will Boyhood maintain momentum following the Golden Globes and net nominations in the major categories, or will other highly-nominated films […]
Multiple Recent Deaths Puts Extra Pressure On Academy
The Oscars are a time in which not only great achievements of acting, directing, writing, and other filmmaking aspects are recognized, but also a period in which reflection takes place. The event is a cause for great celebration for the films that have been able to ascend above the other productions in the past year, […]