Los Angeles Film Critics Awards: Mo'Nique wins best supporting actress for "Precious" and Christoph Waltz best supporting actor for "Inglourious Basterds."
Oscar 2009: Long List of Visual Effects Contenders
December 11, 2009 by
Dec 11, 2009–The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) released its long list of 15 contenders for the Visual Effects Oscar today. As usual, there were some surprises in the films that made it and in those that did didn't.
Oscar Actors: Kaminska, Ida (Nominee)–Background, Career, Awards
December 10, 2009 by
The distinguished Polish actress was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar in 1965, for "The Shop on Main Street," the Czech film that won the foreign-language Oscar.
Oscar: Foreign Language Film Category–The Beginning
December 10, 2009 by
Officially, the first winner in this category was "La Strada" in 1956, which helped established Fellini as one of the most important European director. Anthony Quinn, as Zampano, an itinerant strong man, and Giulietta Masina, as the young woman he buys and abuses as his clown and servant, gave memorable performances in a film that was also nominated for its Original Screenpplay (by Fellini and Tullio Pinelli).
Oscar 2009: Movie Mysteries—A Serious Man by the Coen Brothers
December 9, 2009 by
As the year is rapidly coming to and end, several movie mysteries need to be addressed? Could anyone please explain why Joel and Ethan Coen's latest feature, "A Serious Man," considered to be one of their most daring and most personal films, has performed so poorly at the box-office.
