TCM’s annual 31 Days of Oscar® begins on Sunday, February 1st – this year featuring two recent additions to the Oscar® roll call: The Artist and The King’s Speech. 31 Days of Oscar® begins with a screening of And the Oscar Goes To… at 8/7c on February 1st. Each night through March 3rd, TCM will […]
Tag: The Artist
The Oscars and Your DVD List
Seemingly overshadowed by glitz and glamour on the red carpet; the films of the Academy Awards are often overshadowed. But now that the accolades have been doled out, movie lovers across the country start to edit their movie “to watch” lists. After a film is honored with an Academy Award it will start to fly […]
Sheldon’s Call: If I Picked The 2012 Oscars®!
It’s time for the world of film to get out the gowns and tuxes and celebrate the [alleged] best in filmmaking for 2011. There are a lot of great films – and a few duds – nominated for the 84th Academy Awards/Oscars®, and odds are not all the winners will receive the approval of the […]
Hugo and The Artist Lead 2012 Oscar® Nominations!
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled the nominations for the 84th Academy Awards this morning and the big surprise was that Martin Scorsese’s Hugo lead the pack with eleven, while Michel Hazanavicius’ silent film The Artist received ten. Under the Academy’s new rules – and sliding scale for Best Picture nominations – […]
The Artist: Mostly Silent Movie Entrances!
The Artis is a mostly silent film from Michael Hazanavicius – shot in beautiful black & white – that tells a simple story: when silent movie star George Valentin [Jean Dujardin] falls on hard times after talkies become big, Peppy Miller [Bereniece Bejo]the new big star goes out of her way to help the man […]