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Academy Awards
Blu-Ray Review: Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Color Purple’ Gets HD Upgrade
Submitted by BrianTT on February 1, 2011 - 6:30pmCHICAGO – Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple” won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 and became a highly-acclaimed film just two years later from what was then-seen as an unlikely directorial choice in Steven Spielberg. Despite the controversy, the film went on to be nominated for a stunning eleven Academy Awards and is now one of the first Spielberg works to get the HD upgrade.
‘The Fighter,’ ‘The King’s Speech’ Win Screen Actors Guild Awards
Submitted by BrianTT on January 30, 2011 - 9:58pmCHICAGO – “The King’s Speech,” “The Fighter,” and “Black Swan” were the big film winners at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, while “Boardwalk Empire,” “Modern Family,” “30 Rock,” “The Good Wife,” and “Hot in Cleveland” won awards on the TV side of the presentation. Ernest Borgnine won the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Film Feature: Our 10 Favorite 2011 Oscar Nominations
Submitted by BrianTT on January 27, 2011 - 4:13pmCHICAGO – Tuesday morning brought a great sigh of relief to movie lovers jaded by last year’s problematic Oscar nominees, which unforgivably included two major nods for the dreadful “The Blind Side.”
Film Feature: 2011 Oscar Favorites Respond to Nominations
Submitted by BrianTT on January 26, 2011 - 3:02pmCHICAGO – Wondering what the 2011 Oscar nominees thought yesterday when they got the big news? Wonder no more with this compilation of official responses to the one of the biggest days of their lives. Respondees include James Franco, Annette Bening, Javier Bardem, Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, and Helena Bonham Carter.
Film Feature: Top 5 Oscar Nominations We’re Glad Didn’t Happen
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 26, 2011 - 11:39amCHICAGO – Oscar. The holy day of the film industry. While other film pundits are scrambling for perspective – who made it and who didn’t – we’re giving thanks for the five 2010 films and personalities that didn’t get a nomination for Oscar night.
Film Feature: The 10 Biggest Oscar Snubs of 2011
Submitted by BrianTT on January 25, 2011 - 12:26pmCHICAGO – There just wasn’t enough room at this year’s Oscar party for several of the most-deserving candidates. There never is. Like every year, most of the key categories had at least one (and often more) deserving nominee not getting the happy call on Tuesday morning. Who should have? Who should have been left out instead? Here are the big ten.
Film News: ‘The King’s Speech’ Leads 2011 Oscar Nominations
Submitted by BrianTT on January 25, 2011 - 9:10amCHICAGO – The nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards were announced this morning, Jan. 25, 2011 and “Inception,” “The King’s Speech,” “The Social Network,” “True Grit,” “The Fighter,” and “Black Swan” led the way with a majority of the nominations.
Video: Watch Jan. 25, 2011 Oscar Nominations Streaming Live on HollywoodChicago.com
Submitted by BrianTT on January 25, 2011 - 12:36amCHICAGO – Want to know the best place to watch the Oscar nominations on Tuesday morning, Jan. 25, 2011? How about right here at HollywoodChicago.com? Check out the streaming video below at 7:30 a.m. CST and come back for commentary and news all day.
Film News: Academy Announces 15 Finalists For 2010 Best Documentary
Submitted by BrianTT on November 28, 2010 - 1:55pmCHICAGO – Every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reveals their short list for the Oscar for Best Documentary and every year there’s a notable snub or two that makes one question the process. Last year, “Anvil: The Story of Anvil,” one of the most-beloved films of the year, didn’t make the cut. This year, “Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work” failed to make the cut, continuing a pattern in which films not deemed “serious enough” by Academy members can’t get past the first round.
Blu-Ray Review: Oscar-Winning ‘The Blind Side’ With Sandra Bullock
Submitted by BrianTT on March 22, 2010 - 11:22amCHICAGO – Most critics and industry types expected “The Blind Side” with Sandra Bullock to be a modest holiday season hit but if a single one of them, including the people who made the film, told you that they knew this would be an Oscar-winning Best Picture nominee that grossed over $250 million, they are straight-up lying. “The Blind Side” shattered all expectations and Warner Brothers has quickly and somewhat lazily shuffled it off to Blu-ray and DVD.