“Dude, Indiana Jones killed Batman.”
Fandango, the online movie ticket provider, recently polled several thousand movie fans about their most anticipated summer movie and the site reports that May’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was not only numero uno (82%) but nearly doubled fan anticipation for July’s The Dark Knight (42%). (…)

If you didn’t catch last Saturday’s Film Independent Spirit Awards, then you missed Rainn Wilson’s hilarious audition videos for the Best Feature nominees. Don’t worry, /Film has your back. (…)

Nielsen is reporting that the 80th annual Academy Awards telecast was the least watched in history (or at least since 1974 when they started tracking the event). (…)

The 2008 Academy Awards was a damn long show (but aren’t they always?) Mahalo Daily edited the three hour show telecast down to just 60 seconds. (…)

One of the true Oscar moments this year happened when host Jon Stewert ushered Best Song co-winner Marketa Irglova back onto the stage after she had been cut off by the music before the commercial break. (…)

At the Academy Awards Hollywood reccognized the best of the best of 2007. But what about the worst? (…)

Here is a listing of the 2008 Academy Award winners, followed by some commentary. Tell me what you think of the winners and losers in the comments below. (…)

“Anton who?”
When it comes to the showdown, Peter and I will both be there with news on which film wins Best Picture this Sunday evening. (…)

David Spade impersonates Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview in this hilarious There Will Be Blood parody video titled “There Will Be Oscars” over at FunnyorDie.com. (…)

As much as people like to complain about AMC, but every year they run the Best Picture showcase. What is the AMC 2008 Best Picture Showcase? (…)

The award winners for the Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild have been announced. (…)

The 2008 Sundance Film Festival comes to a close tomorrow, and the award winners have just been announced. (…)

Recently while on Google Chat with Peter, I predicted that Paul Thomas Anderson would follow-up There Will Be Blood with an intensely signature sci-fi undertaking. (…)

Before we dive into today’s non-Oscar-related news, this is a forum to express your thoughts on the nominations for the 80th Academy Awards. (…)

Here are the nominations for the 80th Academy Awards:
Best Picture
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
 
Best Director
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Jason Reitman - Juno
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
 
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney - The Savages
Ellen Page - Juno
 
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - I’m Not There
Rudy Dee - American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
 
Best Actor
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones - In The Valley Of Elah
 
Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook - Into The Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
 
Best Animated Feature
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf’s Up
 
Best Documentary Feature
No End In Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing The Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi To The Dark Side
War/Dance
 
Cinematography
The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
 
Best Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Into The Wild
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
 
Best Foreign Language Film
Beaufort
The Counterfeiters
Katyn
Mongol
12
 
Best Original Screenplay
Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages
 
Best Adapted Screenplay
Atonement
Away From Her
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
 

Best Music Original Score
Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 To Yuma
 
Best Music - Original Song
August Rush
Once
Enchanted
Enchanted
Enchanted
 
Best Makeup
La Vie En Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
 
Best Animated Short Film
I Met The Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Même Les Pigeons vont Au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
Peter & The Wolf
 
Best Documentary Short Subject
Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari’s Mother
 
Best Live Action Short Film
At Night
Il Supplente (The Substitute)
Le Mozart Des Pickpokets
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman
 
Best Art Direction
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
 
Best Costume Design
Across The Universe
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
La Vie En Rose
Sweeney Todd
 
Best Sound Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers
 
Best Sound Mixing
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 To Yuma
Transformers
The Bourne Ultimatum
 
Best Visual Effects
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Transformers