Random Notes from the Editor:
Errol Morris’ short film which opened the Academy Awards show was fantastic. If you didn’t see it, you can check out the video at Oscar.com.
Ellen DeGeneres is not funny (with exception of the Jennifer Hudson/Al Gore joke, but I have a feeling someone probably wrote that for her).

One of our favorite new websites is NotStarring.com, a website that is dedicated to your favorite stars and the roles they didn’t get. Recently they put up a section dedicated to the directors and stars who turned down roles in Oscar nominated movies. We’re not sure about the accuracy, but that won’t stop us from [...]

Let’s look at the results from the 79th Academy Awards ceremony:

Best Motion Picture of the Year:
The Departed

Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

Achievement in Directing:
Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears for The Queen
Alejandro González Iñárritu for Babel
Paul Greengrass for United 93

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
Forest [...]

We asked you to vote on who would win Best Picture at tonight’s 2007 Academy Awards, and you voted. Let’s check out the results below.

Little Miss Sunshine won the poll with 41% of the vote. Could the little indie film that could pull an upset tonight? The Departed came in a close second with 37%, [...]

Here is a rundown of what we know about tonight’s award ceremony. If you don’t want to know… Don’t read!

Little Miss Sunshine won the top prize at the 2007 Independent Spirit Awards, a day before the underdog indie comedy competes for Best Picture at the 2007 Academy Awards. Could the little indie that could win an Oscar? Check out the full list of winners after the jump.
Best Feature: Little Miss Sunshine
Best Female Lead: Shareeka [...]

Just a reminder that our Oscar Poll is still going strong. Who do you think will win Best Picture at the 2007 Academy Awards?
Right now it looks like Scorsese’s The Departed is the favorite, followed by Little Miss Sunshine.
Have You Voted. Head over here and vote now, as the poll closes early Sunday afternoon. We [...]

The day the Oscar nominations came out, I posted my predictions for who will win in each category and promised to repost the predictions a week before the Academy Awards broadcast. Well, here we are and here are my predictions once again. This time though, I have added a few comments about some [...]

Martin Scorsese has become the popular high demand director due to The Departed’s Oscar buzz. Warner Bros have acquired screen rights to yet another project for the director. But with so many projects in the works, will he ever find the time? And what will he take on next? Let’s take a look at Scorsese’s [...]

It costs big money to run the Oscar race. Many people don’t realize all the money it takes to market an award winner.

The Vegas odds for Helen Mirren to win Best Actress at Sunday’s Academy Awards skyrocketed so incredibly high, causing bookmakers to refuse future bets and pre-emptively pay out money.

Okay, so we’ve never run a poll before, and we’re unsure how many of you will participate. But we want to know what movie the /Film readers believe will win Best Picture at the 2007 Academy Awards. Please choose below:

We will post the results on Oscar Sunday. Also if you want, write a comment [...]

Have you ever seen the movie How Green Was My Valley? Me neither.
Have you even heard of the movie? Didn’t think so.
Yet John Ford’s film somehow won 5 Oscars including Best Picture. But what’s more shocking: It beat out such classic films as Citizen Kane and The Maltese Falcon for the top honor. (Note: [...]

I never thought I’d see the day when they would have a college class to study Kevin Smith’s films. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, I’d take it — Hell, I could teach it: CA 520J - Films of Kevin Smith (1 credit hour) This course will examine the films of prolific Indy film [...]

They have decided to promote this year’s Academy Awards with famous movie quotes. I originally thought the poster was pretty cool (see left), but I’ve now found the banners and quote billboards all around downtown San Francisco to be bland and boring. And let me tell you, there is nothing more annoying than a “May [...]