Those Oscar Missed: Best Documentary (Short Subject)
CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Documentary (Short Subject) is one of the few Oscar categories that home viewers would probably not be very familiar with. As with the other two short film...
View ArticleThose Oscar Missed: Best Documentary Feature
CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Documentary Feature can be an excellent showcase for documentaries that should not be missed. I admit that I don’t get to see as many as I would like to, but when I...
View ArticleThose Oscar Missed: Best Adapted Screenplay
CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Adapted Screenplay refers to a screenplay on which the material is based on another medium (examples being short stories, novels, plays, comic books, TV shows, video...
View ArticleThose Oscar Missed: Best Original Screenplay
CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Original Screenplay refers to a screenplay in which the material is not based on another medium. Even if the screenplay is about someone or something that was real,...
View ArticleThose Oscar Missed: Best Supporting Actress
CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Supporting Actress has sometimes produced some surprise winners, but it has grown mostly predictable for the last decade. What strikes me is how quickly the winners...
View ArticleThose Oscar Missed: Best Supporting Actor
CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Supporting Actor can be a very fun category. It’s always made up of actors whose roles were small but significant. Once in a while the nominating process can be a...
View ArticleThose Oscar Missed: Best Actress
CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Actress, like, Best Actor, can be difficult to predict at times. There’s also been some controversy regarding supporting performances being submitted for a lead...
View ArticleThose Oscar Missed: Best Actor
CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Actor can be a controversial category at times. Sometimes a supporting performance will be submitted as a lead performance by the distributor either to help boost...
View ArticleThose Oscar Missed: Best Director
CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON A director is vital to the making of a movie. The director is responsible for getting the best possible performances from the actors. The director is responsible for...
View ArticleThose Oscar Missed: Best Picture
CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Picture has been a troubling category in the last few years. I remember being pissed off when 2006’s Babel got nominated. While it’s a good movie, it had no...
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