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Carol Connelly: OK, we all have these terrible stories to get over, and you-…
Melvin Udall: It’s not true. Some have great stories, pretty stories that take place at lakes with boats and friends and noodle salad. Just no one in this car. But, a lot of people, that’s their story. Good times, noodle salad. What makes it so hard is not that you had it bad, but that you’re that pissed that so many others had it good.

Posted in Movie Quote of the Day

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Tags: 1997, As Good As It Gets, Helen Hunt, Jack Nicholson, James L. Brooks, Mark Andrus

For Your Consideration – The Hangover

Jan 24

Posted by Marya E. Gates

I had this thought that perhaps The Hangover should win Best Picture at the Oscars this year.

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Posted in FYC, the Academy Awards

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Tags: As Good As It Gets, BAFTAs, Best Picture, Chicago, Four Wedding and a Funeral, FYC, Jerry Maguire, Juno, Little Miss Sunshine, Moulin Rouge!, Old School, the Academy Awards, The Full Monty, The Hangover, The Oscars, Todd Phillips, WGA

20 Years of Best Supporting Actor nominees

Jan 20

Posted by Marya E. Gates

This will conclude my posts featuring my favorite Academy Award nominated performances from the last 20 years. Just like my post dedicated to Best Actor nominees I couldn’t narrow it down to ten, so there are fifteen again. I guess I tend to like actors more than actresses. If you’re interested in buying any of the films discussed below, click here.

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Posted in the Academy Awards, Top List

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Tags: A Few Good Men, Adaptation, Apollo 13, As Good As It Gets, Babe, Benicio Del Toro, Billy Crystal, Braveheart, Bullets Over Broadway, Catch Me If You Can, Chazz Palminteri, Children of Men, Chris Cooper, Christine Cavanaugh, Christopher Walken, City Slickers, Clive Owen, Closer, Cuba Gooding Jr., Diane Weist, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, George Clooney, Gladiator, Heath Ledger, I Heart Huckabees, Jack Nicholson, Jack Palance, James Cromwell, Jaye Davidson, Jerry Maguire, Joaquin Phoenix, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Matt Damon, Natalie Portman, Robert Downey Jr., Shane, Star Wars, Stargate, Stephen Rea, Steven Speilberg, Syriana, The Crying Game, The Dark Knight, The Departed, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Tom Cruise, Traffic, Tropic Thunder, Woody Allen

20 years of Best Actor nominees

Jan 16

Posted by Marya E. Gates

Much like my earlier post featuring my ten favorite performances nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars since 1989, I bring you my top performances nominated for Best Actor. However, there was no way I could limit this list to ten, even paring it down to fifteen was pretty hard. So here goes nothing. If you’re interested in buying any of the films listed below, click here.

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Posted in the Academy Awards, Top List

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Tags: A Beautiful Mind, As Good As It Gets, Best Actor, Capote, Daniel Day-Lewis, Don Cheadle, Good Will Hunting, Hotel Rwanda, Jack Nicholson, Jerry Maguire, Johnny Depp, Life Is Beautiful, Matt Damon, Mickey Rourke, Milk, Mr. Holland's Opus, Oscars, Philadelphia, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Ralph Fiennes, Richard Dreyfuss, Roberto Benigni, Russell Crowe, Sean Penn, Stephen Rea, the Academy Awards, The Crying Game, The English Patient, The Wrestler, There Will Be Blood, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks

20 years of Best Actress nominees

Jan 15

Posted by Marya E. Gates

Inspired by this post @ awardsdaily I’ve gone through the Best Actress nominees from 1989-2009 and picked by favorite nominated performances. Only two of my ten favorite performances went on to win the Oscar. Granted, I haven’t seen every Best Actress winner, let alone nominee, from the last 20 years, I’ve seen a lot of them. If you’re interested buying any of the films discussed below, click here.

My list after the cut.

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Posted in the Academy Awards, Top List

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Tags: Angelina Jolie, As Good As It Gets, Best Actress, Bridget Jones's Diary, Changeling, Emma Thompson, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Helen Hunt, Julia Roberts, Kate Winslet, Kristin Scott Thomas, La Vie En Rose, Little Women, Marion Cotillard, Moulin Rouge!, Nicole Kidman, Oscars, Pretty Woman, Renée Zellweger, Sense & Sensibility, the Academy Awards, The English Patient, Winona Ryder