Month: February 2010
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Best Costume Design
With the Costume Designers Guild having given out their prizes, it’s now time for us to weigh in on the Costume Design award for the Oscars. In addition to our predictions, you’ll find five facts and our favorite and least favorite wins. Trivia: Five Facts Introduced in 1948, the category started out with Black-and-White and…
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Favorite Oscar Moments, Part IX
We’re nearly at the Oscars. Will there be something memorable this year? Perhaps nothing as memorable as what we’re discussing here, but we can always hope (or fear in the case of Peter’s selection). Below, we discuss our favorite Oscar moments, with honorary Oscars, memorable arrivals and new trends. Peter J. Patrick 1989, 62nd Academy…
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Precursor: American Society of Cinematographers
Below is the winner of the Cinematogrpahy award from the American Society of Cinematographers: The Winner Cinematography The White Ribbon
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Precursor: Cinema Audio Society
The winner of the CAS award for Best Sound Mixing is below: The Winner Sound Mixing The Hurt Locker (Peter)
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Best Actor
(Updated 3/5/10, 12:50p – Added Wes’ info) As we get closer and closer to the Oscars, more of the top categories will be revealed. Here are some facts about the Best Actor category, along with our predictions and favorite and least favorite winners in the Best Actor category. Trivia: Five Facts The category was among…
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Precursor Predictions: Visual Effects Society
Sunday, the very last of the guilds to announce will do so. The Visual Effects Society is probably the one group whose decision doesn’t matter as the Oscar winner in this category has been virtually set in stone since before the nominations were even announced. Still, it’s a fun group to watch the results on.…
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Favorite Oscar Moments, Part VIII
From our earliest Oscar memories to the ones where we vocally cheer to the unique fashions, Cinema Sight’s Favorite Oscar Moments series continues with its eighth incarnation. Peter J. Patrick 1958, 31st Academy Awards My first Oscar show. Two moments stand out. The first is Rosalind Russell’s presentation of a Special Award to Maurice Chevalier…
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Best Original Song & Original Score
(Updated: 2/28/2010, 2:45p) We have another one-two punch today as we look at the music categories at the Oscars: Best Original Score and Best Original Song. Like with our documentary and short film categories yesterday, we’ll split the score and song categories into two separate five-part fact sheets, then offer up our predictions in both…
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Precursor Predictions: A.S. of Cinematographers & Audio Society
Saturday, the American Society of Cinematographers and Cinema Audio Society are the next-to-last guilds to give out their prizes. Below are our predictions. American Society of Cinematographers Cinematography Avatar The Hurt Locker (Wesley, Peter, Tripp) Inglourious Basterds Nine The White Ribbon Cinema Audio Society Sound Mixing Avatar (Wesley, Tripp) District 9 The Hurt Locker (Peter)…
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Precursor: Costume Designers Guild Awards
The Costume Designers Guild have announced the winners of their 12th Annual awards. Below are the winners. The Winners Period Costume Design The Young Victoria (Wesley, Peter, Tripp) Fantasy Costume Design The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Wesley, Peter, Tripp) Contemporary Costume Design Crazy Heart
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Favorite Oscar Moments, Part VII
With our seventh outing in our Favorite Oscar Moments series, Peter, Tripp and I continue sharing our favorite moments from Oscar history. The moments that we remember best or that have struck our fancy as we’ve consumed Oscar’s history. This is also the second time two of us have agreed on a particular moment to…
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Best Documentary Feature & Short Films
Another of our combination rounds, this one dealing with the documentary and short films categories. Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Animated Short Film and Live Action Short Film are covered below. There are a few more facts than normal and more predictions. Our thoughts on our favorite and least favorite winners are confined to the Documentary…
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Favorite Oscar Moments, Part VI
From refusals to ties to Honorary Oscars. They are the moments we remember because of what they meant to us. Whether they made us laugh, cry or scratch our heads, they are our favorites. Tripp Burton 1970, 43rd Academy Awards It is a moment that still baffles me, that the Academy gave the Oscar to…
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Best Original & Adapted Screenplay
(Updated: 2/24/10, 6:13p) Today, we have a one-two punch for you, highlighting the year’s writing awards. Since the Academy has had so many different category descriptions and rules, we thought it best to cover our favorites of these groups somewhat collectively. In addition, the trivia encompasses all writing awards and our predictions are for both…
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Precursor Predictions: Costume Designers Guild
Tomorrow, the Costume Designers Guild will be feting its own when it presents its awards for the best costume design work of 2009. Below are our predictions in the three film categories: Costume Designers Guild Period Costume Design Coco Before Chanel Julie & Julia Nine Sherlock Holmes The Young Victoria (Wesley, Peter, Tripp) Fantasy Costume…
