Over the years [25, to be exact, hence stories retrospectives like this], FOX has gained a reputation as the home for some of the riskiest and most adventurous programming on network TV. And when you swing big, someti...
(The Oscar Guide will be your chaperone through the Academy's 24 categories awarding excellence in film. A new installment will hit every weekday in the run-up to the Oscars on February 26, with the Best Picture final...
For professional pundits and armchair awards geeks alike, the short film categories can be the most fun to handicap -- since there's little basis on which to size up the race beyond the films themselves, and even then...
The latest James Bond adventure "Skyfall" will be arriving in just a few short weeks, and it's the perfect time for the HitFix staff to look back at everyone's favorite Brit super spy. When ranking the 10 be...
The Academy released the shortlists for best live action short and best animated short this morning with few surprises on the list. Of course, the number of people in the industry or media who actually track the...
Many of you would really like to see the Oscar-nominated shorts prior to Sunday's telecast but can't make it to one of the theaters currently running the package. Well, better late than never, I guess. I'll let the pr...
It was a David-versus-Goliath battle for the Best Animated Short Oscar, and the heftier opponent won out as Disney’s black-and-white romance “Paperman” took the award.
Mainstream appeal also w...
We're guessing if you are a hardcore Oscar fan, when you come in second or third place in your Oscar pool to that intern who just lucikly "guessed" the best to win the big pot you wanted to pull your h...
Previous nominations or wins:
Winner, Best Director, "Titanic" (1998)
Winner, Best Editing, "Titanic" (1998)
Winner, Best Picture, "Titanic" (1998)
Pros: The iconic director has spe...
Pro: First off, "Argo" will be adored by SAG and the Academy's acting branch because of the huge cast of character actors who get a chance to shine. The movie finds Affleck playing Tony Mendez, a real-...
