Two men to date have won Oscars for Best Picture (awarded, of course, to the producer) and Best Actor, but only one of them won both for the same film. Laurence Olivier's multitasking abilities had already been recogn...
As "Lincoln" star Daniel Day-Lewis has dominated the precursor film awards circuit thus far, he has quickly become one of the no-brainer bets on Oscar night this Sunday. His presumed victory would bring him ...
The reigning queen of the Oscar tally so far, and probably unlikely to be joined any time soon, is Katharine Hepburn. She collected four trophies over her six-decade career and even won two of them back-to-back. She r...
This lengthy Billy Wilder yarn about Charles Lindbergh and his famed cross-Atlantic flight has always stuck in my head mainly for the film’s second act. In particular, James Stewart’s one-man show from t...
Meryl Streep's interpretation of Margaret Thatcher looks certain to land the actress her 17th Oscar nomination, bettering her own extraordinary record. But does it rank with her best work? Find out in our round-up of ...
