With just a few hours to go until the 84th Annual Academy Awards are given out, it’s time for a look at the winners! That is, who HAS won already this award season and who WILL win come Oscar ...
Reblogged from Entertainment: For many casual moviegoers, watching the Oscars is akin to being a baseball nut who shows up to a Super Bowl party. There are often so many unfamiliar faces, names and f...
With only 4 days to go until the Academy Awards, it’s time for part 2 of Debunking the Academy Awards Categories! Part 1 looked at the awards and jobs that create the look and feel of a film. T...
The Los Angeles Times recently conducted a study on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, or more specifically, who makes up the Academy. Shocker: the awards winners are voted on by̷...
When I was in California recently (and by recently, I mean 10 months ago), I knew a tour of the Kodak Theatre was a must. And since recent news made it clear that the theater will likely not be named...
With less than 3 weeks left until the big night, you may be panicking that you haven’t seen enough (or any!) of the 9 best picture nominees. You can definitely try to get to theaters to see War...
In a little over 3 weeks, the Oscar statues will be handed out in 24 different categories. When it comes to the various categories, some are self explanatory, while some require a bit more informatio...
Today the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the 2012 Oscar nominees! Jennifer Lawrence (star of the upcoming Hunger Games series and best actress nominee for Winter’s Bone...
The 2nd teaser trailer for The Dark Knight Rises, the third and final film in the trilogy directed by Christopher Nolan, is now up! It looks pretty awesome; I’ll even say I’m excited abou...
Last week marked my first trip to Ireland-and also my first time flying Air Lingus, one of Ireland’s largest air lines. Now, if you know anything about me, I like my creature comforts, especial...
Well, it’s that time of year again! The unofficial kick off to the awards season is THIS week, with the announcements of the Screen Actor’s Guild Award nominees and today’s announce...
I know I’ve been the worst.blogger.in.the.world. There, I said it. I also know that Breaking Dawn part 1, the fourth movie in the Twilight Saga, came out roughly a month ago. Does it say someth...
Today, the first full length trailer for The Hunger Games was released! Based on the book of the same name by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games is the first in a three part series (followed by Catchi...
That didn’t take long! Fresh of yesterday’s announcement that Eddie Murphy will not be hosting the 84th Annual Academy Awards, the news broke today that Billy Crystal will be hosting the ...
Eddie Murphy, we hardly knew ya….as an Oscar host! Breaking news from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: with the departure of show producer Brett Ratner yesterday, Eddie Murphy w...
In honor of Halloween last year, we explored what very well may be the scariest movie of all time. This year, I wanted to really dig deeper into another superlative. Now, the scariest movie of all ti...
A few months ago, I took my proverbial show on the road for a visit to California! My very good friend Alyssa lives in San Diego with her fiancé Drew and their (slightly psychotic puppy) Nelson, and ...
The number one movie in the country this past weekend is–perhaps somewhat surprisingly–one that was released just about 17 years ago. Yep, I’m talking about The Lion King, one of th...
Though there’s something mildly disturbing about seeing an 18 year old walking down the aisle at this lavish wedding, I still got pretty excited (read: giddy and smiley) when I saw the Breaking...
This dude! Just kidding! Mr. Eddie Murphy (who is apparently reclusive, according to the Associated Press) will be lending his comedic talents to the role of Oscar emcee in February. I think this is...
After seeing a couple of movies in theater recently (like The Help, Crazy, Stupid, Love. and Rise of the Planet of the Apes), I’m all kinds of excited for the fall movie season! Some of these a...
Yes, I know this movie came out roughly a month ago, but you know what? It’s still playing, and I’m still going to blog about it. So there. Still reading? Awesome!You will be handsomely r...
Welcome to a new series on Oscartini on books and the movies that they become. Like most people, I’ve been burned by movies that didn’t live up to the expectations I had after reading a book (talking...
When I saw this movie, I immediately thought maybe it has inspired one of my favorite Grease 2 numbers, Girl for all Seasons. Alas, I believe I was mistaken. Actually, A Man for All Seasons, which wo...
First things first: this movie creeped the bejesus out of me. Rise of the Plane of the Apes was a big bag of unpleasent emotions. I was sad for the poor monkeys, then afraid that the apes (those ris...
OK. This is it. The day Harry Potter fans of all ages have been waiting for. If you’re really hardcore, you might have seen the movie last night, at one of the midnight or 3am showings. As of y...
So this is it: the last full day in a world with a little mystery left around Harry Potter. For those who haven’t read the books, they don’t actually know what will happen to our beloved ...
We’re down to LESS than 3 days until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 hits theaters, which means…day 3 of 5 days to farewell! Day 1 and day 2 can be seen at their respective li...
And the second day of farewell to my fake film and literary friend Harry Potter marches on (check out the first one here)! Yesterday’s favorite HP moment was from the 7th and most recent movie....
Even though I’ve been a sucky blogger and haven’t posted in almost a month, I just can’t let the 5 days leading up to potentially the movie I am most excited about seeing in the world pass without co...
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