Saturday, February 23, 2019

OSCAR MADNESS

The Oscars, one of the biggest nights in entertainment and certainly one of the most prestigious awards given in cinema, is almost upon us. Movie fans from all over the world can't wait to tune in to see all the glamour, beautiful stars and who's going to take home awards on Sunday, February 24th. Here are a few links to inform and keep you entertained until the big night.


First up, the point of the Best Picture Oscar is to honor the very best movie of any given year, a film that will endure and represent the finest that cinema has to offer. But what about the other exceptional films that earned a nomination? Vulture has gone back through the past ninety Best Picture winners and then picked a second film (or Best Loser) from the list of nominees of each given year that would have been just as worthy of the the top Oscar prize. This is a fun look back at movies that deserve a second look and reasons why they would have made a perfect companion (or in some cases, a better selection) to the ultimate winner.

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The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture Oscars


This year marks the twenty-fifth year of Vanity Fair Magazine's Hollywood Issue. One of the articles in that issue celebrates twenty-five scenes from movies of the last twenty-five years that would become iconic and influential. Vanity Fair's film critics, Richard Lawson and K. Austin Collins have selected these moments that would go on to change cinema forever.

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The 25 Best Movie Scenes of the Last 25 Years


Finally, what is winning an award without an acceptance speech? There have been many, many given over the last ninety years at the Oscars but Vulture has narrowed down to eight of the very best and memorable words spoken by a winner of an Academy Award:

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We Pick The Most Memorable Oscar Speeches

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