The time has arrived! Grab your Oscar ballots and listen to the insights Movie Irv and his two expert guests bring to the table. Will The King’s Speech manage a royal sweep? Will enough “friends” declare their “like” of The Social…
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The Key to Best Picture Success? Location, Location, Location.
There’s about a fortnight or so to go until the pinnacle of Hollywood’s seemingly unending self-congratulatory season, the Academy Awards, takes place. And, according to many film critics and Las Vegas odds makers who actually do take bets on this sort…
Read more →2011 Oscar Nominations! Movie Irv Reviews Snubs & Surprises
How did you fare with your first round of Academy Awards predictions? If you check out 2011 Oscars! Academy Awards Predictions by Movie Irv, you’ll see our resident cinema guru did pretty well. Now, let’s check in with Irv as…
Read more →Movie Irv Reviews: 2011 Oscar Nominations Predictions
UPDATED: with notes from the Golden Globe Awards! (If you already made a note of Irv’s picks back in November, now’s the time to check back in, see how his guesses are shaping up, and narrow down your own predictions.)…
Read more →When the Best Picture Isn’t the “Best Picture”
Over the last six weeks or so MovieFanFare ran a trio of Academy Award-related polls–on non award-winning foreign films, films that failed to receive a Best Picture nomination, and Best Picture losers that may have deserved the award over the eventual winners–that…
Read more →Movie Poll: Which Best Picture Academy Award switch would you make?
What’s the Best Film to Not Receive a Best Picture Academy Award Nomination?
Movie Poll – What’s the Best Non-Academy Award-Winning Foreign Film?
Improve Your 2010 Oscar Pool Odds…
…with the help of MovieFanFare’s own “Movie Irv” Slifkin, who, as the announcement of the 2010 Academy Award nominees grows near (Tuesday, February 2), has prepared his own set of predictions about both the nominees and the eventual winners. See…
Read more →Will Twice the Best Picture Oscar Nominees Mean Twice as Many Good Movies?
Who says Hollywood doesn’t have a sense of humor (aside from anyone who sat through Land of the Lost or Imagine That)? In the middle of a summer movie season packed with sequels, 3-D kiddie distractions, and SFX showcases based on…
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