• Oscar in Box Office History (Week 7, 2012)

    Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…

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  • Friday Face-Off #8

    Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It’s a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we’ll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar…

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  • 84th Presenters: Ben Stiller

    Ben Stiller to Present at 84th Academy Awards® Oscar® Sunday, February 26 Beverly Hills, CA (February 16, 2012) – Ben Stiller will present at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced today. Stiller will be playing the title character in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” which he is…

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  • This Day in Oscar History: February 17

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1976: 48th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1975} 1981: 53rd Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1980} 1983: 55th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1982} 1988: 60th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of…

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  • Poll: Best Original Song (2009 – 2010)

    Return Links Best Picture Poll Archive Best Original Song Poll: 2009 – 2010 Which Original Song winner is best? Public OpinionPoll Results

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  • Trailer Watch: Brake

    Lesson 2: If it stars Stephen Dorff, it’s probably going to stink (and that’s not speaking ill of the actor, but his role choices). Brake Plot Summary: Locked in a plastic box inside a spacious trunk, a CIA agent is psychologically and physically tortured so that his captors can uncover the secret location of the…

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  • Oscar Profile #73: Nina Foch

    Born April 20, 1924 in Leiden, Holland to Dutch classical music conductor Dirk Fock and his wife, American actress-singer Consuelo Flowerton, her parents divorced when she was a toddler and she moved with her mother to New York where she grew up. Although she studied music and art, she turned to acting as a teenager…

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  • The Rundown 2011: Actor

    For our twelfth Rundown article, we have an award that, until recently, was quite the competition. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Actor as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover the only top tier prize where there’s still a doubt as to who will win.

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  • 84th Presenters: Chris Rock

    Chris Rock to Present at 84th Academy Awards® Oscar® Sunday, February 26 Beverly Hills, CA (February 15, 2012) – Former Oscar host and Grammy-winning comedian, Chris Rock will present at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced today. In 2005 Rock served as host of the 77th Academy Awards.…

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  • This Day in Oscar History: February 16

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1970: 42nd Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1969} 1984: 56th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1983}

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  • Trailer Watch: Dorothy and the Witches of Oz

    Lesson 1: Never choose to cover a trailer to a film based on its premise…you’ll be disappointed. Dorothy and the Witches of Oz Plot Summary: From the imagination of a young woman, the stories of Oz take physical manifestation as the Wicked Witches team up to eradicate the land of Oz through its real world…

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  • Game: 2012 Spring Box Office Week 7 & Week 6 Results

    For a full list of rules, click here: 2011 Spring Box Office Predictions Game Rules. Submit Your Predictions for This Week Top Ten Films at the U.S. Box Office of the week in order from most money to least. Individual monetary predictions for each film. Final box office tally for all new wide releases. Awards…

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  • The Rundown 2011: Cinematography

    For our eleventh Rundown article, the categories most frequently confused (seemingly) in Oscar voters’ minds. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Cinematography as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover a category that might have been thrilling, but has become anything but.

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  • Looking at the Weekend: Feb. 17-19, 2012

    Although the film is sure to bomb with critics, there’s no way the sequel to the highly popular Ghost Rider is going to come in second, though against This Means War, it’s entirely possible. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on. The number in parens represents the…

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  • Happy 16th Anniversary, Cinema Sight

    Happy 16th Anniversary, Cinema Sight

    16 years ago today, Cinema Sight was launched as The Oscar Guy. We started out on GeoCities and eventually moved to our domain www.oscarguy.com and subsequently to www.cinemasight.com where you find us today. It’s been an interesting and very busy 16 years, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Thanks everyone for sticking around and…

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