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Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Bolero and Amadeus (1984)Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Bolero and Amadeus (1984)

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Bolero and Amadeus (1984)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lida MacGillivery, two brilliant artists who are masters in their work. Wolfie, a composer who makes… Read More

May 19, 2014
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – The Lonely Lady and Terms of Endearment (1983)Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – The Lonely Lady and Terms of Endearment (1983)

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – The Lonely Lady and Terms of Endearment (1983)

Two strong female driven films were released in 1983 starring classic leading ladies. Terms of Endearment stars Debra Winger and… Read More

April 27, 2014
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Inchon and Gandhi (1982)Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Inchon and Gandhi (1982)

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Inchon and Gandhi (1982)

Two epic films were released in 1982 that focused on key moments in Asia in the twentieth century. Gandhi, a… Read More

April 4, 2014
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Mommie Dearest and Chariots of Fire (1981)Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Mommie Dearest and Chariots of Fire (1981)

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Mommie Dearest and Chariots of Fire (1981)

Continuing the series, we will be taking a look at 1981, the 2nd year of the Razzie Awards. Two movies… Read More

March 25, 2014
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Can’t Stop the Music and Ordinary People (1980)Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Can’t Stop the Music and Ordinary People (1980)

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Can’t Stop the Music and Ordinary People (1980)

Welcome to a new Awardswatch series, Worst Picture/Best Picture from the mind of Jeff Beachnau. In 1929, the Academy of… Read More

March 20, 2014
In Search of Lost Time: Looking at the Small Stuff in The Grand Budapest HotelIn Search of Lost Time: Looking at the Small Stuff in The Grand Budapest Hotel

In Search of Lost Time: Looking at the Small Stuff in The Grand Budapest Hotel

Here is a wonderful piece on Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel from one of Awardswatch's most esteemed members, Alex… Read More

March 17, 2014
2014 Emmy Rule Changes Announced: Minis and Movies Split Again2014 Emmy Rule Changes Announced: Minis and Movies Split Again

2014 Emmy Rule Changes Announced: Minis and Movies Split Again

When the Television Academy announced in 2011 that they were going to merge the Made for TV Movie and Miniseries… Read More

February 21, 2014
AwardsWatch Weekly Music Roundup: Week of February 2, 2014AwardsWatch Weekly Music Roundup: Week of February 2, 2014

AwardsWatch Weekly Music Roundup: Week of February 2, 2014

  What George Portades is listening to this week... Alice Smith, "Fool For You" I'm not sure if she recorded… Read More

February 3, 2014
Sundance Film Festival 2014 RoundupSundance Film Festival 2014 Roundup

Sundance Film Festival 2014 Roundup

Amidst the increasingly stale Oscar race, where the nominations have been announced and all but a couple races have been… Read More

January 29, 2014
AwardsWatch Weekly Music Roundup: Week of January 26, 2014AwardsWatch Weekly Music Roundup: Week of January 26, 2014

AwardsWatch Weekly Music Roundup: Week of January 26, 2014

What George Portades is listening to this week... SWV f/A.X., "Show Off" It feels so good to see my girls… Read More

January 28, 2014