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Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Shining Through and Unforgiven (1992)

Jeff Beachnau March 6, 2016

In 1992, Liam Neeson starred in two WWII films, in one he played a Nazi villain, and in the other he played a Nazi with... Read More

Is Clint Eastwood Bringing Doris Day Out of her 50-year Retirement?

Erik Anderson September 22, 2015

Reports from Europe are coming in that Clint Eastwood has lured beloved film star Doris Day out of her near 50-year retirement to star... Read More

Directors Guild of America (DGA) Winners – Iñárritu Beats Linklater

Erik Anderson February 7, 2015

Well, it happened; Alejandro G. Iñárritu has won the Directors Guild of America award for Best Director of 2014 for Birdman, besting perceived frontrunner Richard... Read More

Directors Guild (DGA) Preview and Predictions: Birdman and Boyhood Battle Again

Erik Anderson February 6, 2015

This year’s DGA winner is going to really help us figure out what is going on with this Birdman vs. Boyhood situation, right?. Or is... Read More

2015 Oscars: American Sniper takes a shot at box-office records

Erik Anderson January 18, 2015

At an estimated, jaw-dropping $90.2 million, American Sniper’s opening weekend ranks among the most perplexing, mind-boggling box office stories in modern Hollywood history. It’s the... Read More

National Board of Review Winners: A Most Violent Year is Tops

Erik Anderson December 2, 2014

The oldest organization of film award givers have spoken and A Most Violent Year is their Best Film of 2014. The film manages three major... Read More

National Board of Review Predictions

Erik Anderson December 1, 2014

The New York Film Critics Circle spoke today, anointing Boyhood as the #1 film of 2014, will the National Board of Review follow suit?... Read More

2015 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR – The Rise of Morten Tyldum

Erik Anderson November 3, 2014

As with the November Best Picture predictions, the Gold Rush Gang’s thoughts on Best Director follow suit. That means Boyhood, Birdman and The Imitation Game... Read More

2015 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE – The Theory of Everything Surges as Selma Falls Hard

Erik Anderson November 3, 2014

What a difference a month makes. After a mixed test screening of Selma, attended by AwardsWatch members, the Gold Rush Gang (and the forum members... Read More