http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/ Winners, losers, and all between. en-us tcc@thecasualcritic.net 2009-02-23T22:04:39-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/archives/2009/02/23/rourke_vs_penn.php This year's best actor race had two arguably deserving nominees. Of course though it's easy to point out that those voting for Penn voted mostly for Harvey Milk's symbol and message in this day and age, while those voting for... 487@http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/ Oscar Commentary 2009-02-23T22:04:39-05:00 http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/archives/2009/02/23/2008_oscars_roundup.php Slumdog rounds up 8 wins. Everything goes as expected. Only surprises are in Foreign Film and Animated Short... Exciting. 486@http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/ Oscar Commentary 2009-02-23T21:50:04-05:00 http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/archives/2009/02/21/2008_final_predictions.php Slumdog will win Best Picture and Best Director. Ledger and Winslet will also get their wins. What about the rest though? 484@http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/ Oscar Commentary 2009-02-21T13:33:53-05:00 http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/archives/2009/02/01/meet_the_nominees.php With three weeks left, the 2008 nominee pages are up. No predictions yet, although... what's there to predict? If you didn't believe it thus far, Saturday the Director's made it even more clear that this is Slumdog Millionaire's year adding... 482@http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/ Oscar Commentary 2009-02-01T23:21:48-05:00 http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/archives/2009/02/01/technical_categories.php Cinematography Changeling The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight The Reader Slumdog Millionaire Editing The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Frost/Nixon Milk Slumdog Millionaire Art Direction Changeling The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark... 481@http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/ Awards 2008 2009-02-01T22:51:18-05:00 http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/archives/2009/02/01/standalone_categories.php Foreign Film The Baader Meinhof Complex(Germany) The Class(France) Departures(Japan) Revanche(Austria) Waltz with Bashir(Israel) Foreign film category had the biggest surprise of the Awards. I wonder how many people actually saw all the movies and voted. Documentary The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) Encounters... 480@http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/ Awards 2008 2009-02-01T19:42:01-05:00 http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/archives/2009/02/01/best_screenplay.php Original Screenplay Courtney Hunt (Frozen River) Mike Leigh (Happy-Go-Lucky) Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) Dustin Lance Black (Milk) Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon (Wall-E) Will Win: Milk Could/Should Win: Wall-E Adapted Screenplay The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Doubt Frost/Nixon The Reader... 479@http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/ Awards 2008 2009-02-01T19:34:16-05:00 http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/archives/2009/02/01/best_supporting_actress.php Perhaps the most interesting race of the top categories. 478@http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/ Awards 2008 2009-02-01T19:11:46-05:00 http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/archives/2009/02/01/best_supporting_actor.php Ignore the hype. I still dare you to find a better supporting performance than Heath Ledger's this year. 477@http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/ Awards 2008 2009-02-01T18:09:41-05:00 http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/archives/2009/02/01/best_actress.php Will this be Kate's year? 476@http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/ Awards 2008 2009-02-01T17:09:25-05:00 http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/archives/2009/02/01/best_actor.php It's Rourke vs Penn vs Langella. 475@http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/ Awards 2008 2009-02-01T16:43:14-05:00 http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/archives/2009/02/01/best_director.php Matching Best Picture nominations. Will the outcome match as well? 474@http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/ Awards 2008 2009-02-01T15:38:19-05:00 http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/archives/2009/02/01/best_picture.php Slumdog Millionaire the all but crowned favorite. 473@http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/ Awards 2008 2009-02-01T15:18:03-05:00 http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/archives/2009/01/26/resigning_to_the_slumdogs.php Conjuring both PGA win and SAG ensemble cast win, Slumdog Millionaire cements its position as Oscars frontrunner. 469@http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/ Oscar Commentary 2009-01-26T19:43:27-05:00 http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/archives/2009/01/22/12_hours_later.php About 12 hours after the nominations have been announced, the dust is starting to settle. Before we start dissecting each category and predict the winners, let's have another look at the nominations. The "winner" of the day is The Curious... 466@http://www.thecasualcritic.net/Oscars/ Oscar Commentary 2009-01-22T21:35:59-05:00