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It is about 20 minutes past 11:00 pm on the East coast and Ang Lee is accepting the Oscar for Best Director. An extremely predictable outcome but I would say that it was very deserving. Lee’s film Brokeback Mountain was truly a great tribute to the power of love and carried an extremely deep meaning [...]

[10:37 pm] Now that we have moved past the memorial montage we now move into the time when we get to the big awards. The countdown to the Best Picture award has begun: 4 hours and counting…
[10:50 pm] We finally get one wrong in the best way as Philip Seymour Hoffman accepts his award for [...]

In an effort to fit in with the other great bloggers in the blogosphere I have decided to go out on a limb and bring you live updates throughout the evening. So without further ado, away we go:
[9:01 pm Eastern Time] I got a late start due to internet troubles, but the Oscar Ceremonies did [...]

As we round out our Oscar week coverage we would like to offer up a little something special to all of the Film School Rejects readers out there… and those of you who are being forced to read our work against your will. So with that said we bring to you our picks for Oscar [...]

So much can be said about all of the nominees in each category recognized this year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, but none are more controversial or compelling as the films and directors nominated in the two biggest categories of the affair. The nominees for Best Picture and Best Director are [...]

One of this years Oscar gems, Good Night, and Good Luck brings the world the inside story into one of the most intriguing media controversies in American History. It is the story of broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow and his producer, Fred Friendly. In the early 1950’s senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin began his witch [...]

I have to say, this is the first year in a long time in which none of the nominees for leading actor have previously been nominated in this category. Only one man on this list has ever been nominated in any category. This list is filled with men who are typically used in a supporting [...]

Release Date: February 21, 2006
Based on a true story, North Country, focuses on sexual harassment in the workplace before there were laws protecting employees against misconduct. The film directed by Niki Caro (Whale Rider) unfortunately was released earlier in the year before the typical year-end Oscar release period and made just a quiet splash among [...]

Around here we dig movies, if you haven’t already noticed. The staff of Film School Rejects is very intentionally a very diverse staff with extremely contrasting taste in movies. Or at least that’s what we tell ourselves so that we can sleep at night. And in the spirit of Oscar week we have decided to [...]

The powerful biopic of the incomparable Johnny Cash, Walk the Line sheds light on the life of the famous country singer. The film depicts his early life, his rise to fame, and ultimately his fall from grace in a whirlwind of drug addiction, alcoholism and depression. Walk the Line also delivers the story of Johnny’s [...]

Freedomland, the latest cop mystery starring Samuel Jackson, Edie Falco and Julianne Moore, is a standard issue factory product which barely survives on decent production values and experienced acting. Though the pieces are in place for a riveting thriller with an exciting buildup, the possibility ultimately remains an unrealized tease in the hands of [...]

In response to every Clint Eastwood story of vigilante justice, Steven Spielberg humbly presents his latest film, Munich. The fictionalized account of the Israeli response to the infamous massacre of 12 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, the movie functions both as a thriller and as a study in psychology for [...]

The independent film Transamerica, which did well at film festivals across the country and honored with an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, is more than just a film focusing on hyped up subject matter and dealing with gender, but is also a journey film of self discovery while trying to fit in with society. [...]

The lives of several diverse Los Angeles citizens crash into one another, through unforeseen avenues. Their own perspectives, prejudices, and personal agendas conflict with the new realities that each must face.

The Story
This film is about people. America is filled with people of all classes and backgrounds. Los Angeles, in particular, is filled with demographics that [...]

For performances by an actress, supporting and leading, it seems to be the year of fresh faces and younger stars who have not been nominated previously by the Academy and are receiving acting credit and attention pretty much for the first time. Except for Oscar winners Judi Dench and Charlize Theron that is, who of [...]