Tag Archives: Academy Awards

Oscarama Stats: Same Actor, Same Role

It’s awards season again, and this past week brought out the nominations for the 2015 Academy Awards. As always, there’s a lot that people are discussing, from the racial makeup of the nominees to the fact that the third sequel … Continue reading

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Oscarama Stats: Ratings

For today, another simple look at the statistics of the Oscars. This time around, I’m looking at the MPAA ratings assigned to the movies — just to see what sort of films get nominated for Best Picture, in terms of … Continue reading

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Oscarama Stats: Release Month

I remember back when 2008’s Oscar nominees were announced, and I was a regular visitor to a few different comic book forums. There was, of course, a lot of discussion on whether or not The Dark Knight should have been … Continue reading

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Re-Ranking the Oscars: 1994 Best Picture

One of the nice things about awards ceremonies is that they foster discussion based on how people perceive them. Some people couldn’t care less. Some people place great importance on them. Some view it as a guide on what films … Continue reading

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Oscarama Stats: Questions of Content

Scattered throughout Oscarama I’ll be posting a few interesting statistics on the Academy Awards’ Best Picture category. (Well, I find them interesting anyway.) We often find ourselves making comments to the effect that “movies of type X never get nominated”, … Continue reading

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86th Academy Award Animated Feature Submissions

The Academy has released the list of submissions for Best Animated Feature. There are a total of 19 films that are eligible for nomination — at least, potentially. Some of these films have not yet had their Los Angeles qualifying … Continue reading

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News Bites: Millar and Mxyzptlk

Good morning, folks. Halloween Haunters continues apace here at Morgan on Media, and a little later this morning I’ll have a review up of the very first Stephen King film adaptation. But first — it’s Friday morning, time for the … Continue reading

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Re-Ranking the Oscars: 2008 Best Animated Feature

For my second outing at ranking the Oscars, we’re sticking with Best Animated Feature still (as Best Picture is sometimes hard to track down…) but we’re jumping ahead a few years to 2008. Like 2003, there were only three films … Continue reading

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News Bites: Sharknado vs. Batman

Good morning ladies and gentlemen, it’s time once again for the weekly News Bites. And this week it really does just seem to be a few bites. As opposed to the veritable smorgasbords of news we’ve had in the last … Continue reading

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News Bites: Sherlock and Scarface

Good morning, it’s time for this week’s News Bites. Things don’t seem to be slowing down in Hollywood, as we have another week with around twenty solid news items — and only one bit of speculation (and even that comes … Continue reading

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