Archive for Oscars

Raging Bull v Million Dollar Baby

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , , , , , , , on February 1, 2011 by rossvross

Fancy an Oscar nom? Make a boxing film. Rocky, When We Were Kings, The Hurricane, Cinderella Man; Hollywood loves a good punch-up. With the release of Oscar shoo-in The Fighter this week, the Rosses accompany two heavyweights to the ring. Click HERE or on the pic above to choose your corner. MAKE SURE TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE IN THE BOX BELOW THE BATTLE! Ding Ding! Read more »

Top Five… Worst Films To Be Nominated For The Best Picture Oscar

Posted in TOP FIVES with tags , , , , , on March 4, 2010 by Ross McG

Movie-goers often moan about the terrible films that won the Best Picture Oscar. But what about the even more terrible films that were a whisker away from doing it? Here they are… Read more »

Great Oscar Scenes: Kramer vs Kramer

Posted in GREAT SCENES with tags , , , , on March 4, 2010 by Justin Michaels

Dustin Hoffman shouts at a kid and gets an Oscar. If you or I did that the only thing we would get is a call from child services. Read more »

Top Five… Jack Nicholson Oscar-nominated performances

Posted in TOP FIVES with tags , , , on March 4, 2010 by Ross McD


Jack is the daddy of the Oscars. No man has been nominated more than him. He’s been nominated 12 times, has won three, has been criminally overlooked a few times (The Shining, Batman, The Departed) and believe it or not has even appeared in some crap (Anger Management). It was a tough job picking his five best, but someone’s gotta do it… Read more »

Top Five… Moments The Oscars Got It Right

Posted in TOP FIVES with tags , , , , , on March 3, 2010 by Justin Michaels

Poor old Oscar. Sometimes we’re so busy lambasting him for messing things up we forget that, from time to time, he got things absolutely spot on. Here are those moments. Read more »

Top Five… Moments The Oscars Got It Wrong

Posted in TOP FIVES with tags , , , on March 3, 2010 by Ross McG

And the Oscar goes to… the totally wrong person! The Oscars are a bit like our parents – the reason we love ‘em is because we very rarely agree with ‘em. Here are the instances when the Academy voters really messed things up. Read more »

Capote v Crash v Good Night, and Good Luck v Munich v Brokeback Mountain

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , , , , , on March 2, 2010 by rossvross

It is the most controversial Best Picture race of all time. And now Ross v Ross is going to sort it out once and for all. With a little help from the folks at Encore Entertainment, Movie Mobsters and Cinema Scream, in our first ever five-way face-off. Click HERE or the picture above to read this exclusive battle at Metro Film Fight Club. This one is gonna get ugly… Read more »

Great Oscar Scenes: Slumdog Millionaire

Posted in GREAT SCENES with tags , , , , on March 2, 2010 by Justin Michaels

In the run-up to the Oscars we are going to look at some super scenes from Academy Award-winning movies. Let’s start at the finish, with this great train sequence from last year’s Best Picture. Read more »

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