Buyers Dallas Club became the first film since Clint Eastwood’s Mystic River in 2003 to win both male acting awards: Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.

Adam McKay’s The Big Short offers a satirical at the US economic crisis of 2007-2008, just before and when President Barrack Obama took office. Oscar Nominations: 5 Best Picture Best Director Adapted Screenplay Supporting Actor: Christian Bale Film Editing   Oscar Awards: 1 Adapted Screenplay Literary Source:  The script was co-written by Adam McKay and […]

Meryl Streep has acknowledged that the Oscar Awards can be an extremely valuable marketing tool for movies that are otherwise tough sells. She cites The Iron Lady’s phenomenal box-office success, which grossed $150 million worldwide, as an example.

“Thanks to the Academy for letting ‘Rocky,’ a million-to-one underdog, go the distance.”