The film is based on the true story of a Navy SEAL sniper whose is credited with the most confirmed kills in U.S. military history.
Oscar Movies: Mondo Cane (1963): Best Song More
August 22, 2014 by
Italy This gross-out semi-documentary caused a stir and scandal when it was released in 1963, due to its unabashedly goal shock and outrage viewers with its low-brow, disconnected series of clips on savages and barbarians. Audiences were treated to men who pierce their skin or their noses and to women do not bother to cover […]
Oscar Movies: Monsieur Vincent (1948): Religious Biopic from France
August 22, 2014 by
In the entire history of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, only a few foreign‑language movies have been nominated for the Best Picture. Jean Renoir’s anti-war masterpiece, Grand Illusion competed for the 1937 top award, but that was before the creation of a distinct category for the Best Foreign-Language Picture. In Monsieur Vincent, […]
Oscar 2014: Best Picture Contenders–Men, Women and Children by Jason Reitman
August 22, 2014 by
Paramount has set Jason Reitman’s “Men, Women and Children” for an awards-season run and will open the drama-comedy October 1.
Oscar Roles: Trevor, Claire–Gangster Moll in John Huston’s Key Largo
August 21, 2014 by
One of the dramatically strongest scenes in Key Largo occurs when Rocco’s alcoholic former moll, ex-nightclub singer “Gaye Dawn,” played by Claire Trevor, is forced by Rocco to sing a song a capella before he will allow her to have a drink.
