Sunday, February 24, 2013
A number of movies filmed in whole or in part in Pittsburgh have been nominated through the years in various categories for the Academy Awards.
Tonight's a red carpet night—the time when people around the world wait to see which motion pictures and actors/directors win a coveted Oscar in the 85th Academy Awards. Through the years, a number of films shot on location (or at least in part) in Pittsburgh have received nominations from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in a variety of categories. The only ones to emerge as Oscar winners for "best picture" are "The Deer Hunter" and "Silence of the Lambs." Here's a quick glimpse at movies filmed in Pittsburgh that made it as Academy Award winners or nominees: (Editor's note: The list has been changed slightly due to new information but it does not affect the voting statistics.) Vote in our poll and tell us in the comments …
Friday, February 22, 2013
The theater at Settlers Ridge offers a special ticket for a day-long screening of four "Best Picture" nominees as well as a grouping of "Oscar Shorts". For a showing of just one Oscar contender, type your ZIP code into the Moviefone finder below.
Still haven't taken in all of those Oscar-nominated films you'd intended to see before the curtain rises for the big 85th Academy Awards show Sunday night? If you've got the better part of a day to spare before then, Cinemark Robinson has a deal for you. For one $30 ticket, movie-goers can spend Saturday afternoon and evening catching four of the contenders for best picture back to back. Starting at 1 p.m., ticket-holders for this Oscar Marathon can watch "Argo," "Silver Linings Playbook," Zero Dark Thirty" and "Django Unchained." The theater held a similar event last weekend in which it showed other contenders in the best picture category. Not enough time for that offering, but still hungry for some Oscar-nominated fare? Cinemark Robinson…
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Have you seen any of the movies up for Academy Awards? Check out our recap of the nominees and then tell us who you think should win.
It’s that time of year again, and by that we mean nominations have been made for Hollywood’s own Super Bowl—the Academy Awards. This year’s nominees, announced Thursday morning by funnyman Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone, include Lincoln, which had the most nominations at 12, and Les Miserables, which has nine nominations. Surprisingly, there was no best director nod for Ben Affleck for his critically acclaimed film Argo, which is nominated for seven awards, including Best Picture. The movie will compete alongside Amour, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook and Zero Dark Thirty in that category. Similar directing shutouts occurred for other highly-praised …
Friday, February 24, 2012
The Academy Awards are Sunday. What movie do you think should take home the big prize?
Brad, Angelina and George (as in Clooney) are some of the big-name stars set to walk the red carpet Sunday for the 84th annual Academy Awards. Although we won’t be there in person (maybe our Patch ticket got last in the mail?), we’ll be watching the actors—and silently judging their fashion choices—from the comfort of our own homes. Just because our readers aren’t the Hollywood insiders in charge of choosing this year’s winners (at least, we don’t think), that doesn’t mean your opinions don’t count. Of the films up for Best Picture, we want to know which ones you enjoyed the most. The nominated films are: The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War …
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2:20 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Tom Hulce had a Golden Globe nod for D&E, but no Academy Award nominations that I know of. That would explain it being not on this particular list. more ›