What makes a good Best Picture winner? Is it longevity? Initial box office and critical acclaim? Is it how well the movie represents the era from which it originated? Or simply how well the combined efforts of everyone involved utilized the tools of cinema? Having watched (and rewatched) all of the Best Picture winners, starting […]
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10 Actors Who Won an Oscar and ‘Disappeared’
Let’s not kid ourselves, winning an Oscar is a life changing experience. As wonderfully portrayed in George Cukor’s A Star is Born, an individual actor can go from a virtual nobody to an overnight sensation within seconds. Yes, the Academy Awards seldom reflect actual quality, and yes the AMPAS (especially today) fail to represent the […]