Starman- John Carpenter’s 1984 Film And His Only Academy Award Nod – To Be Remade
John Carpenter’s 1984 sci-fi flick “Starman” is the latest one of his films slated to get a modern reboot, this time to be directed by Night at the Museum’s Shawn Levy and produced by none-other-than Michael Douglas. Though Levy is new to the film and therefore will bring a fresh perspective to the reboot, Douglas helped produce the 1984 version and will likely be there to try and not disappoint Carpenter...
Sylvester Stallone Loses Out on Second Opportunity to Win Oscar for Rocky Series
The Rocky movie series has made actor Sylvester Stallone a legend of sorts, but unfortunately the Academy has yet to make him an Oscar winner for it. Nominated for his role as Rocky 39 years ago, Stallone was up for a nomination for his role as the same character in this year’s sequel, Creed, but lost the best supporting actor Oscar to Mark Rylance of Bridge of Spies. While the biggest news of the night was arguably Leonardo...
Remembering the Most Memorable Oscar Acceptance Speeches of the 80s
You like me, you really like me! In honor of the upcoming 88th Academy Awards (and in building anticipation of how awesome- or not- Leonardo Dicpario’s acceptance speech will be)- we’ve compiled a list of the most memorable Oscar acceptance speeches from every years of the 80s. Some of these actors have become more famous for their speeches, in fact, than the work they won for! Check out below to see what we’re talking about. 1980:...
Disney Remakes ‘Adventures in Babysitting’ For 2016
If you were a fan of Disney original movies in the 80’s you may have enjoyed 1987’s Adventures in Babysitting. Well, the film is now being transformed with a 2016 overhaul featuring fresh faces and of course, a similar plot. The original film starred Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton and Keith Coogan and focused on a pretty troublesome adventure that one babysitter finds herself in when she is tasked with rescuing a stranded...
Oscar Time!
By Julie Anderson Yeah, baby! I love the Oscars. Love the winners’ speeches, both the emotional, bumbling, awkward ones and the knew-it-was-coming smooth and vain ones. Love to see all the Hollywood glitterati all seated together like they’re visiting royalty from the Land of Sequins and Cosmetic Surgery. And LOVE to see those gorgeous, artsy dresses float by on the red carpet. The 83rd annual Academy Awards will take place on Sunday,...
1980s Academy Award Winning Movies
And the Oscar goes to . . . Best Picture 1980 – Ordinary People 1981 – Chariots of Fire 1982 – Gandhi 1983 – Terms of Endearment 1984 – Amadeus 1985 – Out of Africa 1986 – Platoon 1987 – The Last Emperor 1988 – Rain Man 1989 – Driving Miss Daisy Best Actor 1980 – Robert De Niro, Raging Bull 1981 – Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond 1982 – Ben Kingsley, Gandhi 1983...
