Fritz and the Oscars

Performances in comedies have always been appallingly underrated at the Oscars. Maybe I should be more specific and say ‘Leading performanc...

Glenn Close received her fifth (and to this day, last) unsuccessful Oscar nomination for her performance as Marquise de Merteuil, a scheming...

1988 was Oscar’s salute to the 80s. Rain Man , The Accidental Tourist , Working Girl , The Accused – all movies that couldn’t be more 80s e...

The next year will be 1988 and the nominees were Glenn Close in  Dangerous Liaisons Jodie Foster in  The Accused Melanie Griffith in  Wo...

Here are the results of the poll: 1. Julie Christie - Away from Her (24 votes) 2. Marion Cotillard - La Môme (21 votes) 3. Laura Linn...

After having watched and reviewed all five nominated performances, it's time to pick the winner! 5. Janet Suzman in Nicholas and Alexa...

Constance Miller and Alma Brown – two women from different times, but both trapped in a traditional world of men. And both characters in mov...

The role of Alex Greville, a London company employee who is caught up in a complicated love triangle, was originally offered to Vanessa Redg...

Mary, the ill-fated Queen of Scots and Alexandra, the ill-fated Empress of Russia, have two distinctive things in common (besides their roya...

Janet Suzman surely got a royal treatment for her first appearance on the big screen – she played the part of Empress Alexandra, wife of Cza...