Gone with the Wind is important in all the ways a film can be important: historically, financially, topically, critically.
Entries Tagged as ‘Winners Only’
March 9, 2009
Gandhi
Nominated in: 1983
Did it win? Yes
Worth watching? Yes
Standout performance: Sir Ben Kingsley as Gandhi
Watchfl’s favorite quote: “Whenever I despair, I remember that the way of truth and love has always won. There may be tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they may seem invincible, but in the end, they always fail. Think of it: [...]
October 7, 2008
In the Heat of the Night
Nominated in: 1967
Did it win? Yes
Worth watching? Yes
Standout performance: Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger are both excellent as Detective Virgil Tibbs and Police Chief Bill Gillespie, respectively
Watchfl’s favorite quote: “They call me Mister Tibbs!” – Sidney Poitier
There have been many outstanding movies about race relations and civil rights in the United States. My favorites are [...]
September 16, 2008
The Apartment (Did the 60s suck for movies?)
Nominated in:1961
Did it win? Yes
Worth watching? No
Standout performance: Shirley MacLaine as Fran Kubelik
Watchfl’s favorite quote: “When you’re in love with a married man, you shouldn’t wear mascara” – Shirley MacLaine
The Apartment is a lame movie that fits the stereotypes I maintain about 1960s romantic comedies. The decade in general was an awkward adolescence for [...]
July 31, 2008
The Best Years of Our Lives
Nominated in: 1947
Did it win? Yes
Worth watching: Definitely
Standout performance: Tough to say, but I’ll go with Harold Russell as Homer Parrish
Watchfl’s favorite quote: “I’ve seen nothing. I should have stayed home and found out what was really going on” – Fredric March
The movie that beat out It’s a Wonderful Life for best picture must [...]
July 14, 2008
Out of Africa (But when?)
Nominated in: 1986
Did it win? Yes
Worth watching: No
Standout performance: Meryl Streep as Karen Blixen
Watchfl’s favorite quote: “God, take back his soul with its freedom in tact. He was not ours – he was not mine” – Meryl Streep
1985 was a superb year for movies, I’ve learned. Out of Africa won Best Picture that year, but [...]
June 9, 2008
All About Eve (I love a psychotic)
Nominated in: 1951
Did it win? Yes. “Eve” won 6 Oscars total and was nominated for 14, the most for any film up to that point
Worth watching: Yes
Standout performance: Bette Davis as Margo Channing
Watchfl’s favorite quote: “I love a psychotic” – Bette Davis
Haven’t we all made friends who, as we got to know them better, turned [...]
May 15, 2008
It Happened One Night (Romantic comedy tirade)
Nominated in: 1935
Did it win? Yes
Worth watching: Definitely
Standout performance: Clark Gable as Peter Warne
Watchfl’s favorite quote: “He despises everything about me. He says that I’m spoiled and selfish and pampered and thoroughly insincere. He doesn’t think so much of you, either. He blames you for everything that’s wrong with me. He says you [...]
