The Art of the Pause – The King’s Speech As England prepares to face its entry into WWII, King George VI addresses his people. Oscar-nominated film, The King’s Speech, stars [...]
Movie Narrative Charts – xkcd Charts showing movie character interactions. The horizontal axis is time. the vertical grouping of the lines indicates which characters are together at a given time. [...]
The United States of Movies In honor of Independence Day, we’ve gone a little patriotic — you know, cinematically speaking. It wasn’t always easy (thanks, Utah!) and we didn’t always [...]
The United States of Movies In honor of Independence Day, we’ve gone a little patriotic — you know, cinematically speaking. It wasn’t always easy (thanks, Utah!) and we didn’t always [...]
Leading to an Oscar Win Some awards are better than others for predicting success at the Oscars. Examine the winners of Academy Awards from 1975 to present to see how [...]
A tangled web: Connecting the Oscar nominees This year’s Academy Award acting nominees cover the spectrum from been-around-forever veteran (Christopher Plummer) to never-acted-before newcomer (Gabourey Sidibe). Yet, you may be [...]
Goya Awards Nominations 2010, by category You can see the winners in this chart. Alternatively, check out the nominees for the 2010 Goya Awards for films . Click on the [...]
A Peek Into Netflix Queues Examine Netflix rental patterns, neighborhood by neighborhood, in a dozen cities. Some titles with distinct patterns are Mad Men, Obsessed and Last Chance Harvey. View [...]