The most recent Academy Award winner for Best Picture is now streaming on Netflix Instant Watch. The Artist is a delight and a must watch for any serious movie-lover. I mean, it currently holds a 98% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. C’mon, already. Your primer is below: This modern-day silent film artfully recounts the poignant end of the silent-movie era
Michel Hazanavicius won the Best Director Oscar this year at 84th Annual Academy Awards for his work on The Artist. The Artist is not streaming online with Netflix Instant Watch yet, but one of his other movies is available. You can check out OSS 117: Lost in Rio, which also stars Oscar winner Jean Dujardin in the lead role. Hazanavicius
There is a reason that Billy Crystal has hosted this damn thing nine times. He is pretty fuckin’ good at it. Bravo sir. You managed to be classy and sassy at the same time. Crystal was a delight. His canned montages and other video bits were fine, but he really shined in, what seemed like, off-the-cuff moments in between presentations. As
Not long ago I finished watching the nine nominees for Best Picture at this year’s 84th Annual Academy Awards. On the whole, I feel like all of the movies are pretty even. I don’t really have a favorite of the bunch, nor was I particular’y wowed by the group. That is not to say that these nine movies are bad.
Out of the 83 movies that have won an Academy Awards for Best Picture, nine are streaming online with Netflix Instant Watch. This is kind of a disappointment. You would expect more, but apparently not. The nine past winners that are on Netflix, along with those that are not streaming, are listed below. 2010 – “The King’s Speech” 2009 –
CONSENSUS: “In retrospect, this movie is not as good as the hype. Sure, it is iconic, and yes, it did win an Oscar for Best Picture, but overall this movie is limited. Still, Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman are outstanding as the leads. It is worth watching for them alone.”
Rooney Mara has been nominated for an Academy Award this year for her performance in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. This Americanization of the Swedish film of the same name is not yet streaming on Netflix (the Swedish version is, though), but two of Mara’s other movies are available. You can watch Mara in The Winning Season and Dare. Mara
Viola Davis has been nominated for an Academy Award this year for her role in The Help. That movie is not streaming yet, but several of her movies are available. You can watch Davis in Trust, The Architect and Far from Heaven. Davis is up against Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs), Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), Meryl Street
Demián Bichir has been nominated for an Academy Award this year for his performance in A Better Life. While this movie is not yet streaming on Netflix, two of Bichir’s previous movies are on Instant Watch. You can see Birchir in the two-part epic Che and Don’t Tempt Me. Bichir will be up against George Clooney (The Descendants), Jean Dujardin (The Artist), Brad
George Clooney has been nominated for an Academy Award this year for his acting performance in The Descendants. While this Oscar contender is not yet streaming, many of Clooney’s previous performances are on Netflix Instant Watch. You can watch Clooney in Syriana, The Men Who Stare at Goats, The Thin Red Line, The Peacemaker, From Dusk Till Dawn, Return of
French actor Jean Dujardin has been nominated for an Academy Award this year for his performance in The Artist. The movie has already won tons of awards and will certainly be a contender for Best Picture. You can check out some of Dujardin’s previous work on Netflix Instant Watch. His performances in OSS 117: Lost in Rio and OSS 117:
Brad Pitt has been nominated for an Oscar this year for his performance in the movie Moneyball. You can check out his previous movie work on Netflix Instant. You can watch Pitt in Babel, Interview with the Vampire, Cool World, Johnny Suede, Too Young to Die? and A Stoning in Fulham County. Pitt will be up against Demian Bichir (A Better
Gary Oldman has been nominated for a best actor Oscar this year for his performance in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. You can check out several of his previous films on Netflix Instant Watch. You can watch Oldman, who is perhaps best known for his roles in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy or his deranged role in The Professional, in five streaming movies. They are A Christmas
