Movies & Television

Movie & Television Awards

    The Academy Awards: Visit the official site of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for a complete listing of current and past winners and nominees.

    Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Annual awards designed to make " make "Boston's unique critical perspective heard on a national and international level by awarding commendations to the best of the year's films and filmmakers and local film theaters and film societies that offer outstanding film programming."

    British Academy of Film and Television Awards: The United Kingdom's equivalent of our Oscar and Emmy awards.

    Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: The Broadcast Film Critics Association is the largest film critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing 199 television, radio and online critics. The Critics' Choice Awards are bestowed annually to "to honor the finest in cinematic achievement."

    Cannes International Film Festival: One of the world's oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals and competitions, held annually, usually in May.

    Directors Guild of America Awards: Annual awards given by the Directors Guild of America to honor "outstanding directorial achievement in feature film, documentary, and television."

    Emmy Awards: Annual awards given by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

    Golden Globe Awards: Annual awards given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

    Independent Spirit Awards: Annual awards honoring outstanding independent films, presented by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers.

    Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: "The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) is a professional organization of Los Angeles-based, professional film critics working in the Los Angeles print and electronic media. Each December, LAFCA members vote on the year's Achievement Awards, honoring screen excellence on both sides of the camera"

    MTV Movie Awards: Film awards show presented annually on MTV (Music Television.)

    NAACP Image Awards: Annual awards "celebrating the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts as well as those individuals or groups who promote social justice."

    National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards: "For over 99 years, the National Board of Review, with no commercial ties to the motion-picture industry, has dedicated its efforts to the support of film, domestic and foreign, as both art and entertainment. Our nonprofit organization celebrates the distinctive voice of the individual artist, honoring excellence and supporting freedom of expression in film."

    National Society of Film Critics Awards: Prestigious awards given annually by this U.S. film critic organization.

    New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Annual awards, "often viewed as harbingers of the Oscar nominations, which are announced each February. The Circle's awards are also viewed -- perhaps more accurately -- as a principled alternative to the Oscars, honoring esthetic merit in a forum that is immune to commercial and political pressures."

  • Screen Actors Guild Awards: Annual awards given by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) to recognize outstanding film and television performances by its members.

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Movie & Television Reviews

  • Commonsense Media: Family movie reviews, family movies, family films, movie rental reviews, and reviews of TV shows, video games, music CDs, books, magazines and web sites.
  • Critics Rant: A opinionated "multi-author blog which reviews and rants about everything film and TV. From DVDs, to new theater releases to primetime TV shows that are released to DVD."

  • Film Critic.com: Hosts more than 7,500 movie reviews and feature stories contributed by 20-some critics located throughout the world. Provides reviews of movies in theaters and on DVD.

  • Internet Movie Database: One-stop source for comprehensive movie & television reviews and more.

  • Kids in Mind: Provides reviews and ratings of movies and DVDs in order to "provide parents and other adults with objective and complete information about a film's content so that they can decide, based on their own value system, whether they should watch a movie with or without their kids."

  • Media Screen.com: Provides a searchable database of DVD reviews, plus tips on building your own "essential DVD library."

  • Metacritic.com: Provides access to and summarizes "the vast amount of entertainment criticism available online," including critical information about film, video, music, games, books and television.

  • National Public Radio Movies: Listen to stories about topics related to movies, as well as movie reviews.

  • New York Times Movie Section: Movie reviews and related coverage from the New York Times.

  • Roger Ebert Reviews at the Chicago Sun Times: Read reviews and commentary about movies in theaters and on DVD, as well as find information about actors, directors, and the film industry.
  • Rotten Tomatoes: New movie reviews and previews; organizes and collects all of the reviews from a variety of sources (newspaper, online, magazines) and averages them into a single score.

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Movie Trailers

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