1990- And The Nominees Were...

Born On The Fourth Of July
Dead Poet's Society
Driving Miss Daisy
Field Of Dreams
My Left Foot

And the winner was: Driving Miss Daisy. Starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman and directed by Bruce Beresford. This film also won for Best Actress (Jessica Tandy), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Makeup. Driving Miss Daisy is about the twenty-five year complex relationship between a Southern white widowed grandmother and her simple black chauffeur.

1989- And The Nominees Were

Dangerous Liaisons
Mississippi Burning
Rain Man
The Accidental Tourist
Working Girl

 And the winner was: Rain Man. Starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise and directed by Barry Levinson. Rain Man also won for Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman), Best Director (Barry Levinson), and Best Original Screenplay. This film is about two brothers, one an adult autistic, the other an ambitious hotshot car salesman, and the relationship that gradually develops.

My Super Bowl Pick...

Patriots by 10 or more. Done.

1988- And The Nominees Were...

Broadcast News
Fatal Attraction
Hope And Glory
Moonstruck
The Last Emperor

   And the winner was: The Last Emperor. Starring John Lone and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. This film also won for Best Director (Bernardo Bertolucci), Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Film Editing, Best Art/Set Direction, Best Original Score, and Best Costume Design. The Last Emperor is about the life of Pu Yi, China's last Manchu dynasty emperor.

1987- And The Nominees Were...

A Room With A View
Children Of A Lesser God
Hannah And Her Sisters
Platoon
The Mission

   And the winner was: Platoon. Starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, and Charlie Sheen, and directed by Oliver Stone. This film also won for Best Director (Oliver Stone), Best Sound and Best Film Editing. Platoon is a gritty violent interpretation of what it was like for foot soldiers in Vietnam.

1986- And The Nominees Were...

Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Out Of Africa
Prizzi's Honor
The Color Purple
Witness

   And the winner was: Out Of Africa. Starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep, and directed by Sydney Pollack. Out Of Africa also won for Best Screenplay Adaptation, Best Cinematography, Best Art/Set Direction, Best Sound, Best Original Score, and Best Director (Sydney Pollack). This film is a romantic biopic based on Danish author Karen Blixen.

1985- And The Nominees Were...

Amadeus
A Passage To India
A Soldier's Story
Places In The Heart
The Killing Fields

   And the winner was: Amadeus. Starring F. Murray Abraham and directed by Milos Forman. This movie also won for Best Actor (F. Murray Abraham), Best Screenplay Adaptation, Best Art/Set Direction, Best Sound, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, and Best Director (Milos Forman). This musical biopic/epic focuses on the court rivalry between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the less-talented Antonio Salieri, both composers for Hapsburg Emperor Joseph II.