Oscar Predictions!

The website Vouchercodes.co.uk is having a competition for film bloggers/critics surrounding the Oscars, and was kind enough to invite me to participate.  I love the Oscars.  And love guessing (correctly) who will win even more.  The competition rules are simple: choose the number of categories you’d like to guess (there’s no penalty for categories not considered), one point for a correct guess, minus one point for a wrong guess. I... Read More

Post-Oscar Come Down

There are six or seven large theaters within a 20 miles radius of me. More than 100 screens within a 25 minute drive. But click on the picture to the left to see what I’d find if I were to go to any of these theaters. Crap. It’s all crap. Sure, there are few theaters still playing Slumdog Millionaire, but I saw that in November, then again in January.  There’s Gran Torino, but that movie was vastly overrated, not worth a second... Read More

Oscar Predictions

I don’t pretend to understand the Academy, or to be able to predict their decisions. But like all the other bloggers out there, I feel compelled to force you to read my own Oscar predictions.  I mostly just let my emotions get involved when I jump behind a flick for the Oscars, and my emotions blind me.  At last year’s Oscar party, I was beat by Cindy who had seen maybe two of the nominated films (and one of the two was Transformers…). ... Read More

Top Oscar Picks

This is last second, but I thought I’d post my picks for tonight’s Oscar ceremony before I went off to the Oscar party. So, here they are: Best Picture: No Country For Old Men Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood) Best Actress: Julie Christie (Away From Her) Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bordem (No Country For Old Men) Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett (I’m Not There) Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody (Juno) Best... Read More