Dateless for the Oscars? Feel free to drop by LiC this evening and blab about the show here live. You can lurk and just watch me make a fool of myself or you can chime in with your own comments.
The fun starts around 5 pm Pacific though I may launch a little early to [...]
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Historically, I’m not great at making Oscar predictions, but I can’t resist doing it. I don’t think there is anything out of the ordinary in my upper ballot predictions, though I know if it really turns out to be a Hurt Locker night as I’m expecting that it will probably also win screenplay.
Down ballot is [...]
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This press release announcing the arrival tomorrow of the Oscar nominated short films on cable for the first time just dropped into my inbox. Check out my thoughts on the animated and live-action shorts and then watch them in the comfort of your own home.
“THE OSCAR® NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2010″ ARRIVE ON CABLE
Academy’s picks of [...]
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Five foreign films have been nominated for Oscars, but only one can take home the statue. Which will it be? Read on…
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Overall I liked the animated shorts better than their live-action cousins (reviewed here). As far as Oscar predictions go however, my confidence level is about zero. With my top two picks I fear I’m bending Academy taste to fit my own. Nevertheless, here they are in the order I think they’re most likely to win [...]
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Here’s a look at this year’s crop of Oscar nominated live-action short films. Remember these will be playing in theaters (alongside the animated shorts in a separate program) beginning Friday, February 19th. They will also be available through iTunes and VOD. For more information about the films themselves and where you can see them, check [...]
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In which we put our money where our mouths are.
There are a few lulus in here that will kill me bright and early tomorrow morning (coughcoughBlindSidecough), but it wouldn’t be any fun at all if I toed the line of conservative conventional wisdom every year, would it?
Just for gits and shiggles, I’ve also made predictions [...]
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For better or for worse, here are the 15 documentaries that will vie for the Oscar next March.
I haven’t seen all of them, but I can tell you No Impact Man should’ve been included in favor of one of them. Here’s a hint: it rhymes with The Shmove.
I’m not terribly shocked to see Michael Moore’s [...]
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With the pending release of the Belgian animated A TOWN CALLED PANIC, will the Best Animated Feature category get bumped from three to five?
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Nikki Finke just posted a release from a press conference given this morning in Beverly Hills where Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis announced that next year’s Oscars would feature 10 nominees for best picture.
This was the practice up through the 1943 ceremony, but why are they returning to it? It [...]
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