Day two of returning to the realm of movie fandom that doesn’t centre on The Academy Awards. Kinda nice being back actually! Admittedly, I’m not the sort who’s all that interested in anything to do with Star Trek. All the same, I got a pretty good smile when I saw this teaser…
Suspicious Minds
Last week, I got so wrapped up in Academy Award prediction babble, that I neglected to mention a local happening. Here in Toronto, we had a pretty nasty six-alarm fire downtown. It took fire crews hours to get it under control, but by the time they did, a sizable chunk of the 100 year-old structure…
Such a Night
21 Thoughts on the 80th Academy Awards Has it ever happened that Americans got shut out of the four acting awards? Oh man – I could have sworn we were done with Jerry Seinfeld’s bee fetish. Easily my favorite moment: Glen & Marketa winning best song for “Falling Slowly” I’ll count myself lucky if I’m…
Golden Slumbers
And with that, The Oscars are over for another year. Here’s the winner’s list… Best Picture: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MENDirector: The Coen BrothersBest Actress: Marion CotillardBest Actor: Daniel Day-LewisBest Supporting Actress: Tilda SwintonBest Supporting Actor: Javier BardemBest Adapted Screenplay: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN Best Original Screenplay: JUNOBest Animated Feature: RATATOUILLEBest Animated Short: PETER…
Here I Go Again
For the record, here are my picks in each category for tonight’s Academy Awards… Best Picture: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MENDirector: The Coen BrothersBest Actress: Marion CotillardBest Actor: Daniel Day-LewisBest Supporting Actress: Tilda SwintonBest Supporting Actor: Javier BardemBest Adapted Screenplay: THE DIVING BELL & THE BUTTERFLYBest Original Screenplay: JUNOBest Animated Feature: PERSEPOLISBest Animated Short: I…
Pictures of You
So as the sun rises on this Sunday morning, we’ve finally reached the end of the yellow-brick road for another year. My predictions for picture and director after the jump… Best director should be something less than a nail biter. I must digress to mention that for all the unpredictability in what films would be…
Stacked Actors
There’s just one more sleep until Oscar Night, and I can’t help but wonder if all these categories are going to be as predictable as they seem to be shaping up, or if we have a surprise or two in store.My calls for the two lead actor categories after the jump. As the old saying…