I’ve been hearing a common thought here and there, and thought that I’d throw in my two cents. The common thought goes like this: “If TOY STORY 3 is up for Best Picture, it shouldn’t be elligible for Best Animated Film.” I disagree. Let’s start with looking at the placement of animated films in the…
Did you find yourself pining for hatter’s take on the Oscar nominations? It’s okay…I really didn’t either. But if you’re interested, here they are! And check it out – we managed to get things in under eighty minutes this time. Listening back to some of this, it’s amazing to think about how much can change…
It’s one of my favorite days of the year. Nominees in the top eight categories coming up. Nominees in all other categories after the jump just as fast as I can type… Best Picture: 127 HOURS BLACK SWAN THE FIGHTER INCEPTION THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT THE KING’S SPEECH THE SOCIAL NETWORK TOY STORY 3…
For Awards geeks like me, this week was the sound of the starter’s gun. We got the Independent Spirit Awards just the other day – which gives a glimmer as to which smaller films will make the leap to broader appeal. Today comes the awards from The National Board of Review. The NBR is an…
So today we get one of the first markers in the upcoming Oscar race with the announcement of the 2011 Independent Spirit Award nominees. These can sometimes be an indicator of things to come, giving a clue as to which smaller movies and performances will make the jump to the big dance (such was the…
For those of you who don’t know, I’m an Oscar junkie. Little provides me more interest in the winter months than thinking about who wil, who won’t…and examaining the tea leaves of awards gone by to get some sort of insight on to what will happen. All of this silliness will begin in earnest again…
Kinda funny – last week I gave my E-T feature a week off, primarily so I could let my run of Oscar posts play out in sequence (I went 4-for-8 in the top categories btw…damned screenwriters!). Well in a way it’s sort of a good thing that I gave the feature a rest, primarily because…
