Friday, February 24, 2017

Bizarro Oscars: 89th Academy Awards – Dream Ballot

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I have seen 120 of the 336 films the Academy deems eligible for the big prize this year. That’s about a 4% increase on last year, despite...
Monday, October 31, 2016

31 Days of Horror (Octuber 2016)

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Friday 30-Sep-16 at dusk      Maniac Cop 2 (1990)      Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993)       So You Want to Be an Heir (1953)     ...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Stan Laurel: Extended Mileage

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Stan Laurel in The Pest (1922) Stan Laurel in Kill or Cure (1923) Laurel & Hardy in Below Zero (1930)
Saturday, February 27, 2016

Every Oscar Best Picture Ranked (Part 3 of 3)

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Now that all the technical awards have been handed out at earlier ceremonies, we’ve reached the crescendo of this pomp and circumstance.  T...
Friday, February 26, 2016

Every Oscar Best Picture Ranked (Part 2 of 3)

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In the first installment of Every Oscar Best Picture Ranked, we learned that I have little patience for prestige pictures marked by under-...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

Every Oscar Best Picture Ranked (Part 1 of 3)

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A friend was shocked to learn, about ten years ago, that I hadn’t seen all of the Academy’s Best Picture winners.  Like the IMDb 250, i...
Friday, January 29, 2016

Bizarro Oscars: 88th Academy Awards – Dream Ballot

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Bizarro Oscar ™ I have seen 97 of the 305 films the Academy deems eligible for the big prize this year. It would have been 98, but I ac...