Oscar Snubs: Who got dissed at Oscar 2009?
My annual “shoulda been a contender” list is up at MSN now. Best Picture Academy voters have proven quite open-minded about hobbits and elves, serial killers, gangsters and all manner of eccentrics...
View ArticleObligatory Oscar Comments – Kate Winslet, Sean Penn, Jerry Lewis
The Academy gave us Hugh Jackman, both a song and dance man and a costumed superhero, to host the 2009 Oscar ceremony and it was still the dullest on record. The big musical number was actually tackled...
View ArticleComedy actors laugh last when Oscar rewards dramatic turns
Matthew McConaughey “Dying is easy, comedy is hard,” goes the old show biz cliché. Unless you’re looking for an Oscar, of course. That’s when comedians face death, disease, and hardship, without...
View ArticleGet your Oscar flick fix without leaving the house
By the time the Oscars air on March 2, most moviegoers will not have been able to get to theaters to see all the nominees. But thanks to the era of DVD, Blu-ray, streaming video and movies on demand,...
View ArticleCan DiCaprio beat McConaughey? Fearless Oscar predictions give awards an edge
This year’s Academy Awards, which air Sunday, is a real contest in most categories. Sure, Frozen has a lock on best animated feature and best song (just ask all those parents of young kids who still...
View ArticleVideophiled: ‘12 Years a Slave’ from Oscar to Disc
12 Years a Slave (Fox, Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD), coming hot off an Oscar win for Best Picture as well as Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong’o, whose acceptance speech was a work of art) and Best...
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