Golden Moments:
Finally! The Right People Won.
The reason this year was so enjoyable was because for once, the right people won the major categories, with one exception. I’ll get to that in a bit. In the first award of the night, Christoph Waltz took home the supporting actor trophy and gave a speech that was very [...]
Sorry this is coming a little late kids. I was exhausted last night and couldn’t make it to my computer. I had waaaaay too many opinions about the Academy Awards show. Both immaculate and mystifying.
So let’s get this on a roll…
Steve + Alec= Gold
For the first time in years, we had hosts that could actually [...]
I’ve been a huge admirer of Jeff Bridges for years now. Very few actors in Hollywood have as diverse of a work history
as him. Bridges has never shied away from independent films, and also has never vied like crazy for commercial results. He has played a ship captain, a psychotic kidnapper, a gymnastics coach, a [...]
So the Academy Awards Nominations were announced today, and as per usual, comedies were ignored.
The biggest, although not surprising, slight is the absence of the comedies The Hangover, (500) Days of Summer, and It’s Complicated. This is why I have such trouble with the Oscars. As almost any actor will testify, comedy is much harder [...]