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Oscars 2013 Preferences and Predictions: Best Picture
Today is the Friday before the Oscars and the last day of my predictions posts. It’s Best Picture prediction time! Best Picture Amour Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Django Unchained Les Miserables Life of Pi Lincoln Silver Linings Playbook … Continue reading
Oscars 2013 Preferences and Predictions: Best Director
In today’s Oscar predictions post, I’m going to write about the Best Director category. This category has had a few surprises and is throwing everyone’s prognostications out of whack. Fun! Best Director Michael Haneke, Amour Ang Lee, Life of Pi … Continue reading
Oscars 2013 Predictions and Preferences: Best Actor and Best Actress
It’s Oscars predictions week, and today, I’m going to talk about the Best Actor and Best Actress nominees. This year, the lead acting categories are the inverse of the supporting acting categories. One winner is a lock, and the other … Continue reading
Oscars 2013 Preferences and Predictions: Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay
It’s Oscar prediction week, and today, I’m going to talk about the nominees for the two screenplay categories. The screenplay categories are weird. I’m invested in this category because I’m a writer (and have a screenplay in progress, WHUT), and … Continue reading
Oscars 2013 Preferences and Predictions: Best Supporting Actor/Actress
The Oscars are dumb. I love the Oscars. In the greater scheme of things, the Oscars are not very important, but oh, I love them so, and this week, I’m going to write about my preferences and predictions for the … Continue reading
Academy Awards Diversity Checklist
I have a piece up at Bitch Flicks about the diversity (and lack thereof) in the Academy Award nominations this year. To sum up: the selection is not that diverse, but in some cases, more diverse than in previous years. … Continue reading
“Zero Dark Thirty” and a Liberal Struggle
We progressives and liberals have a complicated relationship with the war on terror. We’re against the war(s), but we want to support the troops. We wanted bin Laden dead, but we didn’t like some of the methods the CIA used … Continue reading
What Does Jessica Chastain’s Beauty Have to Do With It?
David Clennon does not want you to vote for Zero Dark Thirty for any single Academy Award. Who is David Clennon, you might ask? An actor and activist who is a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts … Continue reading
What’s On Your Winter Holiday Watchlist?
The winter holiday season is upon us, and once today’s apocalypse is defeated (thanks, Buffy!), everyone is going to tuck in and start preparing for their winter holiday celebrations. (I say winter holiday because I have been taken hostage in … Continue reading
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It’s “Impossible” Not to See the White-Centric Point of View
So this is a trailer for the upcoming film, The Impossible, telling the story about the 2004 tsunami: There are a few title cards in the trailer that provide the necessary background for the story. The trailer helpfully tells you, … Continue reading