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Mank
Maybe I need to watch it again. After all, it has ten Oscar nominations. When Mahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manknk first came out on Netflix just before Christmas I watched it with my wife. I didn’t think the movie was worthy of a review here. However, given the accolades it is now receiving, I thought perhaps I should give […]
And The Oscar Goes To…
They hand out the Oscars on Sunday. For the 50th straight year or so I will forego the pleasure of watching the telecast. I didn’t bother watching most of the movies either. However I did recently see Toni Erdmann, which has been nominated for Best Foreign Film. It’s the only nominee in that category that […]
Random Thoughts For Saturday
You would think that after spending $425 million on renovations, the elevators wouldn’t break down daily. I suppose the out-of-order urinals the day the building opened (that still haven’t been fixed) were a warning sign. Why does my phone plan give me international roaming everywhere I go in Europe, except for Germany? Guess which […]
Spotlight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg5zSVxx9JM Imagine my surprise to wake up Monday morning and discover that Spotlight had won the Academy Award for best picture. All the pundits had indicated that The Revenant was the overwhelming favourite. I haven’t seen the film. I’m conducting a mini-boycott; I’ll wait for it to show up on Netflix rather than pay to […]
Oscar Time
I know it is the 29th of February. I am missing out on the opportunity to dazzle you with some witty leap-day oriented post. Please forgive me. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annual awards, the Oscars, were handed out last night. It was a big deal, television pre-shows, the red carpet, millions […]
The Martian
When the Oscar nominees were announced last week I noted that I had not seen any of the films in the Best Picture category (or most other nominated films for that matter). If I was ambitious, or had more time, I would make it my mission to see all the nominees before the awards are […]
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