On Friday night, in Calgary, AB, I’ll be speaking about the Oscars, the movies Oscar overlooked, and taking the road less traveled to a life of rewarding, life-changing, “dangerous” moviegoing.
On Saturday night I’ll be flying home to Seattle.
On Sunday night… (more…)
Did you miss The Kindlings Muse last month? It was a lively conversation covering all ten of the Best Picture nominees.
I discussed the ups and downs of the nominees with Dick Staub, Greg Wright, and… (more…)
Tonight, every seat in my living room was full of movie fans.
We had good food, good drinks, and an amazing chocolate-raspberry pie.
But you know what we didn’t do?
The Oscar nominations announced this morning are so spectacularly ridiculous that I’m not going to bother covering any Oscar news this year.
Oh, never mind!
The Oscars have always been political, and have often overlooked great things. But this is beyond ridiculous.
So here’s my idea:
Join me in throwing a “BOYCOTT THE OSCARS” party, or host your own!
Round up your friends and join me in spirit, watching WALL-E.
Go even further if you like: Do a double feature of WALL-E and Shotgun Stories, or Rachel Getting Married.
That’s a plan for a much, much more rewarding time than watching the Academy celebrate something less deserving.
(And P.S., if they Academy was willing to nominate an animated film for Best Picture, why pick Benjamin Button over WALL-E?)
