Like I mentioned a few weeks back, we seem to have found ourselves smack-dab in the middle of awards season again, with the Oscars coming up next weekend. And while most of the attention come Oscar season is on the feature films, I'm taking you on a trip through my favorite part of the show--the… Continue reading Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts of 2013
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The Value of a Good Genre Film
Well, folks, with the Golden Globes just past, the SAG awards just winding down, and the Oscars poking their glittery little noses around the corner, it's that time of the year again: pretentious movie appreciation season! Detecting a note of bitterness, are you? Yeah, you caught me. Don't get me wrong--I'm 100% movie nerd, right… Continue reading The Value of a Good Genre Film
Oscar Shorts 2012: Live Action
Hopefully you enjoyed my summaries of the Animated Oscar shorts, because there's more where that came from. Here're my thoughts on the live action shorts, which I thought were considerably better than last year's overall. 1. Pentecost This Irish film centers on a young boy obsessed with soccer, whose father pushes him to be an… Continue reading Oscar Shorts 2012: Live Action
Oscar Shorts 2012: Animated
There's a theater in the University District called the Varsity, and every year right before the Oscars they do showings of all of the nominated short films. Words cannot describe how brilliant this idea is. Ever since I found out about it (which, admittedly, was only last year), I've been going. It makes you feel… Continue reading Oscar Shorts 2012: Animated
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