It’s nothing new to say that the Emmys as a show generally sucked, and although this year actually had a few great moments, overall, there was a lot to be wanting both in the show itself and several of the award choices. After three hours and 15 minutes of that crap (OK, I watched itContinue reading “EMMY QUICK BITES: MULTIPLE THOUGHTS IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH”
Category Archives: Awards Shows
YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME
This is a major something … Fox and The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences apparently are totally devoid of the ability to find an interesting host so they’ve settled on … wait for it … a little longer … no, it’s just too good … here we go: “Seacrest OUT!” That’s right: in whatContinue reading “YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME”
EMMY PROVES IT TOO IS AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY
The Emmy Nominations were announced this morning to much fanfare and … nah, I can’t keep a straight face with that. I slept right through ’em. And thank goodness I did, because once again, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences proved that much of the time it pays very little attention to the artContinue reading “EMMY PROVES IT TOO IS AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY”
MORE TOMORROW (ER TODAY!) BUT FOR NOW, AT LEAST I CAN SLEEP NOT ANGRY
Thank god. Or Thank Oscar! Or whatever. But congratulations Martin Scorsese. It was great to see you not just finally win what you have so long deserved, but to receive your award from your compatriots. Congratulations The Departed. Congratulations Pan’s Labyrinth for at least some of the recognition you deserved. Congratulations Babel for still beingContinue reading “MORE TOMORROW (ER TODAY!) BUT FOR NOW, AT LEAST I CAN SLEEP NOT ANGRY”
JESUS CAMP AND TRIBECA SHARE AN OSCAR FIRST
About a month ago I think I mentioned that I’ve been helping out a bit on the Tribeca web site. If you didn’t know, the Tribeca site has continuously changing content, highlighted by a now-weekly email newsletter. For the past couple months, I’ve been writing said newsletter and the associated website copy, a job IContinue reading “JESUS CAMP AND TRIBECA SHARE AN OSCAR FIRST”
2006 IN REVIEW PART III: THE REAL WORST
(Ahhh … a lost classic … an unfinished post … but it contains my Bottom 10 of 2006, so for posterity’s sake …) Unlike Oscar, this year I HAVEN’T seen most of the films that received the dubious dishonor of one (or several) Razzie Nominations. Even so, I’m a Razzie voter, and I know inContinue reading “2006 IN REVIEW PART III: THE REAL WORST”
MORE OSCAR REACTIONS
(What happens when my brain just tosses out random thoughts and comments before I sit and compile them into some sort of first-person dialogue that I pretend to be average writing? Why, that would be the following, incomplete random nomination … whatevers.) Pan’s Labyrinth: SIX nominations. That’s huge for a foreign film, and with thatContinue reading “MORE OSCAR REACTIONS”
OSCAR OUTRAGE? NOT SO MUCH, BUT MAYBE I’VE JUST BECOME SUPER-CYNICAL
The film industry takes a brief break from Sundance obsession to reflect once more, and for the final time, on the previous year. That’s right … awards season officially entered its third trimester this morning with the Academy Award nominations, and now all we can do is sit and wait what comes out when theContinue reading “OSCAR OUTRAGE? NOT SO MUCH, BUT MAYBE I’VE JUST BECOME SUPER-CYNICAL”
GOLDEN GLOBES POST-MORTEM: DOES HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
No no no no no no no no no no no no! I hope that this actually gets Babel out of Hollywood’s system, but I fear the opposite. Crash didn’t even receive a Golden Globe Best Picture nomination last year before going on to win the Oscar and officially become the most overrated film ofContinue reading “GOLDEN GLOBES POST-MORTEM: DOES HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?”
THE GOLDEN GLOBES PREVIEW: IF I PICKED THE WINNERS … SORT OF
The awards have been flying around furiously, and even though the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is probably the least reputable group of all the critics who actually bestow honors upon the worlds of film and television, for some reason (read: a really large budget that allows for a really glitzy show), their Golden Globe AwardsContinue reading “THE GOLDEN GLOBES PREVIEW: IF I PICKED THE WINNERS … SORT OF”
Out of Focus 