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Oy, a whole week between posts. I’m sorry. The fact is, I’ve been so busy for the past month, that I simply haven’t had the time to write the usual drivel that often occupies this space. Even worse, I’ve had absolutely no time to read all the other great writers I like to spend timeContinue reading “WHERE IN THE WORLD IS AARON OUT OF FOCUS (A/K/A THE STORY OF ME)”

OK, look, I’m never going to criticize anybody for going to the movies, even bad ones, but if people are willing to spend $30-Million on tickets to The Pacifier, they have way too much free time on their hands. First of all, we’ve seen this movie before. It was called Suburban Commando. Talk about recycling.Continue reading “GIVE A LITTLE BIT”

So I’ve been missing for a couple days, for reasons due to this big life/career/job change thing I’ve been alluding to for a few months. Hopefully, at some point in the next week or two I can find time to actually talk about it, but right now I’m working 12-15 hour days (20 hours onContinue reading “WHEN THEATER AND FILM BECOME ONE”

Tonight from 9-11 PM, television brings us all a perfect example of out-with-the-old, in-with-the-new. One of the most important series in TV history will go off the air after a one hour retrospective at 9 followed by its series finale at 10, while on a competing network, the best show of its genre starts itsContinue reading “FAREWELL BLUE, HELLO TAR: THE MOST IMPORTANT NIGHT OF TV THIS YEAR … OR AT LEAST THIS WEEK”

I intended to write a bigger recap of both the IFP Spirit Awards and the Razzies, but then I realized, you don’t care, do you? Why should you. The Spirits were a bit too safe and predictable this year, and the Razzies deserve a Razzie of their own. Still, I’ve got these notes, and they’llContinue reading “LACKLUSTER SPIRIT AND A RASPBERRY FOR THE RAZZIES”

I don’t have much time today, but I wanted to just post a few thoughts on each of the awards that I previewed just before they occurred over the weekend. If I have time later today, I’ll come back to the Sideways-dominated Spirit Awards, and the Razzies which, in my book, deserve a Razzie themselves.Continue reading “WHEW! THANK GOD THAT’S OVER — OSCAR ROUNDUP 2005”

Yesterday I previewed the Razzies and the Independent Spirit Awards, detailing how I voted for each. The Sideways sweep at the Spirits wasn’t exactly a surprise, although it does go to the very problem I mentioned at the top of that post, namely that there now always seems to be a big indie film —Continue reading “LET THE COUNTDOWN TO THE LETDOWN BEGIN: HELLO OSCAR”

As I mentioned yesterday, the cinetrix has been doing a bang-up job previewing the IFP Spirit Awards over at Bravo’s web site. But she’s being all impartial, and I feel no compulsion to do the same. As I also mentioned yesterday, this year I actually managed to see every film that received a Spirit AwardContinue reading “I’VE GOT SPIRIT, HOW ‘BOUT YOU?”

Last month when the Razzie nominations were announced, I listed my worst six films of 2004. Since that time, I’ve had the … uhm … the … something, not sure what, to watch several more films, mostly Razzie nominees which qualify for this list. But as I always find to be the case with theContinue reading “IT’S THAT SOUND YOU MAKE WHEN YOU STICK YOUR TONGUE BETWEEN YOUR LIPS AND BLOW”

Tomorrow will be the one year anniversary of Out of Focus. Somehow over the past 12 months, I have actually managed to consistently write and post something to this space, and believe me, nobody is more surprised than I. I started. It all started with this post on Feb. 26 last year, and then kickedContinue reading “MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANY: HAPPY BLOG-BIRTHDAY EDITION”