Well the awards ceremony is over and the hangovers have begun. For all of us critics it is the time to pick ourselves up, laud our forethought in picking the winners and bemoan how irrational people are in not picking our losers. I will be no exception. I think that most of my picks were [Read More …]

o here are my comments on the nominees and the eventual winners of the 78th Academy Awards. I didn’t do that well this year even in the major categories though I will point out that the odds makers had Brokeback Mountain a favorite to win best picture as well. There is an accompanying editorial on [Read More …]

You know, this rant seemed fresh and interesting when I began writing it. But there has developed a serious case of Crash-Bash since I began this and it is a phenomenon almost as interesting as the bashing itself. I know it seems a little after the fact, but it was rather relevant when I started [Read More …]

Golden Globes 2007
Well the results are in and they show once again that predicting awards shows is an inexact science. I did a lot better on the film awards and a lot worse on the television side than I thought I would. Now how much of this is really a predictor for the Oscars is [Read More …]

As we are talking about predictions I will start with my biggest prediction. Even with Ellen DeGeneres hosting this will be one of the lowest rated Oscar broadcasts ever. Not that the Oscars haven’t been in a downward spiral anyway with the fragmentation of television markets, but this year many of the races are nearly [Read More …]