The temperature in hell must have fallen a few degrees considering I’m about to say that many “critics,” especially on the web, have to be more professional. This from a guy who counts tit shots in horror films, has a desktop background of a skeleton wearing a suit fist pumping the...

Oscars' king Jack Nicholson — winner of the most awards among male actors  — was conspicuously missing from his domain last Sunday. Usually, we can count on Jack Nicholson to liven up the cackle on the red carpet or make a notable appearance on stage (remember his startled reaction when he ...

Hollywood isn't known as a place for a 'conservative' frame of mind. I think Sean Penn reminded us of that quite nicely during his Oscar acceptance speech when he endearingly referred to the crowd of tinsel-town elite as "You Commie Homo-Loving Sons of Guns". But that doesn't mean our Red-state frie...

Apparently, there was an award show last night, and a ton of people watched it because most of America thought The Dark Knight was nominated for Best Picture. I blame the Film School Reject false information campaign, and the fact that most people in the United States had never, ever seen The Reader...

Song, Dance, and Commendation: Turning the 2009 Oscars into a Television Event When the Academy Awards brought on a set of new producers, there was the usual buzzwords: on time! Big surprises! Excitement! On time! Thrilling! And yet, we all doubted that it could live up to the expectation, especiall...

8:31PM. Gawd, Hugh Jackman looks good. 8:36PM. Enjoying Hugh Jackman's opening number. You can't say he's not giving it his all. 8:38PM. "I am Wolverine" -- awesome! 8:40PM.Oh, look, Angelina's wearing a black dress. Again. 8:41PM.Eleven minutes in, and we're on the fist time-suck montage of the eve...

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"The Dark Knight" may not be up for best picture tomorrow, but its backers can always dry their tears with a lot of cold, hard cash....

Whew. So that took even longer than usual. Which is saying a lot. I've been giving out some kind of virtual awards for my favorite movies since I was a wee kid... only they weren't public back when I was only seeing 12-15 movies a year and I thought Karate Kid and Splash ruled! I like to think of my...

Confession: I have been watching the Oscars for as long as I can remember but I have never, and I mean ever, managed to see all five best picture contenders before the ceremony. Embarrassing? Maybe. But this year I have made myself a promise. I'm going to see all five films before the winner is anno...