I had what some might call an epiphany tonight. It was rather sudden, like most epiphanies are. Mine happened while I was sitting in our rather comfy orange chair in the living room watching ‘Wall-E’. I had my laptop open next to me and I was surfing the net while watching the flick. Iâ€...

I'm getting really excited to see Up! I finally watched Wall-E a few days ago and was struck yet again by how brilliant Pixar can be. They so rarely disappoint, knowing exactly how to paint a scene to render it most affecting. I'm expecting the dog with the talking collar in the new Up trailer above...

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...

This year is the first time the Oscars were presented live on Australian television. Was it because of Heath? Was it because of Hugh? I’ll get to that soon, firstly I am going to give my review of this years Oscars presentation on Australian television. First of all, let me say this. Karl Stef...

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...

There’s mixed news today for British artists appearing in America - neither of which I’m particularly bothered about. I’m not a big fan of U2, mainly due to Bono’s do-gooding ways. And Peter Gabriel, well he’s just annoying. U2 have announced they will perform on The La...

Over the years Hollywood has given its audience lots to think about in regards to the future of humanity.  As participants of the human race (and I assume you all are) it is up to us to decide which future prediction will be the most accurate. Your choices are as follows. Blade Runner One of the mo...

Over the years Hollywood has given its audience lots to think about in regards to the future of humanity.  As participants of the human race (and I assume you all are) it is up to us to decide which future prediction will be the most accurate. Your choices are as follows. Blade Runner One of the mo...

Over the years Hollywood has given its audience lots to think about in regards to the future of humanity.  As participants of the human race (and I assume you all are) it is up to us to decide which future prediction will be the most accurate. Your choices are as follows. Blade Runner One of the mo...

What does the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have against music? First they only nominated three songs instead of five in the Best Original Song category -- omitting such obviously worthy choices as Bruce Springsteen's title number from The Wrestler -- and now they're drastically reduci...