Tag: Oscars

Finding Meaning in Predicting the Oscars (Incorrectly)

.Reading time 7 minutes.

Or, how Bong Joon-Ho made me believe again. Nothing renews faith, interest, and importance in the Academy Awards like having something truly and deeply unexpected occur. Something that makes you say, “…is that Eminem?” OK, so maybe that thesis needs to be amended. Let’s add “meaningful.”  Meaning is something the Oscars have a hard time […]

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Your Guide to the 89th Oscars: Best Actor

.Reading time 3 minutes.

  Folks, it’s that time of year again. The greatest and most sacred of annual events is upon us, the ultimate expression of ostentatious refinement. More hyperbole. THE OSCARS.  The Oscar nominations for 2016 films have been released, and there is a whole lot of good, a little bad, and La La Land, to no one’s […]

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Your Guide to the 89th Oscars: Best Picture

.Reading time 7 minutes.

Folks, it’s that time of year again. The greatest and most sacred of annual events is upon us, the ultimate expression of ostentatious refinement. More hyperbole. THE OSCARS.  This morning the Oscar nominations for 2016 films was released, and there is a whole lot of good, a little bad, and La La Land, to no one’s […]

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