Your 2016 Oscar nominations

No best picture nomination for the commercially successful and critically acclaimed Star Wars: The Force Awakens, though it did receive a fair share of technical awards. Mad Max: Fury Road … Continue reading Your 2016 Oscar nominations

Who’s got short shorts? TIFF’s Oscar short-film showcase: Part II – Animation

The Oscars are coming up, airing Sunday, February 22nd for over 40 million people. Yesterday I looked at one of the hardest to follow Academy categories, the award for best live … Continue reading Who’s got short shorts? TIFF’s Oscar short-film showcase: Part II – Animation

Who’s got short shorts? TIFF’s Oscar short-film showcase: Part I – Live Action

Every year at the Academy Awards, there’s a lull, one even more numbing than the Oscar for special effects or the latest garish train-wreck of a dance number. It’s when … Continue reading Who’s got short shorts? TIFF’s Oscar short-film showcase: Part I – Live Action

American Sniper Takes Down The Competition – Biff Bam Pop’s Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up Report

Hey, when we’re wrong we’re wrong, and this weekend we were wrong big time. Of course, so was every other pundit. Here’s what went down at the box office: We … Continue reading American Sniper Takes Down The Competition – Biff Bam Pop’s Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up Report