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Below are my picks for this year’s Oscars. But, as usual, I feel obliged to preface them by stating my abiding lament, which I first stated over a decade ago in “My Review of the 2008 Oscars,” February 25, 2008. ________ With all due respect to critics and members of the Academy of Motion Picture… Read more.
As usual, I feel obliged to begin with my annual lament, which I first presented over a decade ago in “My Review of the 2008 Oscars,” February 25, 2008: ____________________ With all due respect to critics and members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Academy), how much a film makes, not… Read more.
I appreciate all the attention The Academy Awards give to good but relatively unseen films like The Tree of Life. Unfortunately, with all due respect to critics and members of the Academy (of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), how much a film makes, not whether the Academy awards it an Oscar, is the generally recognized… Read more.
