Would it be much of an overstatement if I would say that Kate Winslet winning the Academy Award for Best Actress (finally) was the best moment of the whole evening? All right, her win and Dustin Lance Black’s acceptance speech for winning Best Original Screenplay for Milk. At both I teared up like a big [...]

And the Academy Award for Best Picture went to… Christian Colson for producing Slumdog Millionaire! Congratulations.

Warning: this article is entirely subjective, contains many spoilers and if you’re a Slumdog Millionaire lover, you’ll probably be insulted. And also, the 81st Academy Awards!

People who know me well, know that I don’t give a crap about New Year’s Day. So what that the year ends on December 31st and begins on January 1st? To me, only one thing marks the beginning of another year of waiting, yearning and building up to greatness: when the Academy Awards have been [...]

Today the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences finally announced the nominations for the 81st Academy Awards. Biggest surprise to me was the exclusion of Kate Winslet from the Best Supporting Actress category, though she will probably still win as Best Actress for The Reader. Yes, The Reader. The role for which she got [...]