I watch a lot of television for someone who doesn’t watch television but only watches television series as standalone programs which totally doesn’t count as watching television because you’re skipping all the other nonsense that makes up the television experience. Hopefully—and probably—more than half of the new shows will be off my list by October; [...]

That wonderful time of year has arrived again, when the Academy announces the highest nomination honour in the motion picture industry. Taking into account the rule-book changes they introduced this year, you could say that the nominations are more exciting than last years—however, let’s not stress those changes, and rather focus on the actual nominations. [...]

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 [...]

Wow, what a lousy title. Anyway, to deconstruct the bad title: “How I Met Your Mother,” “Desperate Housewives” and “Grey’s Anatomy” in one post. Why? Because they have something in common: gradual quality. One gets worse with every episode, one better and one stays at the same boring level all the freaking time. “How I [...]