It seems that my interest in films has slipped significantly this year. Now, this is not entirely my fault; in my opinion, for critically-acclaimed and perfectly-executed films, this was not the worldwide film industry’s best year. Just look at the nominees, for Christ’s sake. But it doesn’t matter. We are a month away from the [...]

And so the complaining can begin: “Eddie Murphy to Host 84th Academy Awards” (AMPAS).

Congratulations, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin for The King’s Speech.

As last year, I only just finished watching all of the Best Picture nominees. Since I haven’t missed a single Academy Awards broadcast in years, and taking into account that watching the Academy Awards without actually having seen the films and the performances is somewhat pointless, I have spent the last week catching up on [...]

I need to get my act together before the Academy Awards, but for now, I’m just going to post the link to the nominees on the AMPAS website, while cheering for The King’s Speech (most nominations of the year, with twelve).

Originally published for a nineteenth-century British literature course. Ignore the madness. In my short, but incredibly prosperous and famous existence, I have read Brontë’s Wuthering Heights many times—the last time I did so was about six months ago—and yes, that means I haven’t re-read it for the course. Whatever. Did you guys see the Academy [...]