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Well, another Academy Awards ceremony has come and gone. The 98th annual Academy Awards are now officially in the books, and like I do every single year, I watched the whole thing, had a great time, yelled at the TV, complained, laughed, rolled my eyes, filled out my ballot, played a little Oscar bingo, and at the end of the night had a lot of mixed feelings, which is pretty much how I feel every single year about the Oscars. Let me just say this right up front: the Academy

It’s that time of year again. The time when I start pacing around the house muttering about snubs. The time when I rewatch acceptance speeches from 1974. The time when I yell at nominations, cheer surprises, and prepare myself emotionally for the inevitable moment when the Academy gets something spectacularly wrong. Oscar Sunday is coming. And this year, we’re doing it live. In Chicago. The right way. Before the 98th Annual Academy Awards air on March 15th, I’ll be on stage

Well, here we go again. It’s that special time of year when I complain, celebrate, yell at my television, and generally lose my mind over the Academy Award nominations. The annual ritual continues. This is the 98th Annual Academy Awards, coming up on March 15th, with Conan O’Brien returning as host, which is actually one of the things I’m genuinely excited about. He did a terrific job last year. He was funny, smart, self-aware, and the broadcast actually moved. That alone p

The 97th Oscars: A Night of Big Wins, Big Speeches, & Big Conan Energy Award season is officially over, and the 2025 Academy Awards  are now in the books. As I do every year, I watched the telecast. This year I watched with my girlfriend, Julie, and we had a small Oscar party, which was a blast. But the real fun? The live interactive chat on my Patreon page , where we had a great crowd of subscribers discussing the ceremony in real-time. We talked about the pacing, debated th

Awards Season officially kicked off with the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards , which took place this past Sunday night. The Globes are widely considered a joke because the Hollywood Foreign Press  has such a moronic reputation, and the awards have been given to some questionable winners in the past. Because of past controversy, the HFP nearly disbanded a few years back, and the awards were almost completely canceled. But they made some huge alterations in the organization, an

I am currently sporting my Film Critic pants which means it's time for some capsule (short) movie reviews of four New Releases for the week of Friday, September 6th, 2024 1) BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE Taken a few minutes before the press screening of "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" began. It's kind of hard to believe that it's been 36 years since Tim Burton 's macabre comedy "Beetlejuice" was released, and even harder to believe it took this long for a sequel.   When the first film c