The Peg Is In

Now that the Oscar nominees have been announced, it’s time to go see a lot of movies.As I explained in my previous post, I try to watch as many Oscar-nominated movies as humanly possible before the Oscar telecast. That has sometimes meant nearly 40 movies in less than a month. This year’s list is much [...]

Have you seen the Oscar nominee list yet? No? Okay, go here and then let’s talk: 81st Annual Academy Awards Nominees You back? Great. Here are my initial reactions. Dark Knight snubbed! In my opinion, it should have gotten noms for Best Picture, Best Director and one of the screenplay awards. Somebody buy Christopher Nolan [...]

Oscar Run – (noun) The act of viewing all movies nominated for an Academy Award before the winners are announced. Ex: “There’s only two days left in my Oscar Run, but I still have 10 movies to go.” I met my husband 10 years ago, and every year since has included an Oscar Run. I [...]