We're a week away from the Oscars, and starting tomorrow, the Blitz enters the home stretch. Even though I published my first new review of the year yesterday, I still have five more films from 2025 left to cover. Two of them I'll hold until Saturday, as they kind of fit into their own separate … Continue reading Back Row Thoughts – So Much Blitzing, Part 4
I will fully admit, I did not have high hopes for Pixar's latest feature, Hoppers. It was coming out in early March, which is a very iffy statement for the studio's confidence in the quality. The trailers were not encouraging, at times making the film seem like an updated version of the unwatchable G-Force, and … Continue reading Nice Beaver! – Hoppers
Well folks, it's all over but the crying. At 5pm PST yesterday, as I was writing the Makeup & Hairstyling blog, the official voting deadline for the Academy Awards came and went. The winners have now officially been determined. The ballots just have to be counted. Not that it ever did have an effect, but … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2026 – Film Editing (VIDEO)
If you've kept up with the Blitz over the years, you know that a) this category is very much NOT my forte, and that alongside Costume Design and Production Design, it's where I have the least amount of practical experience and expertise; and b) most of my personal involvements with the discipline have been borderline … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2026 – Makeup & Hairstyling
In addition to all the various bits of history and significance to this year's Oscars, the Supporting acting categories offer their own rarity. This year is but the sixth time in the long legacy of the Academy Awards where we have multiple nominees from the same film in BOTH contests. We have two from One … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2026 – Best Supporting Actor
There's been an interesting shift in the dynamics of the Animated Short category over the last decade. For the longest time, this was a field dominated by Disney and Pixar (and Warner Bros. with Looney Tunes shorts before that), and even when they didn't win, the eventual victor tended to be safe, kid-friendly fare. It … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2026 – Animated Short
Well, last night certainly was interesting. On Sunday evening, the Screen Actors Guild handed out their awards. It was the third of the major union awards ceremonies, and it definitely threw a wrench into the Academy gears. While there was much to cheer and weep for (Catherine O'Hara getting TWO posthumous awards for her work … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2026 – Visual Effects
An odd thought occurred to me today. We're fully two months into 2026, and I still haven't seen a "new" movie yet this year. Sure, I've taken in a bunch as part of the Blitz, but nothing for the official 2026 canon yet. And I'm still working my way through the review backlog, with nine … Continue reading Back Row Thoughts – So Much Blitzing, Part 3
It's all but certain that Timothée Chalamet is going to win an Oscar in just over two weeks. He's a tremendous actor who has rarely had a misfire in his film career, which has lasted just over a decade so far. The man has done everything from sing like Bob Dylan to save a planet … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2026 – Best Actor (VIDEO)
When I was a child, there were four things that fascinated me more than anything else: baseball, TV, video games, and camcorders. In my own little world, a bulky camera mounted on your shoulder with a VHS tape inside was the ticket to the whole universe of movies. My family couldn't afford one of our … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2026 – Cinematography
I Actually Paid To See This 