There are some years where the Academy Awards are just downright boring when it comes to the so-called "major" categories. Best Picture, Best Director, the two Screenplay fields, and all four Acting contests are susceptible to this disappointment. During the very low era during and immediately following the COVID pandemic, we saw this far too … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2025 – Supporting Actor (VIDEO)
I always like to include some fun trivia and facts about certain categories when I do the Oscar Blitz. It's not just a run-of-the-mill opinion piece, there's got to be some flavor. I mean, we have nearly a century of history to draw from, so there's always something interesting to discuss. Take tonight's category, Original … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2025 – Original Score
Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, horny stoners who thought they typed in "actuallyLAID.com," welcome to the 2025 Oscar Blitz! The stage is set, the merits have been weighed, Netflix's checks cleared for everyone who had to pretend Emilia Pérez was good, and it's time to finally dive in and break this sucker down! … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2025 – Visual Effects
Outside of the pandemic years, this will be the most accelerated Oscar Blitz I've ever done. Normally I have at least a week after nominations are announced to get my shit organized, and I usually have six or seven weeks to do the actual analysis. Not this time, though. Thanks to the L.A. Wildfires, the … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2025 – The Hub
The time has come, ladies and germs! At the ass crack of dawn this morning, and with significant portions of Los Angeles County still on fire, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences brought out Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennot to announce this year's Oscar nominees. I myself did NOT watch the proceedings live, … Continue reading No Huddle BLITZ! – 97th Academy Awards Nominations
With just a few days to go until Oscar nominations come out, the great clearing of the backlog continues. I've watched a LOT of movies over the last month, trying to be as thorough in the leadup to the annual Blitz as possible, which sadly necessitated putting reviews on the shelf in order to, you … Continue reading Back Row Thoughts – Back and Forth
Well, folks. I have good news and bad news. The bad news, as was announced today, is that the Oscar Blitz will be somewhat delayed this year. The Academy decided today to postpone the reveal of the nominees, which was supposed to take place this coming Friday, as well as cancelling the annual Nominees' Luncheon, … Continue reading Back Row Thoughts – The End of the Festivities
It's that time again, folks. The pre-Blitz is on! This morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed their shortlists in 10 of the 23 categories for next year's Oscars. As always, I'll provide links to any relevant reviews I've done on these semifinalist selections, as well as any top line reactions I … Continue reading One Long and 10 Shorts of It – 97th Academy Awards Shortlists Announced
Like Michael Jackson before me, for 40 days and 40 nights I was covering this year's Academy Awards, as well as reviewing new films and closing out the critiques of everything that was in my 2023 backlog. Unlike Michael Jackson... you know what, I won't even make the obvious joke. That's because, honestly, at this … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2024 – Postmortem
It's finally time! The categories have been broken down, the votes have been cast, and all the idiotic questions about who someone is wearing have been asked. It's time to get down to brass tacks and hand out the gold. It's the 96th Academy Awards! We're mere minutes away from the beginning of the ceremony, … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2024 – Live Diary
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