I got a rather lovely phone call the other day. It was from my sister. We chat all the time, but usually it's me calling her, not the other way around. She and her family had been dealing with a pretty nasty stomach bug for the previous few days, depositing nearly all the liquid in … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2025 – Animated Feature (VIDEO)
I may have mentioned this before, but when I worked as an editor, especially my time at ESPN, there were a few areas where I was, shall we say, less than expert. One was color correction, adjusting various hues and lights in a shot to make them look as natural as possible. It was a … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2025 – Sound
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
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
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
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly part of our lives, the biggest issue is that it's presented to us as an automatic, universal good. Whether it's tech companies like Google and Apple forcing it down our throats through their products and advertising (which we can't opt out of even though we've given them little to no … Continue reading Learning to Fly – The Wild Robot
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