Oscars in Black and White

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards posters are available – www.oscars.org! This year, a number of versions are available online, either to order or print (the latter is a nice addition!). However, I  must say I’m underwhelmed – no year (2011), Award number (83rd) – so the poster will be effectively meaningless in the years to come. Also, not a very inspiring design –  a decline that continues from  recent years. Having said that, I get the “official” poster every year, and so here it is:

Just in … James Franco and Anne Hathaway will co-host  the 83rd Academy Awards on February 27, 2011. The press release from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science is at http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2010/20101129.html .

I left the business of reviewing films a bit late this year, and so today, one day after the Academy Awards, reviews are still coming – watch this space. A review of Nine was actually contributed before the show yesterday (thanks Rocksgowhoosh!) but I didn’t get to it until today…

Anyway, under the guise of better-late-than-never…

New review of Julie & Julia:

New review: In the Loop

New review of Up.

… crazy? New review of Crazy Heart.

T-minus one day to showtime and reviews are lagging. It’s gonna get hot today…

New reviews for Inglourious Basterds and Up in the Air (thanks, Mark and Rocksgowhoosh!)

Added reviews today for the horrific rape-movie “An Education“, and the mediocre film “The Princess and the Frog”

February 19, 2010. Have announced that the party will be dark this year (sniff), but we’ll be back, badder, blacker and whiter next year. Frantic movie watching and blogging has commenced however – party or no party, the blog must go on!

To kick things off, here is a film the Academy somehow overlooked! The Executive Producer is unhappy…