The Peg Is In

Official website – IMDB listing Oscar nominations: Best Actress – Melissa Leo, Best Original Screenplay – Courtney Hunt Times are tough. It’s the dead of winter in Massena, New York, and Ray Eddy (Melissa Leo) is a part-time cashier down to feeding her two kids nothing but Tang and popcorn. It gets cold in their […]

Official website – IMDB listing Oscar nomination: Best Original Screenplay – Mike Leigh Do you know that moment when you open a bottle of champagne, and you can feel the cork moving in your hand, almost of its own volition? It’s like an angel is saying, “Let me out!” In the same way, giggles seem […]

Official website – IMDB listing Oscar nomination: Best Actor – Richard Jenkins This is a quiet little film from Thomas McCarthy, the writer/director of 2003’s The Station Agent, about the power of music to draw us out and connect us. Walter (Richard Jenkins) is a Connecticut college professor who has taught the same class for 20 […]

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 […]