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2024 Oscars honor some of the right films
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By some miracle the Academy has managed to have two good Oscar years in a row. If you ignore Jimmy Kimmel’s grating commentary and allow a handful of exceptions, the speeches, and the winners were memorable and exciting. For some reason this year’s Oscars felt more personable to me, as if people I know…
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Why is everyone so scared of sincerity?
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With the Oscars just around the corner, inevitably it is another year where Jimmy Kimmel gets to stand onstage and talk about how much he hates all the movies that are nominated. “Wasn’t ‘Oppenheimer’ long?” he asks the grinning audience of celebrities and seat-fillers. Long gone are the days of celebrating movies at the…
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Oscar nominations are mostly acceptable
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With the exception of a handful of snubs and questionable inclusions, the 2024 Oscars seem to have given artistic merit some genuine consideration. As anticipated, Oppenheimer received the most nominations with 13 categories. While much of this year’s Oscar nods seem to have gone the way cinemagoers have expected, there were a few surprises.…
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The Oscars devalue animation
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Every year since 2002, the Academy Awards have recognized animation in a separate category, beginning with “Shrek” in 2002, all the way to this year’s ceremony where Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pinocchio” took home the little gold statuette. In his acceptance speech, Del Toro said something the academy seems to disagree with; “Animation is cinema.…
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The 95th Oscars had some surprising winners
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I am not an expert on movies, but I do enjoy watching them. I enjoy the drama, costumes and emotional lines that make movies memorable, and I especially enjoy the movies I love getting recognition at the esteemed award show, the Oscars. The 95th Oscars took place on March 12, and after years of…
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The Oscar nominations underwhelmed me
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The 2023 Academy Award nominations were announced in late January, and I have very mixed thoughts on them. Every year we have the sweeps and snubs, but this year, I was overall disappointed by the nominations. The Oscars have lost a lot of attention and credibility over the years for their clear bias towards…
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The Oscars are fundamentally flawed
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The Academy Awards, more commonly known as the Oscars, are one of, if not the most, prestigious awards a film can receive. Since its inception in 1929, 93 films have won the coveted title of Best Picture, soon to be 94 come March 27. Starting with “Wings” in 1929, and ending with “Nomadland” in…
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“Parasite” crawls into the spotlight
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“Parasite” has grabbed attention for being the only foreign film to have won “Best Picture” at the Oscars. The South Korean movie, directed by Bong Joon-ho, seemingly rose from the dark and has earned critical acclaim, currently holding a 99 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. After watching the suspenseful trailer, we entered the movie…
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Why am I still watching the Oscars?
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Although Janelle Monáe thought that the Oscars were a good time to “come alive,” the long, boring show did the exact opposite. Monáe wanted the audience to get excited for the show that was supposed to honor everyone present, but her strange song that transitioned from “A beautiful day in the neighborhood” to an…