It’s that time of the year again when the Oscar nominations are announced in oh so serious, dulcet tones by Tom Sherak, president of AMPAS and some lovely Oscar-nominated (or winning) lass of seasons past. This morning it was Jennifer Lawrence, last year’s pre-eminent gleaming blonde ingenue. Because of the theme of this blog, I’m [...]

I’ll admit this right off the bat: I didn’t really want to see this film but unfortunately I was too late for a showing of The Descendants and sadly, The Artist wasn’t playing anywhere near me. So reluctantly, I agreed to see this flick. All in all, I’m glad I went. Despite my fears that [...]