The Oscar nominations were announced earlier today.
As usual, genre entertainment makes its strongest
showing in the visual effects and sound editing
categories. This year’s ceremony is on March 5, 2006,
and will be hosted by Jon Stewart. The list of
nominations is below.
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Textbook review – “All the Mathematics You Missed (But Need to Know for Graduate School)”
Big title, big subject area, surprisingly small book. If you’re even a little bit tempted, you should pick up a copy.
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“Lost” Cast Honored at the SAG Awards
It may not mean much to you or I, but it is nice to be honored by one’s peers. The cast of ‘Lost’ walked away with the “Best Ensemble” award at last night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards.
“Big Momma 2” Displaces “Underworld 2”
Sorry gang, the new job has kept me from making these updates, but I’m back on it now. Last week, Underworld debuted at number 1, but it wasn’t to last.
- Big Momma’s House 2 *
- Nanny McPhee *
- Underworld: Evolution
- Annapolis *
- Hoodwinked
- Brokeback Mountain
- Glory Road
- Last Holiday
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- The Matador
* = First week of release
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This weekend
Last weekend (Jan 20-23)
Battlestar Galactica – Black Market
President Roslin declares a crackdown on the black market, and Apollo is tasked with hunting down the ringleaders.
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Monthly Comics Picks – April, 2006
The latest issue of Previews just came out. These are
the items that stood out to my eye.
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Sign of things to come, Disney’s Toy Story 3 scrapped
Damien
writes, A telling sign on the direction of the new
company, it has surfaced (link)
that Disney’s Toy Story 3 project has been cancelled,
saying that sequels would only be developed if the
story demanded it (rather than Disney’s typical
fashion of churning out crap sequel after crap
sequel). Yay!
Weekly DVD Picks – January 31, 2006
Another week, another list of options. The pickings
are getting better.
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Saturday Movie Review – “A Clockwork Orange”
The Saturday reviews continue with a Kubrick classic.
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Smallville Review – “Reckoning”
No, I do not reveal who dies, though I expect the
comments will repeatedly. If you want to know before
comments are posted, watch the episode, or read this
interview.
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