Month: March 2006

I’ve given up on the Academy– or on democracy, rather. With the exception of the awards for best lead and supporting actors and actresses, I was really disappointed all around. Crash was not an exceptional movie. If the Academy wants to make penance for the awards American History X didn’t win, it shouldn’t go about […]

I’m going to watch the Academy Awards tonight. I don’t know why, exactly, because I know that doing so is setting myself up for a lot of disappointment. Disappointment, because the Film Academy isn’t an impartial, idealist group of film lovers. Disappointment, because the films that win tonight are more likely to win for reasons […]