Oscar roundup
I was going to post something early this morning on the Oscars, but had to give up when there were too may fires to fight…anyways, although the SF&F genres had a good chance to take some top prizes...
View ArticleA look at the SF&F Oscar nominees
Here’s a quick look at the science fiction and fantasy-related Oscar nominees, announced today, in no particular order: How To Train Your Dragon – Best Animated Film, Original Score Iron Man 2 – Visual...
View ArticleQuicky Oscar recap
Just a quick recap of any remotely genre related awards gained at last night’s Oscar festivities, beyond the periodic Hugh Jackman/Wolverine references: Inception was the big genre winner, taking...
View Article“Off the Grid”, a trailer for…the Oscars?
This is a new one…with all the turmoil regarding the director and host of the upcoming Oscars, the Academy has produced its own trailer, which…well, I don’t want to spoil it…
View ArticleOscar nominations roundup
Well, it wasn’t the greatest news for genre features this year, despite a lot of hopes…if you followed the nominations (or my tweets), you know that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 got the...
View ArticleGenre Oscars roundup
Pretty much as usual, a roundup of the Oscars when looking at the science fiction and fantasy genres is a short article. Even with the expanded Best Picture list, nothing made that list, not even The...
View ArticleEpic Kirk to the rescue, but no love for genre at the Oscars
The Oscars opened up last night to host Seth Macfarlane interrupted by a large-screen bearing the image of Captain James T. Kirk himself, having come back in time to help prevent Seth from being...
View ArticleGenre Oscars roundup
The Oscar nominations are out, and there were some sure things (like Gravity) and surprising snubs (Saving Mr. Banks only getting Original Score and Tom Hanks completely shut out). And of course, other...
View ArticleStar Wars shut out of core Oscars; The Martian and Mad Max in but Ridley...
The Force may be with Rey and Finn, but the Academy isn’t. Star Wars: The Force Awakens was left out of the “big six” awards when the nominations came out this morning, although Mad Max: Fury Road (who...
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