2019 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts

2019 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts

Writing about the animated shorts (both this year’s and Paperman) was fun. I’m happy to continue my project now with the live action ones. Detainment-A dramatization (albeit taken from the real-life police transcripts) of the infamous 1993 case when two 10-year-olds...
Paperman

Paperman

Anyone who read my last post might be wondering why I chose the best short films from six years ago as the classics about which I would write. That was a very unique and memorable year for me as far as the Academy Awards go. For the first time in 16 years I had NOT...
2019 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts

2019 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts

I’m back! My business manager Jeff has stressed the importance of posting more frequently and I hope you’ve all been waiting breathlessly for my next posts anyway. 😉 Academy Awards season is of course the best time of year for film buffs and I’m a fan of short films...
Welcome To Marwen

Welcome To Marwen

Now I get my chance to discuss what I already consider one of the most underrated movies ever. I got stoked to hear about Welcome To Marwen. I’d loved the little documentary Marwencol I’d watched years earlier (see previous entry) and was floored that talents like...
Marwencol

Marwencol

Well this feels real now. I started off this blog with the bang that was my A Star is Born project. Now I start the regular format-a review of a current release complemented by one of an older film of which it reminds me. I want to eventually make a habit of reviewing...