The Oscars for this year happened a couple of days ago. Time to update the Nominee Project database.
The list before today:
Adding 2015:
For the first time …
I’ve been spending a bit of time reviewing my Nominee Project database and realized that I haven’t added the new nominees to the tally since awards season in 2009. Since the 2015 awards season is just around the corner, I thought it wise to take the time to …
Between January 1 and August 1, I wrote 128 reviews on 50 Words. Most of them are things I've seen, listened to, or read for the first time. Here are the highlights:
I wrote 122 reviews on 50 Words. Most of them were things I listened to or saw for the first time. I'll round up the year with three top 10 lists: the best movies, the worst movies, and the best music. I'll skip the worst music list, since none of …
I saw a lot of movies in 2007. I am a huge movie fan, with 480 movies in my Netflix Queue. Since early 2006, I've been writing reviews of everything I listen to, watch, or read over on 50 Words. To recap 2007, here are the ten best and ten …
I wrote 37 Reviews in July on 50 Words, six more than my goal. In August, I’m going to try to keep up with my average of one review per day. Here’s what I reviewed in July, in order of letter grade:
Since adding to the list a couple of months ago, I’ve been sorting through the unavailables in the outside chance that some of them are being released eventually on DVD. I was surprised by my results.
Tally from January 27:
On recent announcements of award nominees for the Independent Spirit Awards, the Golden Globes, and the Academy Awards, I’m awarded the opportunity to add more movies to my database. As mentioned earlier, I’ve culled the list to the 88 eligible movies and eliminated one of them for not …
About five months ago, I announced the Nominee Project here. Since I posted that, I’ve seen a few movies, started a reviews site with a couple of friends, and kept my database of nominees up to date.
Let’s take a look at my progress. It isn’t awards …
Some time ago, I decided to embark on a new project. I have decided to attempt to view every movie nominated for either an Oscar, a Golden Globe, or an Independent Spirit Award during the course of my life. This includes any movie nominated from 1971 until now (no matter …
The Independent Film Channel aired the Independent Spirit Awards tonight, a flippantly irreverent awards show dedicated to showcasing excellent independent film, popular and obscure. Many of the films nominated for awards tonight are extremely obscure are will likely never see a DVD release (Sir! No Sir!, Conventioneers, and Jellysmoke, for …