I was pretty proud of my predictive abilities for last night's 80th Annual Academy Awards.  Except of course when the Best Picture award was announced.  My dog skulked around for at least 10 minutes after my outburst because usually outbursts like that are because she's peed on the floor, not because No Country For Old Men won for Best Picture.  I didn't realize how vehemently I didn't want it to win until it won.  Even though There Will Be Blood was obviously my favorite, I found that I would have been happy with any other nominee winning.  I just don't get the genius that is the Coen brothers.  Oh well…moving on… Continue Reading

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I saw Atonement at a free screening before its initial release date.  One of my friends had a free pass, but she couldn't go so she gave it to me.  I don't know that I'm prone to Oscar vibes, but if I am, this one didn't give any off. Don't get me wrong; I enjoyed it, but I didn't leave the theater thinking, "Man, that's gotta get nominated for something."

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