Tag: Oscars

Controversial BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY goes four for five on Oscar night

How long have people been complaining that the Oscars are too long? Probably since they were first telecast in 1953. My earliest Oscar memory is...

The nominees for the 91st Academy Awards have been announced, and comics fans' kvetching and patience were finally rewarded as Black Panther received a...

Analyzing the seven categories in which Marvel Studios' superhero flick was nominated

It finally happened!!

§ Nice Art: Victoria "Rollergirl" Jamieson has a comics strip entitled Back-to-School Blues in the NY Times that many may relate to. § Here's an excellent...

Announced this morning with great fanfare, this year's Oscar lineup has been revealed...and it's actually pretty great. From the long overdue Best Director nomination...

  Another year, another set of Academy Award nominees. As always at The Beat, we like to zero in on the "nerd categories", those films...

Who made the Academy's cut this year?

There's quite a bit of discussion today regarding today's Oscar nominations (I remain very sad for Ava DuVernay's snub in the Best Director category),...

Michael Keaton finally had his big comeback year in 2014. With Birdman, and his very meta portrayal of a washed-up superhero actor, Keaton now...

So, your waistline (and gastrointestinal tract) has recovered from the Super Bowl.  You're sick and tired of the weather.  You seek another diversion.  Well,...