Archive for February, 2002

Oscar Nomination Oddities

Published
by
James McNally
on February 12, 2002
in Awards, Golden Globes and Oscars
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Looking over the list of Oscar nominees, I’m very disappointed that Gene Hackman was overlooked. Usually winning the Golden Globe award pretty much assures a nomination for the Oscar, and in his case it was sorely deserved. I didn’t see Training Day, but really, two nominations for acting in a film that didn’t get any other notice seems odd.

Oscar Nominees

Published
by
James McNally
on February 12, 2002
in Awards, Film Festivals, Oscars and TIFF
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The Oscar nominees have been announced and though I haven’t had a chance to look at every category, I was really pleased that Elling, one of my favourite films from the Toronto International Film Festival, has been nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Of course, it will lose to Amelie, but still, it’s a nice honour, and hopefully it means the film will be available for more people to see.

Air Bud

Published
by
James McNally
on February 5, 2002
in DVD
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Just finished watching Air Bud (1997). I got the DVD free inside a box of Frosted Flakes™. Pretty cool, eh? And boy, that dog sure could shoot hoops!