All Entries Tagged With: "Academy Award"

Rant: Is Expanding the Best Picture Category a Good Thing?

A few months ago when I first heard that next year’s Academy Awards was expanding the ‘Best Picture’ category from five nominees to 10 nominees there’s been one question lingering in my head ever since. Why? The obvious explanation is that a majority of the Academy for Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (or whichever association [...]

5 Movies About Writers that Inspire Me to Write

As Good As It Gets

If you haven’t seen As Good As It Gets yet you are depriving yourself of one of the greatest comedies in recent cinematic history. Not only is the script flawless and is an example of fantastic screenwriting with absolutely no filler, but it’s also side splittingly funny. The film revolves around [...]

Jay Straczynski Snubbed Oscar Nomination

Next to Roland Moore, Brannon Braga, I don’t anyone has done more for science fiction in television, books, and movies in the last twenty years than Jay M. Straczynski. Not only was he the creator and head writer of Babylon 5, but he was in charge of spearheading (as well as being the lead creative [...]