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My 87th Academy Award Predictions!

Hello readers,

Once again it’s that time of year again: OSCARS SEASON!!! Regardless of what you think of the Academy Awards, I find them a fun and interesting time especially with regards to predicting winners. My best score so far was last year when I got 14 correct (out of like 25), so let’s see how I do this year.

Once again, the films that I think SHOULD win the award will be RED and the films that I think WILL win the award will be BLUE. If they’re the same, they’ll be a mixture of RED AND BLUE.

And like always, I’m leaving what I deem the Top 6 Awards (Best Animated Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Film) for the end.

Enjoy! Let me know in the comments what your predictions are and whether or not you agree with me!

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87th Academy Award Nominations Announced!

Well, it’s that time again: OSCARS TIME!!!! The nominations have been announced and can all be found here. But, I’ll just list the animated films nominations below:

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

– Big Hero 6

– The Boxtrolls

– How to Train Your Dragon 2

– Song of the Sea

– The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:

– The Bigger Picture

– The Dam Keeper

– Feast

– Me and My Moulton

– A Single Life

Let me just say that I (along with many other people) am SHOCKED that The LEGO Movie wasn’t nominated for Best Animated Feature Film! What the heck?!!!!

I’m also surprised that Glen Keane’s Duet wasn’t nominated for Best Animated Short Film!

What do you all think of these nominations? What do you think about the other categories? Let me know what you predict will win in the comments below! I’ll post my Oscars predictions in a few weeks.

The 87th Academy Awards Considers 20 Films For ‘Best Animated Feature’ Nominations!

So, the Academy has announced that 20 films are qualified as contenders to be nominated for the Best Animated Feature Academy Award in the upcoming 87th Academy Awards ceremony. Due to there being 20, 5 of these films will actually make the nominations list. Which 5 do you think should make the list?

Big Hero 6

The Book of Life

The Boxtrolls

Cheatin’

Giovanni’s Island

Henry and Me

The Hero of Color City

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return

The LEGO Movie

Minuscule – Valley of the Lost Ants

Mr. Peabody and Sherman

Penguins of Madagascar

The Pirate Fairy

Planes: Fire and Rescue

Rio 2

Rocks in My Pockets

Song of the Sea

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

My picks are Big Hero 6, The LEGO Movie, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart, and Song of the Sea.

86th Academy Awards Review

Well, the Academy Awards are over and this year, I correctly predicted 14 winners instead of my usual 9! I feel so happy! The biggest surprise for me was “Mr. Hublot” winning Best Animated Short. I just can’t get over that!

You can see a list of winners here: http://oscar.go.com/nominees

What did you all think of the Oscars and its winners?

“Frozen” Shows No Sign Of Melting As It Passes The Billion Dollar Mark!

Yep, the beloved film, “Frozen” has accumulated a worldwide gross of over a billion dollars! It’s taken over “The Lion King” as the second highest-grossing animated film ever (not taking inflation into consideration, of course) after “Toy Story 3”. I, for one, didn’t think that this film would cross the billion dollar mark, but I’m glad it did! I feel happy that a film from the official Disney Canon has joined the ranks with the other 17 films that have made over a billion dollars worldwide!

My 86th Academy Awards Predictions!

Hello all, once again, it’s that time of year when the Oscars are only a week away and many film fanatics make their predictions about who will win. And I’m no exception, although I haven’t been all that successful. My record so far is 9 correct (out of like 30), and 30% ain’t bad, right?

So below you’ll find the list of the nominees as well as my predicted winners. The nominees that I think SHOULD win will be in red, the nominees that I think WILL win will be in blue, and if they’re the same, they’ll be both RED AND BLUE.

One last thing, I always leave the “Top 6” categories (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Animated Feature) for the end. Continue reading “My 86th Academy Awards Predictions!”

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Dies At 46!

Wow, this one is just as shocking as when Paul Walker died (well, maybe slightly less so)!

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has passed away at the age of 46 due to an apparent drug overdose! Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014) was known for his roles in films such as “Twister”, “The Big Lebowski”, “Patch Adams”, “Capote”, “Mission: Impossible III”, “Charlie Wilson’s War”, “Doubt”, “Moneyball”, “The Master”, and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”. Continue reading “Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Dies At 46!”

86th Academy Awards Nominations Announced!

Well, the day we (or at least I) have been waiting for has finally arrived: THE OSCARS NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED!!! Continue reading “86th Academy Awards Nominations Announced!”

Actor Peter O’Toole Dies at 81!

Actor Peter O’Toole has died at the age of 81! Peter O’Toole (1932-2013) was an amazing actor who sadly held the record for most Academy Award acting nominations without a win. His most famous role was that of T.E. Lawrence in the epic, “Lawrence of Arabia”.

Animation fans will also know him as the voice of Anton Ego in Pixar’s “Ratatouille”

as well as the voice of Sherlock Holmes in a few animated adaptations of the “Sherlock Holmes” stories.

He shall be missed.

My Thoughts: FRANKENWEENIE (2012)

Tim Burton movies are always…well, most of the time…enjoyable!

"They call me Tim Most-Of-The-Time-Enjoyable Burton!" — “They call me Tim Most-Of-The-Time-Enjoyable Burton!”

And this is no exception! It’s a wonderfully made stop-motion animated remake of an earlier short of the same name directed by Tim Burton.

I had completely forgotten that it was a live-action short!

The film received positive reviews, critical praise, and was even nominated for the “Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film”! And now, I have something very controversial to say! Continue reading “My Thoughts: FRANKENWEENIE (2012)”