Tag: Oscars
I've reviewed the Oscar animated shorts now for 7 years (or 8, if our website had not been down at this time last year). I've been watching the Oscar animated shorts in the theaters now for almost 10 years...
This year's crop of animated shorts, presented again by Shorts.TV, was a first for me anyway. Three of the five animated shorts are R-rated in subject matter, and a few theaters have even prohibited anyone under age 17 from...
Many entered, but only five were allowed to stay. The Academy announced their nominations for this year's Oscar awards this morning and to our complete surprise, Boss Baby: Family Business was completely shut out. The remaining pictures are as...
If you WEREN'T watching the Oscars last night, you were in good company: the ratings for last night's awards ceremony ranked among the lowest the Academy has ever registered, down 58% in total viewers from last year, which wasn't...
This year I viewed the animated shorts online instead of in the theater, even though theaters are opening up again. You can too, courtesy of Landmark Theaters, Eventive, and ShortsTV, for only US$12.00 if you live in North America. ...
Due to the shortened Oscar season this year, Shorts. TV scrambled to make this year's animated shorts available just a week before the actual awards. I admit I panicked a bit when I saw that many theaters didn't schedule...
When I started watching the Oscar nominated shorts in theaters, the audience wasn't too large, but there were always a good number of people attending. For the past 2 years, that number has grown tremendously so to the point...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the list of nominees for the 91st annual Academy Awards, set to be awarded on February 24, 2019. Categories with an animated feature in contention are:
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Black Panther (Ludwig...
The 90th Academy Awards were handed out on Sunday, with Disney/Pixar's Coco taking home the Oscar for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song ("Remember Me" by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez), while "Dear Basketball," Kobe Bryant's collaboration with...
This year, Shorts.TV provided numerous venues, besides going to the theater, for everyone to enjoy this year's Oscar nominated animated shorts offerings which include on-demand via the various cable and satellite companies and online, so there really is no...