The 2022 Oscar season is underway, and despite the Academy’s offensively stupid decision to present eight of the categories before the ceremony and then awkwardly edit them in later, there are still plenty of good films nominated. Great international films … Continue reading Review: 2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films

Hello, all! Instead of writing about singing cowboys this week, which you can find here, I’ll be writing about the Oscar-nominated short films. I already covered the animated shorts here, and I’ll be covering the documentary shorts on Friday. Right … Continue reading Review: Oscar Nominated Short Films (Live Action)

Here’s the final batch of Oscar Nominated Short Films after the documentary and live action batches earlier this week.  Sure, the live action nominees were an embarrassing lot, but the animated films are always a better and more enjoyable collection.  There’s more … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Oscar Nominated Shorts – Animated (2019)

It’s time for the next batch of Oscar Nominated Short Films after yesterday’s lot of documentary titles.  The live action shorts are always my least favorite of the three by a considerable margin.  The films are always such a dour … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Oscar Nominated Shorts – Live Action (2019)

Welcome back to another year of coverage of the Oscar Nominated Short Films.  Unlike last year, I was actually able to see the documentary package in theaters and it will serve as our lead off (the other two will come … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Oscar Nominated Shorts – Documentary (2019)

I already took a look at the animated and live action nominees for Best Short Film at this weekend’s Academy Awards so let’s finish it up with those in the category of Best Documentary (Short Subject).  Unlike those which I was able … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Oscar Nominated Shorts – Documentary (2018)

Now that we have the levity of the animated short films out of the way, it’s time for a bunch of serious films about serious issues.  Seriously, four of these five films are exactly that, just as it is every year.  … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Oscar Nominated Shorts – Live Action (2018)

Unless one goes viral, shorts rarely get any mainstream attention.  They also rarely wind up even shown to most audiences unless they are attached to another movie and usually that film is from Pixar.  For a select few though, an … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Oscar Nominated Shorts – Animated (2018)