Tag Archives: Academy Award

TROLL AFFECTION!

Posted on October 29, 2018 by

  How a genre and boundary bursting Swedish movie brought back to mind a certain LGBTQ friendly First Grade Opera Tune I just saw the movie “Border”, Sweden’s entry for this year’s Foreign Film Oscar, and let me say, right … Continue reading →

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Will Whoopi Goldberg Get Andy Serkis his Overdue Oscar?

Posted on July 15, 2017 by

“War for the Planet of the Apes” has opened to universal acclaim and a renewed call to give an Oscar to Andy Serkis, the actor who pioneered and perfected motion capture acting as lead ape Caesar in the Planet of the … Continue reading →

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SNOW SONGS for SNOW DAY (& a PI Song for PI Day)

Posted on March 14, 2017 by

It’s a Snow Day here in the Northeast.  New York City is basically shut down and everyone is staying inside.  What was projected to be a nasty blizzard for the city has been downgraded to an unpleasant mix of snow, … Continue reading →

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BLONDIE vs. SHEENA – Grudge Match of the Bond Themes

Posted on November 14, 2015 by

With the release of the latest Bond, “Spectre”, a whole bunch of internet articles listed rankings of the Bond theme songs.  Sultry “Nobody Does it Better” generally wound up the #1 choice of most of these polls, followed by the … Continue reading →

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