Oscars

And the Winner Is… Books to Movies, 2019

February 25, 2019

If Beale Street Could Talk, First Man, BlacKkKlansman, The Wife, Can You Ever Forgive Me? – many films nominated for Oscars this year – and every year – started off as books. 2019 will be a great year for bookish Seattleites, with film adaptations of both Garth Stein’s The Art of Racing in the Rain… Continue reading
Most Egregious Oscar Snubs, 2016 edition

February 26, 2016

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Movie Mondays: When the Oscars Get it Right

February 24, 2014

The 86th annual Academy Awards are imminent. The Oscars are the Super Bowl for film nerds and they can certainly cause just as much anguish and frustration as when <INSERT FAVORITE TEAM HERE> loses. Looking back over the Academy’s track record can be a dismal experience. There’s the year Driving Miss Daisy beat out Do… Continue reading

And the Winner Is… Books to Movies, 2019