This year's Oscars were dominated by Slumdog Millionaire.I liveblogged the evening / night over on FilmReviews and lost track of how many awards Slumdog picked up - was it eight? … [Read more...] about Oscars – Slumdog’s Night
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Oscars 2008 – Surprises?
Last night's Oscars led to the usual mixed bunch of wins.Ratatouille won. (The acceptance speech is amusing.)Atonement won, but didn't sweep the boards.Marion Cotillard won - yet another reason for me to actually watch that film! Of course the biggest award for anyone here in Ireland was that picked up by OnceI posted a couple of the acceptance speeches over on FilmReviews.ie … [Read more...] about Oscars 2008 – Surprises?
Quick Sunday Post
Adrian Weckler's column this week doesn't mention facebook, but he does cover EULAs and the demise of HD DVDs. (I can't seem to find either article on the SBPost site)Argos has opened in Carlow, so I'm going to see how bad the traffic is shortly. Hopefully the bypass will help take some of the traffic away from the town, as the commercial centres must be suffering. I'm … [Read more...] about Quick Sunday Post
Oscars 2008
The nominees for this year's Oscars were announced the other day, although the announcement was overshadowed by the death of Heath Ledger.It certainly looks like Atonement will pick up at least one award. I still haven't seen it, but it's had fantastic reviews. I was hoping to see it on the plane back from LA, but I ended up sleeping instead!Ratatouille, which was one of my … [Read more...] about Oscars 2008
Leaving LA Shortly
I'll be leaving LA in a couple of hours time. I'm looking forward to the flight back, as I could do with catching up on some sleep!Once I get home I should be able to get photos off both my camera and my n95. I really must remember to pack a card reader next time! I know there were other people at the conference that had readers, but we never quite seemed to coincide.This … [Read more...] about Leaving LA Shortly