The Oscars are coming! The Oscars are coming!

Yes, it's that time of year again. Time for Hollywood to continually pat itself on the back for an entire month. Tinseltown glute kissing abounds this time of the year. The Awards! The scandals that arise when somebody doesn’t get an award! The gossip! The red carpet! The embarrassing acceptance speeches followed by the way more embarrassing drunken after party interviews!

It'd the most wonderful time of the year!

I'm not kidding. I freaking LOVE Oscar season. It's fabulously trashy and a great way to workout. I will be posting my Oscar Workout next week. It's a highly effective in home workout that should be done in front of the TV during the Oscar pre-show as well as the auspicious ceremony itself. It's fabulous-n-fun (two of my favorite adjectives).

In honor of the season, I will be reviewing several of the Oscar nominees. There's 10 of them this year, so I’ll need some help.

Today we have a review of Darren Oronofsky's “Black Swan” starring best actress nominee Natalie Portman. A disturbing tale concerning a somewhat disturbed (okay, that's somewhat of an understatement) ballerina vying for the principal role in a production of “Swan Lake.”

Our guest reviewer for today’s film is Mr. Luiz Calado (aka, “The Brazilian”...
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Director: James Cameron
Written By: James Cameron
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Woody Schultz and Ilram Choi

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Reviewed by Keaton Asma and Lynn Oprie

Keaton Asma:
I thought it was great because of the action. The special effects were great. My favorite part was the big battle because it had so much action. It’s about a new planet called Pandora. There’s a lot of cool animals on the planet…

Lynn “Fitness Instigator” Oprie:
I was not super excited to see “Avatar.” I was over being unduly inundated with the hype, the marketing and the general mania surrounding it. Every film that had come out thus far touting the “Incredible 3D” effects has been disappointing, at best.Read more...

Featuring the Vocal Talents of: Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Gary Oldman and Pete Atkin

Directors: Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad and Marcos Martinez

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So, The Boy and I took in a screening of Planet 51 last weekend. I was fully prepared not to enjoy it. It was already suspect due to the limited number of theaters it was playing in. Approximately, 4 on the Westside. And the reviews had to been middling at best. But, The Boy wanted to see it, so we went…

The line at the concession stand was insanely long which fortuitously afforded us the pleasure of getting to miss the fist 20 minutes of commercials before the trailers before the film starts.Read more...

Director: Oren Peli
Cast: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Tim Piper
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I’ll bet that “Paranormal Activity” was really scary. I’ll bet it was incredibly creepy. Stuffed with legitimate scares and satisfying jolts. Yep, I’ll bet I would have LOVED it. It sounds like I didn’t see it, doesn’t it? Oh I saw it all right. I saw it with The Brazilian. Yep, it was me, him and…..

The Worst Movie Audience….Ever.

I went to great lengths to shelter myself from all of the publicity and fan fare that has encompassed “Paranormal Activity.” All I knew was that it was about this couple who lived in a haunted condo and wanted to catch the spirit on video.Read more...

Starring the voice talents of : Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Andy Samberg, James Caan, Mickie McGowan
Directed By: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
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Guest Reviewer: Keaton Asma (age 7)

I thought it was awesome!
The movie is about food falling from the sky.
The guy who made food fall from the sky was named Flint Lockwood.
Once again, the movie was awesome!Read more...