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| Oscar statue seen high atop space observatory in view of the stars, Hollywood, CA before 83rd Annual Academy Awards to be held Sunday, March 2, 2014 in rain-soaked LA (KAT/WQ). |
Oscar ballots at the ready! Academy Awards preview |
| Oscar statue (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images) |
KPCC film critics give the how and why on marking viewing-party ballots for awards-worthy films. For the 11th annual “FilmWeek on AirTalk”
Academy Awards preview, Host Larry Mantle is joined by Wade Major of boxoffice.com, Tim Cogshell of
Box Office Magazine, Alynda Wheat of
People Magazine, Peter Rainer of the
Christian Science Monitor, Henry Sheehan of dearhenrysheehan.com, Charles Solomon of amazon.com, regular KPCC Film Critic Lael Loewenstein, and Justin Chang of
Variety.
COMMENTARY  |
| Give me an award for my art! |
The most important category this year is "Best Documentary," and we have our fingers crossed for Jeremy Scahill and Richard Rowley's "
Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield" (
Democracy Now!). But it is a tough category this year with other great choices such as
The Act of Killing (about Indonesia, its military regime, and the million Indonesians they killed to stay in power and enrich themselves), The Square (about Egypt's Arab Spring centered in Tahrir Square), and 20 Feet from Stardom (about the best part of most pop music, the amazing and unsung back-up singers).  |
| Hollywood Oscar, Griffith Park (ocio.go) |
And then there's "Magnetism" in space between Sandy Bollocks and Ceorgie Glooney, which will probably sweep the whole show along with Jared Leto's "San Antonio Sellers Club" ably supported by Matt Mc Something or other. And we have our fingers crossed that this is finally Johnny Depp's year for his fantastic work as the pirate in "Saving Capt. Phillips." *Wink* See all of the nominees in all of the categories so as to memorize all of the fine minutiae for your Sunday viewing party: oscar.go.com/nominees"White Rabbit" Arabic version by Mayssa Karaa for "American Hustle"  |
| Los Angeles skyline in window as viewed from Tinsel Town/Hollywood |
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