January 2005 Archives

Oscar nominations Posted on January 27, 2005

The Academy Award Nominations for 2004 have been announced and I have updated my Oscar pages accordingly. Soon I will start making my winner predictions.... (more)

One more day... Posted on January 24, 2005

...until the Oscar nominations will be announced. More about that and my perhaps final predictions have been updated in the Oscars section. Watched a few more as well, including the Ray Charles biopic Ray and the Greek gem A Touch... (more)

Oscar predictions taking shape... Posted on January 17, 2005

I have finally started to add my predictions for the 2004 Academy Awards Nominations in the Oscars section of the site. You may encounter some minor errors on that part of the site as it is still under development, but... (more)

Golden Globes 2004 Posted on January 17, 2005

Last night the Hollywood Foreign Press Association awarded their Golden Globes. Known as the biggest award show other than the Oscars, The Golden Gobes have become year by year increasingly glamorous, rivaling more and more the Academy Awards. Also the... (more)

Catching up... Posted on January 16, 2005

Added three new reviews for The Aviator, The Notebook and Spanglish. And speaking of Spanglish, throughout the first half of the movie I kept asking myself and my friend "In what other movie did I see Tea Leoni play the... (more)

Welcome to 2005... Posted on January 12, 2005

... and to a brand new Casual Critic! First of all, the new look would not have been possible without lots of help from my friend Maki. And to be honest this re-design was ready for half a year already,... (more)