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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...)
Happy New Year! (site upgrade) Posted on January 02, 2006
In an attempt to start 2006 in a productive way I have completed an update of the site software which was long overdue (I was still one major revision behind). So... if things will appear broken, just let me know... (more...)
New Aggregate RSS Feed Posted on June 15, 2005
As of today, a new RSS Feed is available which covers all the Casual Critic sections (Reviews, Oscars and Movie Talk). The old individual feeds will continue to work, but for convenience you can update your readers to the aggregate one. (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 Posted on February 21, 2007
The 2006 Oscar prediction pages are up. It's now or never if you still want to catch up with some of the nominated movies, now is the time to watch them. I also have a few reviews to write as... (more...)
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...)
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...)
Oscars 2004 Posted on February 28, 2005
The 2004 Academy Awards concluded officially last night the 2004 movie year. You can check out my reactions and the list of winners in the Oscars section. My final duty to 2004 is to produce my Top 10 list of... (more...)
Starting the Oscars predictions Posted on February 02, 2005
Check out the latest updates to the Oscars 2004 part of the site. All categories have pages with the nominees listed and preliminary analysis and predictions have been posted for the main categories.... (more...)
Summer draught Posted on August 25, 2006
Hmm... so what happened this summer? Did I spend all my time sunbathing on a tropical beach with no time for my movie addiction? (more...)
The Oscars are knocking Posted on January 22, 2007
I just realized (or actually been told) that while I was still updating the reviews and Oscars sections of the site, I have not really said anything about it in the main section :) Well, January is when the Awards... (more...)
Uh, oh - it's been a year! Posted on February 24, 2008
The last entry on this blog happened exactly one year ago. It's as if after the 2006 Oscars, everything faded to black. It's true, most people know that the march-april months are pretty much dead when it comes to good... (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...)