Back again this week with some links. It was a little hard finding great blog posts this week, not because the writing was poor, but because I simply didn’t feel like linking tons of Oscar predictions. I love the Oscars as a game. I love predicting who will win and getting excited about it all. But I really don’t see it as important, and this year I haven’t felt motivated to even talk about the Oscars very much. Then again, I one Oscars-related post did manage to slip through. All the links are inside!
First up, Max and Claire at Impassioned Cinema decided to take a look at my favourite film (and trilogy) of all time, Back to the Future!
Next, Neal Gabler at the LA Times wrote a great piece about how the old fashioned films being heralded at this year’s Oscars are a sign of Hollywood’s self-loathing.
Over at The John Carter Files, Dotar Sojat makes a case for how the new film, John Carter, might find a path to success.
Scott Mendelson discusses why the feminism of Pixar’s upcoming Brave is not a step forward, but a course correction for girl-power animation.
Finally, in TV world, my good friend Erik Bondurant takes a look at the female characters upstairs at Downton Abbey.
Thanks so much for featuring our article, Corey. We have some more exciting trilogies lined up for the future so keep looking out of our posts.