Friday, August 10, 2018

Baby Boomers -- Fools for the City

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How do you like the new view that my wife, Marie, and I have? Or our new neighbor, Billy Penn, who looms over our new home in Philadelph...
Sunday, February 25, 2018

Among Oscar’s Slimmer Pickings, (Just) a Couple Stand Out This Year

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I’m getting worried. This is the second year in a row that I am unenthused about the Oscar nominees. I am starting to believe that it’s th...
Friday, February 24, 2017

Oscars 2017 — Pat’s Picks, Predictions and Potential Threats to Your Pool

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Going to an Oscar party this Sunday night? If so, here is help for your Oscar pool —my fearless predictions for who will win, who should w...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

Oscars 2017 -- Slim Pickings in a So-so Year

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has suggested which movies of 2016 are the best. The result for me is that I am less int...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

My Look at Oscar's Nominees (and One More for Good Measure)

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Another year, another list of nominees, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has suggested which films released in 2015 may...
Monday, February 16, 2015

2015’s Best Picture Nominations Mirror a Good Year for Movies

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Since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expanded their nominees for the Best Picture Oscar from five to as many as ten in 2009...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

From Space to the Ocean to Nebraska: Ranking the Oscar-nominated Films

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The Academy Awards are this weekend, and the Big One is up for grabs.  For the last few years, I have praised the new and improved Osc...