Let's put the prejudices up front: I expected to dislike The Constant Gardener (2005).

When V for Vendetta came out in 2005 I hated it.

I won my Oscar pool by a margin of one category. But hey, winning is winning right? The two I got wrong were the animated short and Best Actor (I chose Mickey Rourke, but Sean Penn was my second choice).

We know that affordability and the art world rarely go hand in hand, so we can appreciate those infrequent moments when light bulbs go off and great ideas come to fruition.

Despite my increasing distaste towards the idea of watching movies just because they're nominated for an Oscar (or Oscars), I buckled down and watched the last three of the Best Picture contenders on Sunday. Through the magic and wizardry of Watch-Movies-Links.net, I was able to watch all three from the ...

Kim Bradley, a production manager who has been in the film industry for 15 years, started the business in a rather unglamorous way. She volunteered.

In the cloud of my ennui I became unwittingly drawn to the one thing I routinely pay for and never really consumed. Television. Not until I was forced to spend numerous nights in a row indoors did I realize the plethora of viewing options that were very readily available.

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By Zalina Alvi