Bob’s Blog

Every year, my goal is to see every movie that receives a major nomination for an Academy Award _ Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Director.

I always fall short because of this nasty little thing in my life called a job. Have you noticed how jobs get in the way sometimes?

Anyway, with the Oscars coming up Sunday there are still a lot of movies I haven’t seen.

Here’s the list: Little Children, Blood Diamond, Half Nelson, The Last King of Scotland, Volver, Notes on a Scandal, The Devil Wears Prada, Babel and Letters from Iwo Jima.

Here’s my plan. I’m going to see The Last King of Scotland and Notes on a Scandal tomorrow before the Wichita State-Missouri State basketball game. I can knock off these two back-to-back at the Premiere Palace.

I’ll rent Babel, The Devil Wears Prada and Half Nelson later in the week. I’ll see Blood Diamond and Letters From Iwo Jima at the theater. Which leaves Volver and Little Children _ I have no idea how I’m going to see those. That means I might go into Sunday’s Oscar telecast without the necessary expertise to authoritatively pick the winners. Drat.