Charlize Theron - SASS Awards as of August 2020 Selecting best performances is hard when they do not always coincide with great (or even good movies). Theron is an actress who continues to put out amazing performances and has increasingly good reach across genres....

Other award shows are getting muddled....

Another Reason we need SASS Awards SASS Awards wants to recognize all good work, recognize people doing their best without comparison to someone else work, and allow all artists to be recognized regardless of their gender, popularity, or for any other reason....

Robert Downey Jr. - Sass Awards Some actor/actress' are easy to select Sass Awards for because either they have clear winners or they don't have a very large filmography so it is easy to remember or go back and watch the potential winners. Robert Downey Jr. however has neither of these....

These are strange times. I keep going back and forth between being thrilled that things are cancelled so I can settle in and get a movie in and being sick of my couch. In many ways the shelter in place orders are a cinephile’s best friend and I have certainly made the most of it which got me thinking about how movies can get us through rough times. Movies can show us a way to understand a problem or try out solutions to see how they fit. In a time when TV and distractions are a bigger part of our daily life, what we choose to watch can make a difference in our mood and outlook....

They all deserved the Oscar, well maybe not Al Pacino… I love Hollywood award shows. All of them. I love seeing the stars and celebrities dressed up and walking the red carpet. I know it is all a show, even the shows are an act of sorts, but I love them anyway. I used to watch the entire show even when they ran so late I didn’t much care who won anymore....

Is that the best you can do? Why, yes…yes it is. Competition can be a hard concept to live with. It pushes us to do our best to “win”, but can also create an emotional crash when we “lose”. Yes, losing can be a good lesson and create motivation, but social media, reality TV, and other media formats have made failure an excuse to laugh at someone instead of a learning experience. And no one likes to be laughed AT....