online Oscar symposium with yours truly

I've been late getting to my year-end wrapup for 2005, distracted by the work of getting the new design up and running, but now it's time to buckle down and finish up the movie year. Between now and Oscar day, March 5, I'll be handicapping the Oscars, talking about my own picks for the best of everything 2005 in movies, catching up on reviews of nominated films, and more. For starters, I'm participating in an online Oscar symposium run by Nathaniel R. over at TheFilmExperience.net. We started today, and already we've got quite a contentious (but friendly) discussion going. Check it out -- we'll be chatting over at least the next week or so.