I saw all the best picture nominees this year, an old family tradition. I actually completed the check list a while back. It was easier than usual because I only had two I hadn’t seen at the time of the nominations, and only one of those I hadn’t been planning to see already. There was also one nominee I watched a long time ago but didn’t review. So for the sake of completism I’ll write a few words about those last three before tomorrow/tonight’s Oscar rituals are performed. (read the rest of this shit…)
Posts Tagged ‘AIDS’
This year’s pre-Oscar post
Sunday, March 2nd, 2014Tags: AIDS, Alexander Payne, Bob Nelson, Bruce Dern, Jared Leto, Judi Dench, Matthew McConaughey, Oscars, Steve Coogan, Will Forte
Posted in Blog Post (short for weblog) | 77 Comments »
-
Hey bud, thanks for reading. Don't feel obligated, but here are some
-
WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT THE SHIT OUT OF VERN & OUTLAWVERN.COM
if that's your thing:
1. Patreon
2. Buy my books from your local bookseller or somebody
click here for my Amazon author page (NOTE: My ten year contract has passed on the Titan books, so I don't get residuals on them like I do WORM ON A HOOK and NIKETOWN, but I would love for you to read them because I'm proud of them)
EXTRA CREDIT: Review them on Amazon! That would really help me out. Unless you didn't like them, in which case forget I said anything.
3. If you ever buy from Amazon, go through my links or search engines
(you pay the same amount you were gonna pay anyway they cut me a little slice)I also have an Amazon UK one:
(I can't get the search box widget to work anymore, so click on MOONWALKER and then search for what you want.)4. My exciting line of fashion and leisure products
5. Spread the word
Tell your friends about my reviews and my books and everything. Only cool people though please, we don't need a bunch of suckers and/or chumps around here.
THANKS EVERYBODY. YOUR FRIEND, VERN
* * * * Recent commentary and jibber-jabber
- Mr. Majestyk on Send Help: “You know, if you squint a little, Linda kind of fits into the same heroic paradigm as Ash: She sucks…” Feb 3, 20:31
- Skani on Send Help: “Great review, and I particularly like the way you explore your dislike of the McAdams character and what might be…” Feb 3, 19:41
- eeeeyuke on Zentropa (a.k.a. Europa): “This is a very well written and insightful review. Love the last paragraph.” Feb 3, 17:11
- KayKay on The Wrecking Crew (2026): “One thing I actually appreciated in the fight scenes was how they (mostly) dodged one of my biggest pet peeves…” Feb 3, 15:47
- Mr. Majestyk on Send Help: “This one was really touch-and-go for me. The first 20 minutes had me wondering if I’d made a big mistake…” Feb 3, 14:34
- Curt on The Wrecking Crew (2026): ““I’ve started to realize that Momoa is not as funny to me as he is to himself.” If you haven’t…” Feb 3, 14:06
- Borg9 on KPop Demon Hunters + Boys Go to Jupiter: “Yeah, NO OTHER CHOICE is dedicated to Costa-Gavras. Double bill review?” Feb 3, 02:49
- VERN on KPop Demon Hunters + Boys Go to Jupiter: “Wait – NO OTHER CHOICE is based on The Ax? I haven’t read the book but I’ve seen the Costa-Gavras…” Feb 2, 22:17
- geoffreyjar on Send Help: “I thought this one ruled. Bunch of laugh out loud moments and a further evolution of Raimi-Gags. Even better, I…” Feb 2, 20:19
- PJ on Send Help: “Maybe it’s because I’m so used to Raimi stories being these (tragically or comically) brutal morality fables, it’s so bracing…” Feb 2, 13:14
- Palermo on Send Help: “I agree with this review almost entirely. Raimi and the writers set it up as a workplace vengeance dark comedy,…” Feb 2, 12:25
- E.f. Contentment on Send Help: “Actually, that link I posted is for an alternate cut of the video. It’s missing a couple of things while…” Feb 2, 10:22
- zikade on Send Help: “I haven’t seen this, yet, so maybe the movie makes a greater point about this, but I do want to…” Feb 2, 10:21
- E.f. Contentment on Send Help: “simon beat me to it re: learning everything from books and experience, and not the “Survivor” program itself. So instead…” Feb 2, 10:04
Recent Commented on Posts
Most Comments
- “Don’t you know who I am!? I wrote the essay for the UNDER SIEGE 4K from Arrow!” - 37 comments
- Fuck My Son! - 33 comments
- The Smashing Machine (2025) - 28 comments
- Avatar: Fire and Ash - 27 comments
- Trancers - 21 comments
- Frankenstein (the 2025 Guillermo del Toro one) - 21 comments
- Predator: Badlands - 21 comments
- One Battle After Another - 20 comments
- KPop Demon Hunters + Boys Go to Jupiter - 20 comments
- Hamnet - 15 comments



















