Send me an FYC image and I will post it! The nomination voting period only lasts until May 9th. When you’re ready to vote, do it here: http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/521956

My sister-in-law has accused me of not watching and reviewing movies of people of color. I decide to prove her wrong by doing my own blog-a-thon with minority based movie for the week beginning April 17th to the 24th. I will review only movies with minorities in the lead.

Got a Press Release, something to Plug, or a Screener available for review (or some combination of the three)? Ok, don’t get all crazy about it. Just click here and give me the details (what, when, where, and a link, for starters) - I’ll handle the rest.

It’s time to Roll Your Own Top 5! That’s what we did, anyway, as every participant brought their own unique lists to the show. On hand were Nick, James, Stevee, and Dylan.

Also on tap:

* Listener Feedback
* LAMB of the Week
* Trailer Talk: Elektra Luxx
* Last LAMB Standing

For the LAMB of the Week, we take a look at LAMB #244, Foolish Blatherings (http://foolishblatherings.wordpress.com/):

If you’d like your site to be a future LAMB of the Week, hit me up via email and I’ll add you to the queue.

If you’re interested, you too can be a LAMBcaster - we love new blood! For more information on the LAMBcast, check out the topic at the LAMB Forums. Music provided royalty-free by Kevin MacLeod’s Incompetech website. Big thanks to Kevin for providing this service. The LAMBcast loves feedback, too. Either here in the comments section or to blogcabins@yahoo.com or to our Facebook page. Also, we’re on iTunes, and would still love a review, even if it’s a bad one.

Thanks for listening!

I don’t know if you know, but my annual show to award the people that were shafted at the Oscars is here. The 3rd annual Omie Awards is here. You can vote from all the categories from the Most Deserving Picture, Actors, Screenplays to the grand daddy of them of all, The Suck-It Award. If you see a nominee that was not included, you can write in your vote. It does count.

Here is the link to vote:

http://foolishblatherings.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/2011-omie-award-nominees/

The polls are are open now and will remain until the winners are announced on Feb. 26th.

Branden

Got a Press Release, something to Plug, or a Screener available for review (or some combination of the three)? Ok, don’t get all crazy about it. Just click here and give me the details (what, when, where, and a link, for starters) - I’ll handle the rest.

Editor’s note: Welcome to the fourth of a 33-part series dissecting the 83rd Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and enjoy!

by Branden of Foolish Blatherings

First of all, I would like to thank Jess from Insight Entertainment for the opportunity to write about the recent Oscar nominees. As everyone may know that the public will never see the five nominees for Best Live Action Short Film unless you find it on YouTube. Good luck searching. I am here to give you the inside scoop so you could win the company Oscar pool. You can thank me later.

The first nominee is the 15-minute Irish film, “The Crush” by first-time writer/director Michael Creagh. It tells the story of an eight-year-old boy who has an unhealthy infatuation to her teacher. To prove his love to her, he challenges her boyfriend to a duel to the death. The film was awarded Best Irish short at the Kerry Film Festival.

The next film is the 26-minute Estonian film by Tanel Toom, “The Confession” (Pihtimus), which tells the story of Sam, a reserved boy who is afraid of his confession. He is pure of heart and has no sins to confesses. With the help of his friend, Jacob try to have a reason to confess when tragedy strikes.

The third nominee is the 18-minute short, “God of Love” from director, Luke Mathney. It tells the story of a lovesick lounge singer/darts champion, Raymond Goodfellow who finds a package of love-inducing darts. He thinks his prayers are answered so he could get Kelly, the drummer in his band to fall for him. The problem is that she is already in relationship with his best friend, Fozzie, the guitarist in his band. He tries to get rid of the love triangle, but he learns a valuable lessons about unrequited love and his place in the universe.

The fourth nominee is the 19-minute Belgian film, “Na Wewe”, which means “You Too” in Burundi. It was directed by Ivan Goldschmidt that takes place in Kurundi circa 1994. In the middle of the civil war between the Hutus and Tutsis, a bus is overtaken by a band of rebels. During the chaos, everybody is uneasy about who is Hutu and Tutsi. Is the person next to you a friend or a foe?

The last nominee is the 24-minute film by Ian Barnes called “Wish 143.” It tells the story of a boy that has a terminal disease who wants to come of age before his time runs out.

I hope that you would find this post helpful for your company’s Oscar pool. I would place my bet on the “The Confession.” Anything that ends in tragedy is going to win. I don’t believe that “God of Love” or “Na Wewe” is going to win. I wouldn’t count out “The Crush” or “Wish 143.”
Good luck to all the nominees of Oscar night.

The dog days, indeed.

This summer has, for the most part, stunk up the joint at the theater. Audiences globally just aren’t buying what a couple of Killers and some mangled guy named Jonah Hex are selling them, and they’ve clearly had it with those SATC gals.

What went wrong? What’s the main culprit for the lackluster summer? And is there a prescription for our ills? More bluntly, will Inception and/or Scott Pilgrim save the day?

Trying to get a grip on all this and more were Nick Jobe, Jason Soto, Sebastian Gutierrez, and another noob (yay!), Branden Renfro of Foolish Blatherings. And of course, we top off the feature discussion with a handful of LLS, and one of the most engaging Trailer Talks we’ve had yet, all over…The Green Hornet?

If you’re interested, you too can be a LAMBcaster - we love new blood! For more information on the LAMBcast, check out the topic at the LAMB Forums.

As usual, the music, as provided royalty-free by Kevin MacLeod’s Incompetech website, is the bomb. Big thanks to Kevin for providing this service.

Also, we’re still on iTunes, and would still love a review, even if it’s a bad one. Thanks for listening!

FYI: I started a dedicated Facebook page for the LAMBcast. I’ll still post something here when a new episode is released, but if you’re looking for a central place for commentary, suggestions, complaints, etc., go here (and LIKE it!).

Hey you! Send me an FYC image and I will put it up! I don’t care if I get one from 50 sites, I’ll find a way to get them all up, and as soon as possible (the nomination voting period only lasts until May 12th!). When you’re ready to vote, do it here: http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/482056

Our first FYC ad is from LAMB #244, Foolish Blatherings. As you may notice, Branden is pimping himself for some categories that aren’t on this year’s ballot, but that’s only because he was so on his game that he sent me this image more than two weeks prior to yesterday’s announcement. How cool is that?

It’s Blusterin’ Time!

And remember: Blustering should be a two-way street; if you’ve asked to be blustered, you better be a blusterer.

If you’re new to this feature or need a refresher, click the label at the bottom of this post and see the first few posts. Otherwise, here’s the basics:

What I’ll do is list a site; you’re asked to critique it. But here’s the catch: to induce the most honest reactions, don’t leave the comment using your normal alias/login - instead, go anonymous, and be as brutally honest (or complimentary) as you wish to be. Also, be specific, and naturally, don’t be rude. If I deem anything inappropriate, I’ll have no problem deleting the comment.

So, go to the site listed below, familiarize yourself with it for a few minutes, then come back and leave some constructive criticism and/or comments that you have.

Site: Foolish Blatherings
LAMB#: 244
URL: http://foolishblatherings.wordpress.com/

If you’re up for this treatment for your site (and you’re a LAMB), send me an email with the subject “Bluster Me!” If you’ve already done so, no need to do it again - you’re on the list, and these will be going up in order of when I received your email (by the way, it could take a while for your site to be Blustered, since I don’t run this more than once a week or so).