Mike McInally

My devotion to “Wallace & Gromit” costs me dearly, but I should have known better about “Avatar.”

Beat my predictions, and you could win some dough. Not very much dough, but still.

Big box office gap may finally prove to be too much for the little movie to overcome.

New “W&G” short is up for an Academy Award at this year’s ceremony.

Here’s a chance to weigh in on some of the topics we’re considering for editorials in the Gazette-Times.

Big wins for “Avatar” may give it the edge over “Up in the Air” as we head into the heart of Oscar season.

Michael Jackson’s “This is It” movie depicts an artist who was still in command right up to his death – despite what I wrote in an earlier editorial.

Entertainment Weekly’s Dave Karger has been offering good coverage of the decision by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to double the number of movies nominated for Best Picture, from five to 10. The idea apparently is to make some room for big box-office hits like last year’s “The Dark Knight.” Even though [...]

I had wondered last night how the Academy Awards ceremony would fare in the ratings. Today, the answer came, courtesy of Nielsen Media Research, which says the telecast drew 36.3 million viewers. The good news: That audience was up over last year by more than 4 million viewers. The bad news: Only two other Oscar [...]

When the night’s biggest upset comes in the Foreign-Language Film category, that’s a sign that the Academy Awards have gone mostly according to form.
And, sure enough, “Slumdog Millionaire” dominated Sunday’s Oscars, just the way that I (and virtually every other Oscar pundit) had predicted. I can’t say I’m unhappy about the big wins for “Slumdog [...]