Best Animated Short - 2016

Well, as you might have heard, the Oscar nominations were announced this morning, and five more films entered into the rank of Best Animated Short nominees along with such luminaries as Small Talk, A Greek Tragedy, and The Jaywalker. I had talked a little bit about the nominees earlier today, but for the first time since 2009, I was able to watch all of the nominees not only before the Shorts International theatrical showing, but also on the day of the nomination. After all, four of the five shortlisted films I had seen received nomination, and the National Film Board made the final nominee available for purchase. So, since I have seen all five films I might as well get the review out of the way. I just hope this isn't going to take six hours (although knowing how slow my computer is now it probably will take more than six hours.)

Best Animated Short 2016 - The Nominees

Well, it's that time of year again, the time that I have to get off of my sorry butt and start working on preparing for this year's Oscar nominations. Thankfully, with the NFB making Blind Vaysha available for purchase, I was actually able to see all of the nominees by the day of the nominations, something that hadn't been done since the 2009 Oscars. Unfortunately, I'm currently at work and won't have the time to actually do the reviews until I get off work, so I figure I might as well just post the nominations and some of my quick thoughts about the nominations for this year.