Herewith some reflections on this year's Academy Awards from a longtime film critic currently not reviewing movies. Of course I watched the Oscars as I always do; they provide the kind of entertainment that yesteryear's really pretentious B-movies used to. But this time round they were mostly just plain boring; still, a few kudos and a number of Bronx cheers don't seem uncalled-for.Things began with the very sad appe…
SOURCE: John Simon at 11:42AM on March 1, 2011