Oscars 2019
12:05 AM - And we'll call this a wrap for the Live Blog. I may have more to say about some of my favorite movies of 2018, but for the Oscars, it's a night. I know I've done better jobs on the live blog than this year, but since they eliminated around a half hour of Stuff, they eliminated a lot of the down time when I could pay less attention to what was on the screen, and more to my typing. I'll take that trade-off any day. 12:03 AM -- Best Actress. Prior to going for a repeat viewing of The Wife a couple of weeks ago, I don't believe I've ever gone back twice to a movie just to see a brilliant performance by an actress. I am deeply disappointed for Glenn Close. I might have a hard time separating out Olivia Colman's performance from my overall dislike for the movie she was in. But even allowing for that, I can't see Colman's performance as better than the third or fourth best in the category, because Melissa McCarthy is a knockout in Can You