My name is Alyson, and I love movies. At age three, my mom took me to see Bambi in theaters. As a kid, I have fond memories of hiding under blankets in the back of the van so my dad could sneak us kids into the drive-in. I saw Psycho at age seven, my brother got his name from Star Wars and my first job was at the local theater. I wouldn’t be who I am today without movies.
After many months of fruitless fresh-outta-college job hunting and a need to feel productive again, my husband came up with the idea to start an extensive movie blog. This brainchild came just weeks after watching Julie & Julia and while watching Moulin Rouge!: watch and review every single movie nominated for Best Picture in Oscar history. It was like giving myself my dream-job. Within hours, The Best Picture Project was born.
Over the past three years keeping this blog, I have watched and reviewed nearly every single Best Picture nomination. However, I realized that while these films are great, they skip over hundreds of other amazing films, some memorable classics. So I began reviewing other great films as well, I affectionately call them my Oscar Snubbed collection. I also have a soft spot for animated films and Octobers are dedicated to great and classic horror films.
Throughout the project, I have been a guest contributor on MovieFanfare, nominated for the Lammy’s Brainiac Award, and a guest on the Film School Rejects weekly podcast Reject Radio. Each of those honors absolutely floored me. The only realistic hopes I had in the beginning were a few regular readers, besides my mom.
With the confidence of over 600 posts here, my skills are stronger than ever before. It feels great and all I want to do is keep going.
Thank you to everyone for making this project a success.
Contact Alyson:
Email- alysonkrier -(at)- gmail.com
Twitter- TerribleClaw
Alyson,
I just gave you a blog award.
http://u-town.com/collins/?p=2937
I’m looking forward to more Oscar Snubs, and of course pretty soon there will be more nominees, too.
Thank you, I’m honored!
Hey Alyson! I got inspired by Julie and Julia about a year ago and started a blog very similar to yours. I haven’t seen yours until today! Check mine out: myoscarjourney.tumblr.com
It’s always great to find other people doing an Oscar blog. Your site looks awesome, good luck!
Alyson – I like your work -
I’m going to add you to my Blogroll so folks who visit my site can click a link and visit yours.
Keep up the great work.
JustMeMike
The Arts
That’s so nice of you, thanks Mike!
Hi Alyson,
I met you a few weeks ago, and you suggested I check out your blog. It looks great! I hope to read more and more movie reviews from you.
Peggy
Thanks for checking it out Peggy, hope to see you again soon.
Hello Alyson
I was also inspired by Julie & Julia, and recently ended the project – The Aj/Cinephile Project @ ajshawler.blogspot.com. I’ve got to say that going by the comments, Julie & Julia is a classic for ever inspiring so many.
Cheers!
Alyson
I just wanted to take a moment to let you know how much I am enjoying your blog and how much I envy you! I too wanted to sit down and watch every Best Picture nominee I could but had a hard time finding the time to do so. Instead, I settled for buying every Best Picture winner for my own personal collection. I’m still waiting for Cavalcade to hit DVD so I can get rid of the only VHS tape on my Best Picture shelf. lol Also, as a movie fan in general I am enjoying your terrific reviews as well. Keep it up and I’ll keep reading! Each blog has really made me want to go back and try aagain to track down some of these great films! Thansk!
Chuck, thank you so much for your kind words. Yes, watching all these movies has been time consuming; as life has progressed, I’ve slowed down from 9 movies a week (insanity!) to 3 or 4. But what a collection you have! My little DVD/bluray collection contains maybe 20 best picture nominees, and one winner: LOTR ROTK. Thanks again for reading!
Yeah, it wasn’t an easy task. I had to some digging to find some older, out of print titles and I even double-dipped a few times so I could have a really good edition of the movie. Once I got Wings on blu-ray, that just left Cavalcade to replace from VHS to DVD. I keep hoping Fox will one day release this as a stand alone DVD and not just in a multi-movie box set. Once they do, oh happy day! LOL
Awesome! I am just starting a Best Picture review blog myself and am trying to find a like-minded community to discuss/compare notes with. Rad!
http://watchingallbestpictures.wordpress.com/