Oscar, Oscar

Here’s looking at you – to tune into “Oscar, Oscar” every Monday Night at 10 PM CST. Your host, Jason O’Brien is the epitome of the term “Oscar Buzz.” But this host consists of more than just the latest gossip and the hottest new releases, he has a penchant for the oldies that make the silver screen so great.

On O’Brien’s personal website www.oscarworld.net, he even rates the “ten best films of the year” and lists his own personal choices if he “voted for the Oscars.” The top films of 2006 according to O’Brien? (1) “United 93,” (2) “The Departed,” (3) “Little Children,” (4) “Letters From Iwo Jima,” (5) “Dreamgirls,” (6) “Casino Royale,” (7) “The Queen,” (8) “World Trade Center,” (9) “Prairie Home Companion,” and (10) “Rocky Balboa.” If you find yourself nodding in agreement at some of the film, or if you find yourself strongly disagreeing, why not tune or call into O’Brien’s show and voice your own theatrical opinion?

O’Brien explains on his site that he simply has a passion for all that is Oscar. Why? For the simple love of the film industry. In his own words “The Academy Awards are the only awards show that are solely devoted to honoring the entire craft of filmmaking.” Carefully considering that statement leads any reader to believe that O’Brien is entirely correct. After all, how many costume designers or make up people are honored in any other awards shows? Additionally, O’Brien respects the ways in which the Oscars tend to look at the entire film crew – including the often largely ignored script writers. Sure, the world remembers Humphrey Bogart, but do they remember the writer that made his famous? O’Brien seems to take a realistic approach to the art of movie making, and his show is truly a reflection of the delicate move craft.

Oscar, Oscar!

Host Jason O’Brien, writer, producer, and director shares his choices for the top 100 movies of all time during Oscar, Oscar! along with interviews with such top movie personalities as legendary director Oliver Stone, who also happens to be a personal hero of Jason’s.

O’Brien is not only involved in the film industry but is also the consummate fan of movies and has developed a website dedicated to all things relating to the Oscars given annually to the top movies of the year. O’Brien openly admits that he doesn’t necessarily agree with American Film Institute’s choices of the top 100 movies and gives his reasons why he thinks his listing is a better reflection of the best of the best of the genre and presents his opinions in a non-confrontational and engaging style.

He opens each show with the latest in film news and then he moves quickly into current happenings in the world of film including details of little known, and sometimes offbeat, exhibits that help to bring the history of film making to a modern artist such as a schedule of regular screenings of Best Picture nominees that didn’t win and locations for showings of home movies of and by such film greats as Ester Williams, Steve McQueen, and Alfred Hitchcock.