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The Great Little Hunter
Pinspired Philippines, 2022
The Boy The Girl
The Rat The Rabbit
and the Last Magic Days
Chapbook, 2018
Republic of Carnage:
Three Horror Stories
For the Way We Live Now
Chapbook, 2018
Bamboo Girls:
Stories and Poems
From a Forgotten Life
Ateneo de Naga University Press, 2018
Don't Tell Anyone:
Literary Smut
With Shakira Andrea Sison
Pride Press / Anvil Publishing, 2017
Cupful of Anger,
Bottle Full of Smoke:
The Stories of
Jose V. Montebon Jr.
Silliman Writers Series, 2017
First Sight of Snow
and Other Stories
Encounters Chapbook Series
Et Al Books, 2014
Celebration: An Anthology to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop
Sands and Coral, 2011-2013
Silliman University, 2013
Handulantaw: Celebrating 50 Years of Culture and the Arts in Silliman
Tao Foundation and Silliman University Cultural Affairs Committee, 2013
Inday Goes About Her Day
Locsin Books, 2012
Beautiful Accidents: Stories
University of the Philippines Press, 2011
Heartbreak & Magic: Stories of Fantasy and Horror
Anvil, 2011
Old Movies and Other Stories
National Commission for Culture
and the Arts, 2006
FutureShock Prose: An Anthology of Young Writers and New Literatures
Sands and Coral, 2003
Nominated for Best Anthology
2004 National Book Awards
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IAN ROSALES CASOCOT
Thursday, January 22, 2009
I'm still in shock.
How can the Academy
not nominate
The Dark Knight for Best Picture, and Kate Winslet for
Revolutionary Road? (Well, she was nominated for Lead Actress in
The Reader, but...) And how did Angelina Jolie in
Changeling get in instead of Kristin Scott Thomas in
I've Loved You So Long? (Don't talk to me about poor Sally Hawkins in
Happy-Go-Lucky. I wanted to kill Poppy in that movie.) And where's James Franco for either
Milk or
Pineapple Express? Or
Wall-E for Best Picture? Or Leonardo DiCaprio for
Revolutionary Road? Or Dev Patel for
Slumdog Millionaire? Or Michael Sheen for
Frost/Nixon? Or Rebecca DeWitt for
Rachel Getting Married? And Taraji Henson for
The Curious Case for Benjamin Button? That character was such a one-note caricature! And did Brad Pitt do some acting
ba in that movie?
Why does the Academy hate Christian Bale so much? First, there was the snub for his monstrous turn in
American Psycho. Next, there was the snub for his eye-popping transformation in
The Machinist. And now, a lock out of
The Dark Knight from the top prize? Bollocks.
But I am happy for Michael Shannon getting the nod for Best Supporting Actor in
Revolutionary Road. He was an electrifying presence there. And Viola Davis for
Doubt, especially after getting snubbed for her work in
Far Away From Heaven and
Solaris. And I'm happy for the Clint Eastwood snub in
Gran Torino. About time.
My fearless forecast:
Slumdog Millionaire for Best Picture. Gus Van Sant in
Milk for Best Director. Mickey Rourke in
The Wrestler for Best Actor. Kate Winslet in
The Reader for Best Actress. Heath Ledger in
The Dark Knight for Best Supporting Actor. And Penelope Cruz in
Vicky Cristina Barcelona for Best Supporting Actress.
It's a wide-open race.
Get the full list of nominations
here.
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