Just took Mark Caro’s 2015 Test Your Oscar Knowledge quiz and bombed it to the tune of 3/20 or 15%. Can you do better? I hope so. On second thought, maybe I should be proud of my pathetic showing. After all, a conflicted film snob isn’t conflicted about the Academy Awards. It is, after all, nothing more than a popularity contest unfairly influenced by studio campaigning (cinema’s version of Citizens United v. FEC) and voted on by white (93%), male (76%) and geezerly (average age: 63) members. Unless, of course, they can’t be bothered to fill out a ballot, thus leaving the picks to their secretary personal assistants.
Chicago Tribune’s Oscar Quiz
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The other night my 12-year-old son roped me into the first 30 minutes of Return of the Jedi, director 
In the film Diner, writer-director Barry Levinson’s 1982 comedy about a group of friends in late-50s Baltimore, the character Edward “Eddie” Simmons (Steve Guttenberg) proves to be such a rabid Colts fan that, before he commits to walking down the aisle with his fiancé, he insists she pass a comprehensive examination on the history of Baltimore’s professional