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Well, there was none of that nonsense from Wes Anderson about how he was so sure he wouldn’t win that he didn’t prepare an acceptance speech. When the National Board of Review named Fantastic Mr. Fox its Best Animated Film of 2009, Anderson was ready:
The third Transformers movie “won’t be as robot-heavy and there will be fewer explosions,” according to the Los Angeles Times blog Hero Complex, which quotes Michael Bay thusly: “It gets much more into the robot character.” Or perhaps because Megatron secretly longs to dance upon the stage, but fears how this will impact his relationship … more…
I wish I could say that I’ve been spending all this extended holiday weekend doing nothing but playing with my new Wii, but alas, it wasn’t until late last night that I finally had the first chance all week to turn on the console. And then I was up looong into the wee hours playing … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh, please, not another Nicholas Sparks movie. The romantic confession in the rain! The snuggling on the beach! The wondering who’s gonna live and who’s gonna die and who’s gonna be sad, so so terribly terribly sad when it happens! Lasse Hallström sure has come a long … more…
The 67th annual Golden Globes awards were handed out last night. On the film side, at least, there weren’t many surprises: FILM Best Motion Picture (Drama): Avatar Best Actress (Drama): Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Best Actor (Drama): Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical): The Hangover Best Actress (Comedy or Musical): … more…
…sexy Star Wars lacks imagination; how not to depict girl geeks; and more. Yup, it’s The Week in Women, my regular column over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Enjoy.
Take a look back at an old trailer… Oh, Mr. Trailer Announcer, you are too much. “The Iron Curtain… and its velvet women”! “The palaces and boudoirs of espionage”! Perfect! But did you really have to spoil the double double cross for us? That was pretty uncool. Oh, Mr. Bond, you do have a way … more…
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
Obama’s finally showing some balls, finally sounding like he’s working for we the people instead of them the corporatons, and finally backing it up with real, concrete action. “If the big financial firms can afford massive bonuses, they can afford to pay back the American people.” Hallelujah! Someone in a position to do something finally … more…
This weekend’s question comes from the conversation-starting game Table Topics Not Your Mom’s Dinner Party edition [Amazon U.S.]: What alcohol can you never drink again? I gotta go with apple schnapps, which I drank waaay too much of at a friend’s birthday party a couple of years ago, something I will never ever do again. … more…
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