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This is a month old, but still worth getting to. In mid June, Stephen Fry delivered an address on the state of British television at a BAFTA event; the full text of Fry’s address is here, and it is a fascinating read. In it, he reminisces about the TV of his childhood — “When I … more…
…on Jerry Bruckheimer’s bad summer, what with The Sorcerer’s Apprentice flopping, and right on the heels of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time sorta flopping by Bruckheimerian standards: What makes things bad for Bruckheimer is that he’s been wrapped up in his self-contained world for so long that outside of his close friends, the … more…
I’m starting to wonder if all the handwringing over Inception — is it the greatest movie ever? is it a con? what does it all mean? — is actually a reaction to the idea that it looks like, maybe, Christopher Nolan has never made a bad movie. He’s had a string of films now — … more…
Sony Pictures Entertainment cochair Amy Pascal talked TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman, and something she said made me choke: AP: To be fair to all of us, nobody sets out to make a crappy movie. Nobody says, “Let’s make this one bad.” You’re always trying to make it good. Now, sometimes you succeed in making it good, … more…
Big news today from Daniel Radcliffe World. A press release distributed today announced that the Harry Potter star: Daniel Radcliffe will take the lead in The Woman in Black, Hammer Films and Alliance Films hotly anticipated adaptation of Susan Hill’s best-selling novel, it was announced today by Simon Oakes, and Nigel Sinclair of Exclusive and … more…
Oh, I hope this isn’t true (via Digital Spy): Matt Smith reportedly plans to quit Doctor Who next year. The actor, who is currently filming the show’s Christmas special, hopes to crack Hollywood by landing more movie roles, reports The Sun. “Matt plans to quit after the next series,” a friend told the paper. “He … more…
Screenrush.co.uk is screaming: EXCLUSIVE: Sylvester McCoy Rumoured For The Hobbit (Sylvester McCoy was, of course the last actor to play the Doctor in Doctor Who in the classic iteration of the series.) But it gets a tad confusing once you get into the piece: Loathe as we usually are to report on casting news before … more…
…on dissenting reviews of critically acclaimed movies (and in particular, Inception) Aggregations of reviews (and the resulting “scores” at a place like Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic) are useful as rough approximations of critical reception, but not only is there no reason to prize perfect scores, there is every reason to be suspicious of them. There … more…
I haven’t seen Inception yet — I’ll see it tonight — but I’m even more intrigued to hear writer-director Christopher Nolan say this about the film (to BBC News): The Bond influence on the film was very intentional because, for me, growing up with the Bond films – they’ve always stood for grand-scale action… for … more…
Look, I love white people. Some of my best friends are white. But that doesn’t mean that I want to see white people in every movie, particularly if they don’t belong there. Like in The Last Airbender, which is based on a cartoon in which the characters are clearly from Inuit- and Asian-flavored cultures and … more…
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