Online Film Critics Society 2010 Awards winners
The winners of the 2010 Online Film Critics Society Awards have been announced… and there aren’t many surprises…
David Fincher
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2010 EDA Awards nominees
The AWFJ is one of the critics’ groups I belong to; my input helped determine these nominees, and I will vote in the final balloting to narrow it down to the winners. I still have to watch a few of these nominees…
Online Film Critics Society 2010 Award nominees
The OFCS is one of the critics’ groups I belong to; my input helped determine these nominees, and I will vote in the final balloting to narrow it down to the winners. I still have to watch a few of these nominees…
cinematic roots of: ‘My Soul to Take’
In My Soul to Take, Wes Craven warms up some horror leftovers in a tale about a serial killer whose soul has (maybe) been reborn into the body of one of a gaggle of small-town teenagers. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
cinematic roots of: ‘The Social Network’
In The Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg invents Facebook in his Harvard dorm room, only to have all his friends and enemies sue him claiming he stole their ideas. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
The Social Network (review)
The Social Network isn’t overly concerned with the obvious irony: ha ha, an antisocial nerd invented the most popular social-networking Web site on the planet. As Fincher frames it, Zuckerberg’s loneliness is hardly ironic. It is, in fact, inherent in the mindset that got him to where he is…
question of the day: Who is the greatest American director working today?
Is the day of the auteur over? If it isn’t, who is our greatest auteur? Does it matter if Hollywood doesn’t care about directors anymore? Is that something that can be left to serious film fans?
trailer break: ‘The Social Network’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Wow: David Fincher directed this. I woudn’t have expected that… and I wouldn’t have expected a David Fincher movie about the Internet to look quite like this. I’m even more intrigued than I already was. Weird to think that it was as recently as 2003 that Facebook … more…
question of the day: Is there any point in a Hollywood remake of ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’?
As it always does, the inevitable has come to pass. The Swedish film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is getting the Hollywood treatment. Never mind that the original film is a worldwide phenomenon that has earned more than $100 million worldwide, including more than $9 million in North America, which ranks it respectably as … more…
question of the day: Who is your dream celebrity casting of a celebrity?
Confused? See, it’s like this: This week we learned that Rachel Weisz will play Jackie Kennedy in an upcoming movie by Darren Aronofsky about the first lady’s life just after her husband’s assassination. And we learned that Robert Pattinson will play Kurt Cobain with Scarlett Johansson as Courtney Love in an upcoming movie from David … more…
