daily stream: starting over ain’t easy
2012’s Silver Linings Playbook is on Netflix in the US, Prime in the UK (and other services, too).
David O Russell
Joy movie review: a mess to be mopped up
Even the miscasting of Jennifer Lawrence takes a backseat to the forced quirkiness, which David O. Russell cannot get his cast on the same page with.
my guesses for Sunday night’s 86th Academy Awards
Winners are indicated. I got 16/24. Pretty good, if I may say so myself.
American Hustle review: the humor, it burns
Bursting with insanely engaging characters who are impossibly real and impossibly ridiculous whose stories you don’t ever want to end.
your awards-season cheat sheet… or how to sound like an insider (even if you’re not)
Shhh! don’t tell anywhere where you heard all this…
American Hustle trailer: David O. Russell has a new movie! David O. Russell has a new movie!
I don’t even care what it’s about, I’m there.
the 85th Academy Award nominees
With links to my reviews. I’ll be adding reviews of the last few films I haven’t yet covered between now and the Oscars.
Silver Linings Playbook movie review
Sometimes uncomfortable, often funny, and always electrifying. Plays like a gentle sendup of romantic comedies fueled by a restless, blunt anti-charm and irascible honesty about wants and needs.
Silver Linings Playbook (trailer)
A new film from David O. Russell — plus Bradley Cooper plus Jennifer Lawrence in her first significant grownup role — means I will be there.
Colin Firth and Natalie Portman are Oscar shoo-ins; everything else up for grabs: Oscar predictions
Here’s an at-a-glance look at my picks for Sunday night’s Academy Awards — projected winners are Xed. Keep in mind: this isn’t a list of whom I think should win Oscars but whom I think will win…
