question of the weekend: What do you want for Christmas?
Me? I just want the usual: world peace, a pony, and George Clooney.
George Clooney
question of the day: Does it matter if celebrities endorse politicians?
Have any voters ever decided whom to vote for based upon which celebs candidates hang out with? (On second thought, don’t answer that — I suspect the answer is too depressing. No, okay, go ahead and tell me.)
question of the day: What do you think of last night’s Oscar ceremony, and what do you think of the winners?
I felt a lot of disdain rolling off the screen for the very people that the Academy is allegedly honoring for actually finding that truth this past year…
The Artist will have a good night (and other Oscar predictions)
Here’s an at-a-glance look at my picks for tomorrow night’s Academy Awards…
question of the day: What makes a movie star a movie star, and has this changed over the Hollywood century?
Dave Beauchene at PopTometry suggests that movie stars should only be movie stars if there can be unanimous agreement on their objectively superior talent. What’s more, this was once true, and has been lost. I couldn’t disagree more.
The Descendants (review)
One of the very best movies of 2011. It is the movie of the year, in many ways beyond its simple superlative overall excellence.
The Descendants (trailer)
Saw this yesterday at the London Film Festival, and it is inexpressibly wonderful…
The Ides of March (review)
Everything that’s fucked up about American political culture at the moment is hung out in The Ides of March to air like the soiled laundry that it is…
things you need to know: Tyler Perry is the best-paid man in Hollywood in 2011
His secret: Perry just doesn’t make the same old shit again and again. He makes new, different shit.
The Ides of March (trailer)
Damn, I’m probably gonna love this movie and be massively depressed by it at the same time.
