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Over the past two weeks, the members of the Online Film Critics Society were polled about which performances we thought will be the Oscar nominees for Best Actress and Best Actor. These are the performances we collectively predicted (in alphabetical order; links go to my reviews): Best Actress Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Vera Farmiga, … 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…
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you really hate those 3D glasses– oh, who are we kidding: you’re gonna see Avatar this weekend if you have to knock over someone’s granny for a ticket. But just in case you’re feeling the slightest bit guilty about having … more…
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists — of which I’m a member and a member of the board — have announced the winners of our 2009 EDA awards. Select highlights (links go to my reviews): • Best Film: The Hurt Locker • Best Animated Film: Up • Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I love how the trailer notes that Jeff Bridges has been nominated for an Oscar four times… with the implication being that, Hey, this could be the fifth, and might even win him the damn thing. Fox Searchlight is certainly pushing Bridges and the film for awards … more…
Fred Topel yesterday at Sci Fi Wire pondered the Oscar chances of The Road, which could be a serious contender this year. In its favor: its grim subject matter, its awards-season debut, the powerful performances by Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee, and its home at The Weinstein Company — where the folks are known for … more…
Take a look back at an old trailer… Man, fantasy animation has moved on a bit since 1982, has it not? Voice acting, too. Dear oh dear, but the dialogue is cringeworthy today, isn’t it? Alan Arkin as the second-rate pickpocket might be the most awkward, but Jeff Bridges is a close second with that … more…
I’m not sure if I’ve seen a more sublimely funny moment on screen this year than the one in which George Clooney, in all deep serious earnestness, tries to convince Ewan McGregor that he — McGregor, that is — is a Jedi warrior.
“A sound like someone trying not to make a sound.” Four-year-old Ruth (Elle Fanning: Daddy Day Care) isn’t describing the shushed fury consuming the adults around her, but she might well be. Her parents’ marriage is collapsing, quietly and at long last, the strain of life-altering tragedy finally catching up to them, but they barely … more…
The music swells over the moment of victory, tears run freely down my face, fade to black, movie over. And I want to sob even longer and harder. Usually the rolling credits and the lights coming up in this kind of situation means a letup in the girly crying, but not this time. There’s something else going on besides the usual Oscar-baiting, triumph-of-the-human-and-equine-spirit shrink-wrapped Gourmet Film.
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