question of the day: What do you think of the Emmy Awards results?
The Emmy Awards for excellence in American television were handed out last night, and one of the biggest winners wasn’t American at all: Downton Abbey…
Julianna Margulies
City Island (review)
Hilarious and witty portrait of a functional dysfunctional New York City family…
trailer break: ‘City Island’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… City Island is an odd corner of New York City: it’s like a New England fishing village within the limits of the five boroughs. Movies and TV have been shot there before, but as far as I know, no story has actually ever been set there. So … more…
question of the day: What do you think of the Golden Globe winners?
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…
Snakes on a Plane: a totally ironic and yet kinda not movie review
A superb contemporary example of cinema du serpent, wittily harkening back to its thematic progenitors, but it is a marvelous achievement in its own right, too…
Traveller (review)
Why isn’t Bill Paxton a bigger star than he is? Sure, he’s been in some of the biggest movies of all time: Twister and Aliens and True Lies and now Titanic. But I bet most moviegoers couldn’t put a name to his hunky everyman face…
