AWFJ 2017 EDA Awards winners announced
The Shape of Water wins Best Film, and Best Director goes to Guillermo del Toro. Agnes Varda is Defying Age and Ageism, and Hollywood’s sexual tormentors are inducted in the AWFJ Hall of Shame.
Kevin Spacey
All the Money in the World movie review: cashed out
The most interesting thing about this all-over-the-place drama-thriller is Ridley Scott’s last-minute Hail Mary pass to replace a disgraced cast member. The finale is tense and exciting, but it’s a slog to get there.
Baby Driver movie review: common car-nage
Edgar Wright used to send up cinematic clichés with gusto and with huge humor. Here he just embraces them — and his sullen, unengaging hero — unironically.
a few thoughts on House of Cards S4 (and open thread)
I adore this show, but it’s hugely depressing. I would love to call it cynical, but I suspect it’s all too realistic. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Old Vic’s The Crucible with Richard Armitage now on VOD
Just a heads-up for the fangirls…
Horrible Bosses 2 movie review: the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad sequel
It’s not funny, only its villains speak truth, and its putative heroes are now the horrible bosses… though the movie doesn’t seem to realize that.
The Crucible (starring Richard Armitage) stage review (The Old Vic)
A very earthy and spookily atmospheric production suffers from some dated attitudes: not those of the 1690s but the 1950s.
the best selfie ever: Ellen DeGeneres and Bradley Cooper (and celebrity photobombers) at the Oscars
We see a lot of insincerity at events like the Oscars, but everyone in this photo looks like they’re genuinely having a good time.
House of Cards (trailer)
Netflix will release all 13 episodes of this new series on Friday.
Margin Call (review)
Wily humor and sly observations about the lives of these high rollers are the highlights. It’s when those give way to issues of morality that the film disappoints, just a little…
