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.
Meryl Streep
my guesses for Sunday night’s 86th Academy Awards
Winners are indicated. I got 16/24. Pretty good, if I may say so myself.
who — if anyone — has emerged as an indisputable movie star since the year 2000?
We’re nearly 15 years into the century — it shouldn’t be so hard to think of names to fill this roster.
Hope Springs (review)
Dazzlingly graceful as a narrative and brutally frank emotionally, while still also working as a piece of popcorn entertainment.
question of the day: What is your favorite biopic?
The first one that springs to mind for me is Out of Africa, because it’s a gorgeous movie, and because it’s about a woman, which so few biopics are.
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 screen legends don’t deserve their legendary status?
Perhaps you don’t get the appeal of Humphrey Bogart. Perhaps Rita Hayworth does less than nothing for you.
The Undefeated (trailer)
Warrior! Sarah Palin is a warrior! Like a Marine! She represents a threat to establishments! The phony intelligensia don’t like her!
The Iron Lady (teaser trailer)
Who’s smelling Oscar? Let’s just give it to Meryl Streep now.
cinematic roots of: ‘Hereafter’
In Hereafter, Matt Damon sees dead people, but doesn’t want to, and is on a collusion course with a French woman (Cecile De France) and a British boy who have also had a taste of the afterlife. This flick sprang from (among other films):
