question of the day: Who are your favorite character actors?
I think my favorite at the moment is Denis O’Hare, who is in absolutely everything all the time, and is always a delight.
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question of the day: Who are your favorite character actresses?
I adore Margo Martindale, who stole the show in Justified this past season, and whose performance in Paris, je t’aime still lingers with me…
question of the day: What is the first modern action movie?
This depends on two factors: how you define action movie, and how you define modern.
question of the day: Has Hollywood abandoned young men?
Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean, Thor, Green Lantern, X-Men, Captain America, etc. This is what 2011 looks like at the movies. In what way can it be construed that young men are “endangered” at the box office?
question of the day: Can a Hollywood insider be a fair film critic?
I was stunned to learn this weekend that VanityFair.com has hired actor and filmmaker Paul Mazurksy to be its new film critic. WTF?
question of the weekend: How much “soul-searching” is there to be done over the Penn State sex abuse outrage?
I was startled to see this headline on a CBS News story this morning: “Obama: ‘Soul-searching’ from Penn State scandal”…
question of the day: What movies best honor the work and sacrifices of soldiers?
This can be a toughie, because matters of war are always laden with political and moral issues apart from the actual work soldiers do… and often do against their own principals.
question of the day: Is there any better choice than the Muppets for Oscar hosts?
Spongebob Squarepants? Troy McClure and Rainier Wolfcastle? Who else could we trust with this noble endeavor?
question of the day: Leonardo da Vinci, action hero: is the prospect terrifying or awesome?
Mathematician, architect, sculptor, writer, scientist, inventor, action hero: Leonardo is James Bond and Q all in one no doubt devastatingly handsome package.
question of the day: Is there room for film criticism on TV anymore?
Roger Ebert says At the Movies must end unless financial backing can be found. How much should we worry that its end means the end of intelligent criticism on TV?
