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I’ve been feeling very, very depressed lately about the prospects of ever making anything like a reasonable living at this film criticism game. And this shocking news did not help: On Monday, Variety, the legendary Hollywood trade publication, laid off its chief film critic, Todd McCarthy. Editor Tim Gray, in a memo to Variety staffers, … more…
The Hollywood Reporter revealed, in the wake of the Oscar tribute to John Hughes on Sunday night, that there exists, in that ghostly nethworld of Unproduced Scripts, one last story from the filmmaker waiting for its moment on the screen… or not. The script, titled Grisbys Go Broke, is apparently about “a wealthy Chicago family … more…
Okay, time for the postmortem. Did any award surprise you? (Nominees and winners here.) Who gave the best speech? (It was Sandra Bullock, wasn’t it?) Which movie do you feel like you really have to see now? What was the funniest moment of the ceremony? (Tina Fey and Robert Downey Jr. on writers, I think.) … more…
Recently the members of the Online Film Critics Society discussed what technical race — that is, editing, production design, on so on — we follow with the most interest and which films we would have nominated. The critics’ responses are here. Now it’s your turn: Which technical Oscar category interests you most? Mine is probably … more…
As of this writing, 11 movies will open wide in North America in the month of March. Which means that even if you’re an active moviegoer and see a movie each week, you’ve still gotta pick and choose (and it’s even worse if you’re in a city on the arthouse circuit, but let’s not make … more…
Last week, Hurt Locker producer Nicolas Chartier was banned from attending the Oscar ceremony on Sunday over the emails he sent to Academy members. According to The Los Angeles Times, this is the first time such a ban has been instituted. I didn’t understand at first why an email asking for an Academy member’s vote … more…
Multiplex horror story of the day combined with customer service nightmare of the year (via CNET): Recently, a patron of the [St. Croix Falls Cinema 8, in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin] wrote a letter to the company complaining about the experience she and her husband and another couple had during a showing of “Shutter Island.” … more…
The debut of the newest actor to play the 900-year-old Time Lord is almost upon us: Doctor Who returns on April 3 in the U.K. — that’s Easter Saturday, continuing the tradition for each season’s premiere since the show relauched in 2005 — and April 17 on BBC America (though many American fans, even those … more…
I don’t pretend to understand why audiences find the modern Gong Show freak show American Idol so enthralling, so I don’t even know where to begin thinking about this bit of news. According to a scoop at Deadline Hollywood, the rumor that Howard Stern would be replacing Simon Cowell as a judge on that show … more…
From the same MTV article whence came the Kevin Smith quote that formed the core of yesterday’s QOTD about the Southewest Airlines debacle comes a completely unrelated quote from the filmmaker that struck me. About his latest movie, Smith says: “[‘Cop Out’] has nothing to say itself; it’s a popcorn movie,” he explained. “Let me … more…
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