my picks for tonight’s 92nd Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2019’s films) (winners indicated)
I correctly guessed 10 out of the 24 categories, which is at least a little better than last year.
Sam Mendes
OFCS 2019 awards winners announced
And we have winners!
Spectre movie review: Bond goes backward
After a truly spectacular and fresh opening sequence, everyone might as well be enacting a Bond puppet show, which is sometimes unpleasantly retro-icky.
The Hollow Crown trailer: dead kings, hot guys
Let us tell sad stories of the death of kings. And let the kings be played by the hottest guys in the land.
crazy person building full-scale replica of Millennium Falcon (and other adventures in social networking)
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Skyfall movie review
What we witness here is the destruction of the old Bond mystique, and the creation of a new one. This is the sneaky cleverness of the film: it is, at last, going to tell us why Bond still matters.
Doctor Who thing of the day: Skyfall director Sam Mendes says James Bond is like the Doctor
Mendes sees Bond as “regenerating”…
question of the day: What would be a great title for a James Bond movie?
Supply the plot, too, if you like. Or just tease us with a title that makes us salivate just imagining what it could be about…
question of the day: What if Christopher Nolan took over the James Bond franchise?
I haven’t seen Inception yet — I’ll see it tonight — but I’m even more intrigued to hear writer-director Christopher Nolan say this about the film (to BBC News): The Bond influence on the film was very intentional because, for me, growing up with the Bond films – they’ve always stood for grand-scale action… for … more…
new this week in U.S., Canadian, and U.K. theaters: ‘Despicable Me,’ ‘Predators,’ ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,’ more
U.S. AND CANADA/OPENING WIDE Despicable Me: “It’s so fluffy I’m gonna die!” is my new go-to phrase for when I’m excited about anything. If you can’t make it to the multiplex, try: • The Incredibles (2004): the last great animated movie about supervillains (and the superheroes who thwart them). • 101 Dalmatians (1961): For one … more…
