New Images from Dragon Tattoo in Empire

Posted by Sasha Stone on Sep 30, 2011 in David Fincher, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 22 comments

First Showing first, then The Film Stage, these images emerged.  2011′s Prince of Darkness, David Fincher, whose film has to be the year’s most anticipated.  Dark and dirty.  Loving it.

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Charlie Kaufman's New Project – Online Film Bloggers

Posted by Sasha Stone on Sep 30, 2011 in Upcoming | 14 comments

Sooner or later someone had to do it.  It might as well be Charlie Kaufman.  He doesn’t really explain what his next project will be but it sounds like he’s ready to start ruminating on the craziness here online – why we’re all here:

‘If I look at some of the things in the script that I’m about to embark on, I’d have to say I don’t really have any idea how we’re going to do it. I’ve been pretty good at keeping logistics away from the writing process. It’s important when you’re writing to not bridle yourself with pragmatic concerns. The movie I’m about to do has got a lot of scenes and a lot of characters. And the scope of it and the world it inhabits is very, very large. In the broadest possible sense, it’s about online film criticism, but as usual, the world that I’m writing about is not necessarily the world that I’m writing about. It’s just a place to set it. There’s a lot in there about the internet and anger: cultural, societal and individual anger. And isolation in this particular age we live in. And competition: it’s about the idea of people in this world wanting to be seen. I hate to use the word “about”, as it implies that what I’m doing is an analogy and that I’m trying to say something. I’m not. That’s for the audience to do.’

Look at me!  Kaufman on pitching, movie stars and screenwriting.

Moneyball, Ides Chase the Zeitgeist

Posted by Sasha Stone on Sep 30, 2011 in BEST PICTURE, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Ides of March | 20 comments

Mallory McDuff at the Huffington Post draws an interesting parallel between Moneyball, the Wall Street protests and the Republicans protesting President’s Obama’s call to have the very rich pay their fair share of taxes:

The game of baseball, as depicted in “Moneyball” is about statistics; our current national pastime of political wrangling about taxation is about math, as Obama reminded us from the Rose Garden. But the movie — and our fate as a country — is also about openness to change, innovative problem-solving, and a moral ground that will benefit the team, rather than showcase individual players.

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Many of the scenes in the movie hold truths for a country struggling to gain momentum with 9 percent unemployment and disillusionment with corporate and political leaders. As we head into this election season, we must remember that in the end, the “team” is our entire country, which risks a big-time loss if we cannot regain our vision and power as one nation under God.

“There are rich teams, and there are poor teams; then there is 50 feet of crap. And then there’s us,” says general manager Beane, describing the gap between winning major league teams and the Oakland A’s.

New Pix of Michelle Williams as Monroe

Posted by Sasha Stone on Sep 29, 2011 in Michelle Williams | 50 comments

Little by little we’re getting more of Williams done up like Monroe. It’s impossible to capture what Marilyn had. There was never anyone like her and there never will be anyone like her. She had so many things going on at once. She didn’t need the plastic surgery she got to make her face even more perfect. She wore false eyelashes and dyed her hair white. But none of those things made her beautiful. It was something inside…and it’s never been matched. Once you accept that basic fact you can move on and enjoy interpretations of Monroe. Here are a couple of great new pics of Michelle Williams:

Thanks to Monica for sending.

The Artist Poised to Take Best Picture, Streep Actress?

Posted by Sasha Stone on Sep 29, 2011 in BEST PICTURE, The Artist | 162 comments

So, I can’t really let this go by unnoticed.  I just have to say it because no one else really is.  

No one is talking about the possibility, the serious possibility, that The Artist could not only be nominated for Best Picture but could WIN.  The strange thing about The Artist is that it has everything a stealthy Best Picture winner needs — it’s the movie everybody loves and the movie nobody thinks can win.  Sounds a lot like Slumdog Millionaire.