The John Adams miniseries on HBO has been one of the best television offerings since Angels in America, an equally epic and brilliant production (in my opinion). Who knew Paul Giamatti had THAT performance in him? The final moments of the series were marvelous – beautiful, sad, profound. A few random thoughts — wouldn’t you know it that the “cute...
Monthly Archives: April 2008
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXt9BkL3NnU[/youtube] But now, sure to freak out Academy voters, here is a look at the new trailer forSavage Grace, with Julianne Moore and Stephen Dillane. Moore is always good and doesn’t shy away from complex stories like this one: The true story of the Baekeland family–the inventors of Bakelite–and their descent...
The moviebloggers were atwitter today as the Jackie Chan/Jet Li action pic edged out Sarah Marshall, which many were predicting to triumph. Forbidden Kingdom, which got a rave by AO Scott, is much more audience-friendly than the Peter Pan rom/com. We’ll see if the exuberant kung-fu flick finishes at number one. I’m not seeing how any target demo kid passes...
The Hollywood Reporters says that Red Like the Sky, inspired by the true story of a blind sound editor, won Best Feature Film, and it also won Best Director, at the 13th Palm Beach International Flm Fest in Florida. With One Voice won Best Doc, and a special jury prize was awarded to Suzanne Chisholm and Michael Parfit’s “Saving Luna.” Lynn Roth’s...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJwqvyC-nWU[/youtube] Extras, the best show on TV I think. But it went out like a brilliant Phoenix and some refreshing ideas were born in its wake. Except for the fact that no one seemed to be talking about it. In the show’s final moments, Ricky Gervais delivered a devastating commentary on the state of fame. And no said...
