Our buddy Nathanial Rogers at The Film Experience called this one on August 3, with his feature prediction, Rachel Getting Married = Hathaway Getting Nominated (and had Anne Hathaway on his long-range radar as far back as March 3, when the movie was called Dancing with Shiva). After its Venice premiere yesterday, critics are catching up to what Nat knew months ago (and...
Monthly Archives: September 2008
A good friend is reading Robert Parker’s Appaloosa right now, and he won’t put it down long enough for me to check out more than a couple of chapters. From the pages I’ve seen, it’s pretty terrific. The dialogue between the characters Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen portray reminds me a lot of Gus and Woodrow from Lonesome Dove, but with a darker...
Out of nowhere (or at least off my radar) Scholastic Books is launching a 10-volume series of books called The 39 Clues, with the first to hit shelves Sept. 9. Not merely hitting shelves, it’s hitting the web in the form of an online interactive game, hitting kids with 350 “collectible” cards and assorted knick-knacks, and most of all hitting parents...
Hello Awards Daily viewers. My name is Nancy Kriparos and I am an avid cinephile like most of you who enjoy visiting this site. I have enjoyed this site and participating with all of you who love film for a few years now. This is the time of year we all wait for. I have been going to The Toronto Film Festival for awhile now and I try to see as many films I possibly can...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXI7x6ExPuc[/youtube] ok, this trailer is insane, so we’ll have to trust the opinions of those who’ve seen the movie in Venice, and try to ignore the maniacal promo song that turns it into ‘Barney on the Ledge without Ritalin.’ “the film is a visual treat. Shapes shift, objects and characters assume...
From the Melbourne Herald Sun via “correspondents in London” (Baker Street irregulars?) comes word that Russell Crowe star as Dr. Watson opposite Robert Downy Jr in Guy Richie’s Sherlock Holmes. “Russell wants the part, Guy wants Russell,” a movie source told The Sun newspaper. “All they’ve got left to do is dot the i’s...