Nikki Finke reports that the person chosen to host the Oscars will be someone way outside the box: And the person is not a TV¬†personality or stand-up comedian. In addition, I’ve learned that this year’s¬†Academy Awards won’t have the traditional segment of joke-telling near the start of the broadcast. She also says that there are protests against...
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Richard Roeper finds a way to mention about 5 dozen movies in his year-end wrap up, with categories as predictable as Performance of the Year: Meryl Streep and Sean Penn are arguably the most accomplished film actors of their respective generations — and they each added an Oscar-caliber performance to their resumes in 2008. …and as admittedly sexist as Most...
Sometimes what matters most is the broader view of the Oscar race, not just the inside our windowless room. ABC News has, to that effect, dubbed the “Top Ten Movies Scoring Oscar Buzz.” Right at the top: Slumdog Millionaire The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Doubt Milk The Reader The Wrestler Gran Torino The Dark Knight Wall-E After Milk it starts...
Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon and Doubt lead the nominations. Of these, Doubt could use the biggest boost, since the critics had been snubbing it. But Milk and The Dark Knight, which have been doing better with critics, were mostly shut out, save for a nomination here or there. Again, it’s important to remember that the Globes are good for one or two bumps for films...
Best Picture, Drama Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon The Reader Revolutionary Road Slumdog Millionaire Best Picture Comedy/Musical Burn After Reading Happy Go Lucky In Bruges Mamma Mia Vicky Cristina Barcelona Director Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Stephen Daldry, The Reader David Fincher, Ben Button Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road Actor, Drama Leo...
From the current issue of Rolling Stone, thanks John! 1. Milk 2. Slumdog Millionaire 3. The Dark Knight 4. Frost/Nixon 5. WALL-E 6. Revolutionary Road 7. The Visitor 8. Doubt 9. Rachel Getting Married 10. Man on Wire No surprise that he put Milk at number one. I would swap one out for Benjamin Button but I’m not going to say which one. ...
What to say about the Golden Globes? Hopefully there will be no strike and the telecast can move forward this year in all of its cheesy, trashy glory. What films will they choose? They tend to be more artsy than I think people give them credit for.  And since they split their Best Pic nominees between Drama and Comedy, odd titles show up now and again. Last year, they...