[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L-VFDjoXP8[/youtube] Finke writes the following on Deadline Hollywood Daily: On what planet does The Washington Post reside? The paper actually claims in a recent article about Oscar publicists that “because Barry Dale Joseph is working on Slumdog Millionaire, the slumdog underdog, already nominated for a Golden Globe, has...
Monthly Archives: December 2008
The Carpetbagger asks his readers if they could have one vote for Best Picture, which would they pick? It looks like most are divided on Milk and Slumdog, with the occasional Dark Knight thrown in for good measure. It’s a tough decision with so many great films out there. Slumdog Millionaire - exceptionally good storytelling, beautiful cinematography, characters...
Thanks to all who, on a Christmas Day, have linked to or sent me the raves. Trying to balance doing the family thing with the Oscar watching thing. This one from TIME’s Richard Corliss: Eric Roth, author of the adaptation (with Robin Swicord) and the final screenplay of Benjamin Button, also wrote the Forrest Gump movie, another story of an unusual innocent, which...
And so Christmas comes early with this NY Times review of Benjamin Button, which closes: That power, though, is something to be reckoned with, and it resides in Mr. Fincher’s ability to use his unbelievable skills to turn an incredible conceit into a plausible love story. The romance between Daisy and Benjamin begins when both are chronologically pre-adolescents...
Here is Kenneth Turan’s pan of Benjamin Button, in case you’re interested.¬†¬† The last Best Picture winner Turan panned was Titanic, and caught much heat for it. Benjamin Button divides critics sharply down the middle. And very likely, those it’s turning off are akin to the tastes of Academy members — Turan, Ebert, etc. Yawn. ...
Margie MacDougall: ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring… nothin’… no action… dullsville! Kris Kringle: Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind… Raymond Shaw: Twelve days of Christmas! One day of Christmas is loathsome enough! Krusty the Clown: And this ends...
Calling The Curious Case of Benjamin Button “a classic for the ages,” Lou Lumenik chooses to forgo critiquing the movie in terms of biomedical probability and decides instead to go along for the dazzling immersive ride: Once in a while, I get swept up in a movie. At a certain point in David Fincher’s sublime romantic epic “The Curious Case of Benjamin...