Kris Tapley has good things to say about the new Ryan Fleck/Anna Boden film, Sugar: I missed the film at last year’s AFI Fest in Los Angeles, and it received a world premiere over a year ago at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, but a day after catching it at the Lobero Theatre here in Santa Barbara, I still find myself turning it over in my mind. It’s the lingering...
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Thanks to reader Peter for the heads up — looks like a collaboration is in the works. No word yet on whether it’s really going down: It looks like the Academy Awards will provide a reunion for Tony-winning actor Hugh Jackman (The Boy From Oz) and Oscar-nominated director Baz Luhrmann (“Moulin Rouge”). Fox News reports that Jackman has asked Luhrmann...
Last night’s SAG ensemble win proved that Slumdog Millionaire just can’t be beat. And in many ways it was a beautiful thing, and a huge surprise. This is looking like a clean sweep here, folks, like last year’s No Country for Old Men, or Return of the King except the only difference, I think, is that people are really voting with their hearts on this...
Film Ensemble Cast: Slumdog Millionaire Lead Actress: Meryl Streep, Doubt Lead Actor: Sean Penn, Milk Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight Lifetime Achievement Award: James Earl Jones Television Lead Actress, Comedy Series: Tina Fey, 30 Rock Lead Actor, Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock Ensemble Cast, Comedy Series:...
It suddenly got very serious, didn’t it? The other shoe dropped and suddenly all the fun was gone from the Oscar race. Let’s liven it up with a little haiku and a No Guts, No Glory. First, the haiku–five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables. My heart is broken. Readers hate my obsession. Why so serious? Will Kate manage two? A housewife and a reader. She...