Monthly Archives: October 2009

In cyberspace, nobody can hear you scream about intellectual property rights. And for those who think the music for the new trailer for The Road might be too upbeat, well, check out how much worse it could have been after the cut. ...

Remarkably faithful to the novel, down to the most desolate detail. What impresses me most about the production design is the endless ashen sensation of terrible majesty. It’s as if the whole world has become the ruins of the Acropolis — the brittle fossils of a lost culture. The look in Viggo’s eyes secures his nomination, I feel confident. It’s...

Variety‘s Michael Fleming has the news: While speculation is running high on who’ll host the Oscars, one name that can be crossed off the list is Hugh Jackman… The thesp, who’s starring on Broadway with Daniel Craig in the drama “A Steady Rain,” quietly turned down the job within the past few weeks, sources said. Jackman drew praise...

TCM’s Robert Osborne gets into the prediction game with the latest assemblage by Tom O’Neil over at The Envelope. You can click over to see the full list, but this is, more or less, how it shook down: Also participating in the our pundit panel are Thelma Adams (Us Weekly), Erik Davis (AOL Cinematical), Scott Feinberg (AndTheWinnerIs), Paul Gaita (The Circuit,...

Oscar Emerges from Chaos at NYFF by Stephen Holt “Chaos reigns!” said the suddenly talking fox in Lars von Trier’s latest gore-and-upchuck opus “Antichrist” at this year’s New York Film Festival. One thing that that misogynistic, repellent, controversial film made clear to me though was, there was no way the Academy of Motion...

Martin Scorsese scares pretty easy. I understand that these kinds of lists are idiosyncratic by definition, but some of his titles annotated on The Daily Beast must surely come with an asterisk (“*scary when I was 9 years old.”)¬† I’m glad I finally caught up with Dead of Night this week — on the recommendation of a few trusted readers.¬†...

Press Release: Beverly Hills, CA — Oscar® winners Jonathan Demme, Anjelica Huston and Quentin Tarantino, along with past Honorary Award recipient Kirk Douglas, will be among the presenters at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ inaugural Governors Awards event on November 14, Academy President Tom Sherak announced today. The evening will feature...