As fascinating as Shutter Island looks, are we beginning to understand why it might be a less likely Oscar candidate than two other major Paramount productions this season? If it becomes a classic of Gothic horror next February then its thrills will last long enough to see it nominated appropriately in 2010. If it’s simply a great time at the movies from a director...
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Now that we’ve gotten a look at Invictus, it is a reminder that the Big Oscar Movies are warming up on the runway. And in the next few weeks, these films will be seen and discussed, for better or worse. If all goes well, the last remaining films will make up the bulk of the Best Picture frontrunners. But with ten slots, that leaves many openings for films that have...
UPDATE: Thanks to Alex Billington at FirstShowing for letting us borrow the embeddable trailer. No embed yet, but you can see it here in various QuickTime sizes. The months of blind speculation are over. Now that we can get a solid feel for the style and tone of the film, I’m happy to say it looks as polished and inspiring as anything we might have hoped for. ...
Opening March 12 — five days after the Oscar broadcast. Despite their late-Winter release dates, Shutter Island and Green Zone promise to be major Oscar contenders next year. It’ll be great for a change to have some healthy meat on the 1st quarter menu, to help stave off that sugar crash we usually feel in the weeks following Oscar. ...
I don’t get this thing about Mo’Nique hurting her Oscar chances by not upping her profile. I really don’t like the negativity floating around about her — based on what? She supposedly only shows up if she gets paid? She appeared recently on CBS’ Sunday Morning in a segment about weight (she’s lost 40 pounds). I think she’s pretty...
LA Times’ Patrick Goldstein believes that the choice of the genius Ricky Gervais (and AD’s number one choice to host the Oscars) has now given all of the heat to the Globes where there otherwise wouldn’t be any. Here’s Goldstein: Until today, the Golden Globes broadcast has always felt vaguely tacky, the award show equivalent of network stunt casting,...
Found on /Film and sure to be spreading across movie blogs all morning, is Jason’s Reitman’s mini-review of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, filed in the form of 5 consecutive twitters: In London, @edgarwright showed me 30min of Scott Pilgrim. While sworn to secrecy (so much, surprised blood wasn‚Äôt demanded) I will say this: It is a game changer for Edgar...