Monthly Archives: November 2009
via press release: The Visual Effects Society, the entertainment industry’s only official organization representing the extended community of visual effects professionals, has named motion picture director and producer James Cameron as the recipient of the VES Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented at the 8th Annual VES Awards which will be held at the Century...
I decided to have some fun with the latest Gurus chart – no I didn’t do anything so dramatic as to flip the world on its axis but I did predict Sophia Loren a sentimental nod for Nine and Zach Galifianakis for The Hangover – I kind of wish I’d read the comments on the Star Trek post first – I might have put down Leonard Nimoy. Here’s...
Avatar TV spot during Glee can be viewed here (I haven’t found one that can be embedded yet) I just received a beautiful invite to celebrate the DVD/Blu Ray release of Star Trek.¬† It made me rethink Star Trek for a minute – no, it isn’t that I’m so easily bought by a shiny invite (it is really pretty and swanky). Many pundits have already been...
Stanley Tucci talks to the LA Times about the darkness of The Lovely Bones: “My wife had read the book,” Tucci said. “I can’t read anything that’s about a kid that gets raped or whatever. I can’t deal with that. And I had difficulty accepting the role. I really did. I told Peter I may not see this movie. I can’t handle stuff like...
This wikiHow article explains how to build a foxhole as “a strong defensive fighting position.” Metacritic provides attractive needlepoint blurbs for furnishing it. 100 – “a nonchalant masterpiece” — Stephanie Zacharek, Salon 100 – “virtuoso tomfoolery” — Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly 100 – “a...
Dancing with the Stars finally rounds up some actual stars. Variety reports on a synergistic pact between The Weinstein Co, and one of Disney/ABC’s most popular programs: In its largest promotion to date, Disney/ABC Unlimited — the sales group that handles Disney’s cross-platform media deals — has sealed a megapact with Weinstein that will embed...
yes, I’m wandering way off the Oscar reservation with a couple of recent posts, but I can’t help that I’m a huge fan of the Kick-Ass series, and make no apologies for enjoying the hell out of director Matthew Vaughn’s Layer Cake. hey, I figure if we can be hoodwinked by Fox Searchlight into posting a dozen things about Amelia for 6 months, we...