The Best Actress race this year is the most interesting it’s been in a while. With a handful of great performances by women it stands out as a year where almost anything is possible, unlike what has felt like fairly predictable runs from the beginning of the season onward. The strongest right now are Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia, Gabby Sadibe for Precious,...
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Just got back from a screening of Avatar, 3-D glasses and all. This is just going to be a quickie take on it, since there are so many reviews yet to come – but the thing to know right up front about Avatar is that the years of work put into it, the money it cost to make, is all up there on screen. The other thing to know? The Na’Vi do not look weird at all;...
In a review only slightly less enthusiastic than two 100s Avatar has already racked up, Variety pledges allegiance to Pandora: The King of the World sets his sights on creating another world entirely in “Avatar,” and it’s very much a place worth visiting. The most expensive and technically ambitious film ever made, James Cameron’s long-gestating...
Settling in at a comfy metascore of 74 with about half the nation’s critics having seen it in limited release, A Single Man collects two more high scores, from The Onion and the LA Times (thanks j). Betsy Sharkey calls it a career-defining role for Colin Firth: Center stage, of course, is Firth. Without him to provide the soul, all that saturated beauty would count...
The moon known as Pandora. A review so hot it’s temporarily overloaded the circuits at THR: The movie is 161 minutes and flies by in a rush. Repeat business? You bet. ‚ÄúTitanic‚Äù-level business? That level may never be reached again, but Fox will see more than enough grosses worldwide to cover its bet on Cameron. But let‚Äôs cut to the chase: A fully...