Hard to imagine what’s happening behind closed doors as meetings convene for the EmailGate hearings. Is it more like Judgment at Nuremberg or Who Framed Roger Rabbit? I’m thinking 12 Angry Men or the blowjob impeachment. However the Kafkaesque trial proceeds and whatever the verdict, Movieline has some suggestions for the penalty to be paid. A couple of...
Monthly Archives: February 2010
The Cinema Audio Society announces their award for Best Sound tonight at my favorite LA hotel. 46th Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards When: Sat, February 27, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Where: Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles Admission: Invite Only As you can see by their history, there is a lot of match-up for wins. This is due mainly to the fact that the entire Academy...
Movieline’s Stu Van Airsdale gets a whiff of something. What’s that smell? Oh yeah, it’s the last week before ballots are due – Stu’s piece covers what appears to be an all-out assault by the LA Times to discredit The Hurt Locker, which suddenly went from a moving depiction of the senselessness of war, to the latest Frontline undercover with...
Before we get to our roundtable, Nikki Finke’s post from today: Summit through its flacks have asked LA Times blogger Pete Hammond to forward even one of the emails mentioned today, but the blogger has refused. His reason? It would “violate the confidentiality” of the recipient who is the producer’s personal acquaintance “so Chartier would...
This one kind of seems like a no-brainer, but then you never really know what the cinematographers are going to think is the best cinematography. According to some of those in the know, the Avatar cinematography is more visual effects than actual lensing. Whatever it was, though, it worked to a degree that is almost impossible to comprehend. If Avatar is weak on story...
Now, the latest controversy, or blunder, is that supposedly the Hurt Locker producer instructed voters to put Hurt Locker at number 1 and Avatar at number 10. This is, I think, in direct response to a piece of news that floated around last week that Avatar supporters within the Academy (not the producers behind Avatar, or the publicity team behind Avatar, but the fans...
The Los Angeles Times has been covering Avatar like no other outlet has — it is remarkable in terms of access. The blog Hero Complex has had stuff on Avatar all year, stuff no one else could get.¬† One thing to keep in mind is that the Los Angeles Times is still read by Academy members frequently. As far as I know, other than the Envelope, there has been no coverage...
LATimes: Sandy Powell won for excellence in period film for “The Young Victoria,” Doug Hall earned the honor in contemporary film for “Crazy Heart” and Monique Prudhomme took home the fantasy award for “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.” On the television side, Lou Eyrich won for contemporary television series for “Glee,”...
Nathaniel Rogers has once again assembled a group of film critics, writers and bloggers for his always anticipated Oscar Symposium. He was kind enough to invite Yours, Truly along for the fun. Check it out! Every year the exact lineup of participants changes — if you want it in modern superhero terms, this is the Avengers. Roll Call! Please...