EW’s Lisa Schwarzbaum gives Solitary Man a strong A- and her capsule review suggests Michael Douglas earns an A+. In contrast to the emotional inertia of the character he plays, a former big-wheel car dealer gunning toward self-destruction as he nears 60, Michael Douglas surges ahead in Solitary Man with the best work he’s done in the decade since Wonder Boys....
Monthly Archives: May 2010
When hard‚Äìworking TV producer Becky Fuller (McAdams) is fired from a local news program, her career begins to look as bleak as her hapless love life. Stumbling into a job at “Daybreak” (the last‚Äìplace national morning news show), Becky decides to revitalize the show by bringing on legendary TV anchor Mike Pomeroy (Ford). Unfortunately, Pomeroy...
This news has been trickling out, one star at a time, for the past couple of weeks. Instead of doling out a dozen little newsbites we’ve waited for the whole enchilada. Press Release: Woody Allen announced today the full cast for MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, his latest film in pre-production. The film stars, in alphabetical order: Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni,...
The Law & Order patriarch finally ended last night, with a school bombing episode. ¬†If there was one take-away from the closing, Emmy-wise, it was that S. Epatha Merkerson might finally get some Emmy love for her work on the long-running series. If her bout with cancer doesn’t do the trick, what will? Love for that series, and the spin-offs it fathered...
Thanks to KevinK for the link to these. Fan shot pics of Jeff Bridges looking his age, eye patch and all. He will, from here on out, have the Oscar calm as an actor. It happens to all of them. They win one and they can exhale. Of course, Bridges might just be that way anyway. More at the source. Meanwhile, Art T. Burton at the Times Record Online wonders if it will...
Any adaptation as intensely psychotic as Jim Thompson’s seminal noir will have to bring a lot of artistry to the table to balance the built-in revulsion. Going by my own gut feelings, fans of the novel will perhaps have irrationally high expectations for Michael Winterbottom’s film to pummel us to a pulp. One thing’s for sure, I can’t think...