Monthly Archives: September 2010
Edward Copeland asked me and several other bigger names to share their thoughts on The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Many of you readers probably don’t remember that phenomenon – but there was a time when people dressed up like the characters from the film and went to the midnight show to act it out. It was a unique experience. There really hasn’t been...
At the risk of supplying so many scenes that we can each edit together our own episodic cut of The Social Network, here we present 6 more clips. For me, teases like this only increase my hunger to see the whole thing, but be forewarned that anything this specific might qualify as a SPOILER. Some of these scenes appear to be key moments from the film and you might want...
Probably lost to any Oscar consideration, left in the deep shadow of Danny Boyle’s and James Franco’s 127 Hours, another Franco-starring film opens in limited release this weekend. It’s called Howl, and it’s based on the Allen Ginsberg poem that defined a generation when¬†first published in 1956,¬†then seized by U.S. customs and the San Francisco...
As it always goes with Oscar, one never knows how the Best Song race will shape up. Remember how we all thought that Springsteen song from The Wrestler was going to take it? Well, so then The Academy happens. Anyway, this John Legend song from Waiting for Superman is a good bet. Legend played it on Oprah this afternoon and right now I can’t see this losing. Precedent:...
Topping the list: James Cameron Steven Spielberg Leonardo DiCaprio John Lasseter Brad Pitt Christopher Nolan Scott Rudin Quentin Tarantino George Clooney Ed Vaizey Johnny Depp Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner JJ Abrams Alan F Horn and Jeff Robinov Ridley Scott Complete list of the top 100 at the Guardian UK. Read their rationale and fending off the blowback...