Monthly Archives: November 2010
Natalie Portman was Dave’s guest on Monday, and Colin Firth was on last night. Quite a coup for Letterman to have this year’s two frontrunners for Best Actress and Best Actor appear back to back on consecutive night. [UPDATE: full segment, better quality. Check out a lovely bonus clip from several months ago, after the cut.] ...
The New Yorker’s Anthony Lane: There is a kernel to this movie which feels harder and more stubborn than the pleasing, period fluff that enfolds it. It is there whenever Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush go head to head. When we talk of a standout performance, we mean an actor standing out against a drab or ordinary backdrop, and both of these men have specialized in...
