Monthly Archives: December 2011
Nothing like kicking off the new year with Oscar befuddlement. (THR) Most Academy members have now received their Oscar nominations ballots, which were mailed out on Tuesday, and THR is beginning to hear from some of them who are profoundly confused by the new voting system. The primary area of concern is over the number of best picture nominees. Was there no better way...
Sasha referenced this ripples of this great piece by Thelma Adams earlier today. Well worth a read. Meryl Streep has been raking in awards and nominations for her performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. But accolades for best picture, best director, or best script? Zip. That’s the conventional wisdom on The Iron Lady: Streep deserves the Oscar for playing...
The Help is enjoying the success most dramas this year haven’t quite reached: 100-million dollar baby status. Actually, The Help grossed $160 million, unheard of for a movie that only stars women and isn’t necessarily about sex and a city, or a wedding, or this guy or that guy. And yet, for all of its success, its director, who is arguably responsible...
Rooney Mara has got me by the balls. She’s tasered me, straddled my face, and inked her embodiment of Lisbeth Salander into my head. Unlike the scumbag recipient of her vengeance in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, I’m honored that she’s left her mark on me. I’m tagged and branded as a fiend for this film, and I don’t care who knows it, ...
