Since Matt Damon unfortunately came out and spoke about lefty disillusionment with Obama (a sentiment that drives me nuts – don’t build him up so high next time, folks) it’s now George Clooney’s turn to take the opposite stance. Sorry for a post about politics but since both actors are in the race why not. Anyway, this quote is like a Christmas...
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Hardball Talk finally gets around to seeing Moneyball and discovered it’s a movie that you don’t have to know about baseball to understand. The reason being, the drama that plays out, the themes at work, are universal. In fact, the more likely reaction is that baseballers fall into two camps – those who like the movie but don’t approve of the...
Here is something you don’t come across every day. As we head into an Oscar season that is mostly going to be, once again, about white male protagonists it was refreshing to come across this site, Confessions of a Female Filmmaker and her review of The Dragon Tattoo. Nicole Davis is a 23 year old filmmaker who has wanted to be a director since she was...
As we ease into Christmas weekend several dates you should be aware of. In many ways, the whole Oscar race is being decided in the next two weeks. Noms – Winners (key dates) 12/14 - 01/29 – SAG - Screen Actors Guild 01/03 – 01/21 – PG - Producers Guild 01/04 – 02/04 – ADG - Art Directors Guild 01/05 – 02/19 – WG - Writers...
Selling a sentimental movie aimed at adults is not an easy feat in the current atmosphere. The market has given itself over almost completely to the old target demo, that 13-going-on-30 group of young boys and men who are among the few groups still willing to shell out hard-earned dough to go the movies. Many adult people would just as soon stay home and watch HBO...
If I had to choose one desert island producer making movies right now I’d have to go with Scott Rudin. Count them, not one but three films being released at the end of this year. And even if you want to say that Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is — whatever — that doesn’t take away the fact that it was a brave subject to take on in...