Monthly Archives: December 2011
Just announced – if you have a chance to see this film for free on the big screen you should do it in a heartbeat. One of the film’s strengths is its ability to fill the big screen. Some of the shots simply can’t be appreciated on screener-TV. With rave reviews from AO Scott at the New York Times, Ebert, Ann Hornaday at the Washington Post, Richard...
A fair rundown, I think of the year’s best from Brian D. Johnson. 1. The Tree of Life. With Avatar-scale ambition, Terrence Malick takes ’50s nostalgia all the way back to the Big Bang. Grounded in intense performances by Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain, this boy’s-eye view of Paradise Lost is ecstatic, evocative and sobering. It restores faith in cinema’s...
It’s kind of astonishing, really. I suppose to have nominated a single one affirmative action would have had to be in play. With the exception of no Rooney Mara in Lead Actress (epic fail) these aren’t bad nominations. Gotta hand it to the women for having a pretty awesome ballot [full disclosure, I am a voting member of this group. It's the only group...
Solid reviews for War Horse are being rounded up on Metacritic. Highlights from few of the best. EW’s Lisa Schwarzbaum: Spielberg, attuned to the power of that equine eloquence, gives Joey and his human costars exactly what they need to run free. This is a beautifully built, classically framed movie, shot with the unshowy natural expressiveness of a John Ford...
“The Adjustment Bureau,” Thomas Newman, composer “The Adventures of Tintin,” John Williams, composer “African Cats,” Nicholas Hooper, composer “Albert Nobbs,” Brian Byrne, composer “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked,” Mark Mothersbaugh, composer “Anonymous,” Thomas Wander and Harald Kloser, composers “Another...
