Looks like Anthony Hopkins will throw his hat in the ring for Best Actor, as Fox Searchlight has just announced Hitchcock will open on November 23. Directed by Sacha Gervasi, written by John McLaughlin, the pic is based on the book “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho” by Stephen Rebello and stars Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Danny...
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Kris Tapley predicted this on Twitter last week. And thus, it’s come to pass that Lincoln will have its premiere at the Chinese theater to close the AFI Fest on November 8th – just two days after the US election, if you can believe. It’s either going to be a great day or a terrible day depending on whether the good or the bad/ugly gets into the White...
Directed by Park Chan-wook (Oldboy). Starring Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode. Opens March 1. After India’s father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him. ...
I felt the need to throw some support Argo’s way after a story has emerged that the film was insulting to Canadians and yadda yadda yadda. The alleged sore point is that the film focuses on the previously unpublicized involvement of CIA while, until now, the Canadians got to take all of the credit, thus setting up Canada with a permanent stain on its history and...
When Venus in Fur was nominated for a Tony Award and won a slew of NY awards including a Tony for its star Nina Arianda, I filed it away with dozens of of other great stage productions that I figured I’d never have a chance to see. A stylized two-person black comedy involving the erotic head games between a playwright and an actress during an audition? Not something...
Yeah, so this is the big news out in muggle land that the date has been changed so that Oscar nominations will now be announced before the Golden Globes hold their ceremony. People might be wondering how this affects the Oscar race, whether it will makes a difference, whether the Academy was trying to cock-block the Globes, or what. Well, here are a few things to consider....
I’ve been catching up with Louis CK on Netflix and I came upon this riff on Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. I think it’s relevant subject matter because when Lincoln comes out this whole megillah is going to be brought back up again — white roles vs. black roles, how people thought then vs. how they think now, history vs. progress. One thing I like about Louis...