When Peppy Met George: The Year Of Loving Nostalgically
(Movies discussed in this post: Beginners, Certified Copy, Forget Me Not, One Day, Midnight In Paris, The Artist, The Future.) I have two questions for you: 1) Have you ever been in love? And, if so —...
View ArticleGold Rush: Writer’s Guild Award Nominees 2012
Well, folks. The WGA nominees have been announced, and on the whole, I can’t say that I love ‘em. But read below, if you must. ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment...
View ArticleGold Rush: Director’s Guild Award Nominees 2012
The Director’s Guild is the last of the big unions (SAG, PGA, and WGA) to announce their nominees for outstanding direction in 2011. If you’re a fan of predictability and hate surprises, you’ll love...
View ArticleHard In The City vs. The Golden Globes: Live Blog & Winners 2012
It’s the Golden Globes! And because I currently have nothing better to do, I am watching and blogging about them. (Nominees here, FYI.) I’ll be doing some sort of live-blogging/recap as we go on, so…...
View ArticleGold Rush: Oscar Nomination Predictions 2012
Predicting the Oscars is useless. Sure, it can be fun guessing the winners when the big night is nigh, but what’s the use of predicting nominees? I’m telling you, there is none. And yet, people do it....
View ArticleGold Rush: Academy Award Nominees 2012
At this point, what else is there left to say, but: Oscars… Extremely Lame & Incredibly Disappointing. The 2012 Oscar Nominations: BEST PICTURE The Artist The Descendants The Help Midnight In Paris...
View ArticleGold Rush: Oscar Predictions 2012
Though so many of us take the Oscars very seriously (guilty as charged), really, it’s just a game. It’s no different than the Super Bowl, except there are about five teams playing in every “quarter”...
View ArticleHard In The City vs. The Oscars: Live Blog & Winners 2012
Since my live blog of the Golden Globes this year was surprisingly popular (really, I didn’t think anyone would care what I have to say), I am again live-blogging and tweeting up a storm for the...
View ArticleDeep ‘Blue’: Woody Allen Dives Into The Recession
It’s a little glib to label the entire Woody Allen oeuvre “White People Problems,” but the man has often explored the neuroses of the reasonably well-to-do (and sometimes the very, very well-to-do)....
View ArticleThe Tens: Best Of Film 2005
(A “Then & Now” perspective.) This Top 10 is actually a 20, because sometimes ten just isn’t enough. Actually, it’s because that’s how I wrote it back when it was originally published a decade ago,...
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