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(02/28/11 6:00am)
Although I saw the writing on the wall a few weeks ago, I'm still
disappointed that ""The Social Network"" didn't take home the best
picture Oscar Sunday night at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
However, I was genuinely shocked that David Fincher was robbed of
his best director statuette—and by ""The King's Speech"" director
Tom Hooper no less, whom I would argue may be the least deserving
of all the nominees. All I can say is that the Academy really
showed its age last night and its disconnect from the modern film
community.
(02/23/11 6:00am)
The world's most unnecessary use of 3-D has officially been
greenlit. For those unaware, over the last few months Baz Luhrmann
(""Romeo + Juliet"", ""Moulin Rouge"") has been debating whether
his next project should be an unnamed musical or a new adaptation
of F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel ""The Great Gatsby.""
(02/07/11 6:00am)
This was the second year that the Sundance Film Festival featured
the NEXT program, a category for extremely low-budget films,
intended to give burgeoning filmmakers an opportunity to shine the
spotlight on their labors of love. One of the films I saw at this
year's festival in the NEXT program was ""Bellflower."" The movie
didn't win any awards, and I wouldn't say it was one of the best
films at the festival, but it was one of the most memorable. It was
incredibly innovative and intriguing and helped its rag-tag group
of creators garner some much-deserved attention.
(02/01/11 6:00am)
This past Sunday marked the end of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
I attended the last half of the festival and saw 17 films spanning
a wide variety of genres. Here are my thoughts on a few of the
films that were the most hyped going into the festival, and a few
that definitely deserve a look coming out of the festival:
(01/25/11 6:00am)
The holidays have come and gone, leaving us with a gray slush that
hardly resembles the fluffy white powder of winter wonderland
fantasies. And the cinemascape isn't much more appealing since
January, February, and early March are the notorious dumping
grounds for movies that studios know are flops and have been
looking to dump quietly.
(01/18/11 6:00am)
I'd bet that after his caustic performance emceeing the 68th Golden
Globe Awards this past Sunday, Ricky Gervais won't be invited back
for a hosting three-peat.
(11/30/10 6:00am)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced yesterday
that James Franco and Anne Hathaway would co-host the Oscars Feb.
27, continuing the co-hosting precedent set last year by the
dynamic duo of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin. The Academy certainly
chose to go in a younger direction with these hosts, seeing as the
combined ages of Hathaway and Franco are still less than Martin's
venerable 61 years, probably in an attempt to bring younger viewers
to the notoriously long-winded ceremony. Neither Hathaway nor
Franco is usually characterized as a particularly comedic actor,
but even if this pair of blossoming Hollywood stars isn't as
entertaining as their predecessors, Franco's presence may make for
an uncommonly tension-filled evening, as there is major Best Actor
buzz surrounding his portrayal of survivor Aron Ralston in ""127
Hours.""
(11/16/10 6:00am)
This week, the seventh Harry Potter film opens in theaters. I've
been a pretty dedicated life-long Potter geek, having gone to a
midnight release for every film since I was 10. But this will be
the first one I'm skipping.
(11/09/10 6:00am)
Madison's Majestic Theatre hosts semi-regular late-night screenings
of the beloved Coen-brothers cult classic ""The Big Lebowski.""
These screenings, dubbed the ""Brew and View,"" usually sell out
quickly and end up packed with avid fans, some dressed in costume,
sipping $4 White Russians. Despite positive critical reception,
when ""The Big Lebowski"" first opened it was a box-office flop. In
1998, it opened at number six at the box office, made less than $6
million and left theaters after just four weeks. However, slowly
but surely a fan base for the movie grew purely by word-of-mouth.
Eventually DVD sales put ""The Big Lebowski"" in the black three
times over. Like ""The Big Lebowski,"" ""Scott Pilgrim vs. the
World"" opened this summer to critical praise but box office
failure.