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I would put it on the Lennon-McCartney level. Look how healthy that competition was even when it was unhealthy. Look at the results of it. Different approaches and personalities and each makes the other better. There’s this dialogue right now and I would throw Spielberg into it too. ...
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Steven Spielberg
Robert Zemeckis
Avatar
While I was away in Paris earlier this week, I was reminded there of the nominations for the Louis Delluc Prize — arguably the most prestigious award in French cinema, though not one that generates much media attention beyond the country’s borders.
Being something of a Francophile ...
Movies
Apparently unfazed by embargos, Newsweek’s David Ansen has posted a short, mixed-to-positive review of “Invictus,” the meat of which is here:
Invictus is not a biopic; nor does it take us deep inside any of its characters—Eastwood views Mandela from a respectful middle ...
Movies
Morgan Freeman
Clint Eastwood
It’s that time of year.
I’ve got about a dozen heads coming over for a Thanksgiving feast. Parade. Football. Screeners ( a LOT of ‘em ). A full day of cheer. But I’d like to, of course, take a moment to hand out my thank yous.
At the top of that list are my ...
Movies
“My God, they’ve thrown in everything but the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”
Quoted by writer Anthony Holden in his gossipy history “The Oscars,” this was one publicist’s dismayed response to the 1990 Academy Award nominations, which included such unusual concessions to popular (as opposed to ...
Movies
Julia Roberts
Johnny Depp
Star Trek
Titanic
The Dark Knight
Avatar
Without any doubt, one of the most difficult Oscar categories to predict is Best Makeup. Like Best Visual Effects, the final three nominees are chosen from a previously announced shortlist of seven.
Very frequently, films that would seem to be sure things fail to even make the bake-off. Even ...
Celebrities
Star Trek
The Lovely Bones
Watchmen
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Inglourious Basterds
Hot off the presses:
The Board of Directors of the Broadcast Film Critics Association has voted unanimously to expand the categories we will be voting on for this year’s 15th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. More fun for everybody!
We believe it is appropriate and wise for ...
Movies
Critics Choice Awards
This year’s big, bombastic musical “Nine” features two original song compositions from Maury Yeston. We’re happy today to feature one of them: “Take It All,” performed in the film by actress Marion Cotillard.
Of all the tracks in the film, both original ...
Celebrities
Marion Cotillard
Maury
The town has all but shuttered entirely since Monday. Screeners are showing up constantly (the FedEx and UPS folks are getting their annual workout). The bird is thawing. There’s just not much going on. Anne and I will be doing a podcast Friday rather than taking the week off, but ...
Movies
Anne Hathaway
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Jason Reitman has obviously come into his own
as a filmmaker ever since his 2006 debut “Thank...
You for Smoking.” But once upon a time, he was a star of a different sort: the busted middle-schooler caught smooching in Ivan Reitman’s ...
Jason Reitman’s first kiss…in ‘Kindergarten Cop’
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• “The Road” takes desolate journey from page to screen. [ Wired ]
• Andrew O’Hehir talks “Bad Lieutenant” with Werner Herzog. [ Beyond the Multiplex ]
• Anne Thompson says “Avatar” could debut at AICN’s Butt-Numb-A-Thon, of all places. [ ...
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Werner Herzog
Sasha Grey
Jeff Bridges
Wes Anderson
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
When I surveyed the rather weak field of original screenplay contenders two weeks ago, one of the contenders I mentioned was Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell’s “District 9,” my assumption being that the vast departures from the original short film “Alive in ...
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Speaking of Peter Jackson’s latest, the film screened
for the Royals tonight across the pond. The Guardian...
has doused it: The screen version, by contrast, is so infuriatingly coy, and so desperate to preserve the modesty of its soulful ...
‘Lovely Bones’ reviews begin to trickle in
Why is everything being dumped out there this week? Jeez, space yourself out, folks:
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The Lovely Bones
You really have to hand it to Fox marketing as it pertains to James Cameron’s highly anticipated “Avatar.” Three weeks out from release and it seems like the film is everywhere.
Full blown 90 second TV spots all day is one thing, though. Innovative online marketing is ...
Movies
Avatar
James Cameron
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We got three yesterday. This morning we’re happy
to present this new, exclusive one-sheet for Rob Marshall’s...
“Nine” :
Latest ‘Nine’ poster puts Daniel Day-Lewis on the couch
Woody Harrelson is running behind…about a half an hour behind. This after a number of delays and schedule changes throughout the week. When he strolls nonchalantly out onto the rooftop spread of a posh West Hollywood hotel, you can see why. It’s not irresponsibility. It’s not ...
