IFP just finished handing out the Gotham Independent Film Awards with Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker taking two prizes including Best Feature and Best Ensemble Performance. It wasn’t the best nominee (that honor belongs to A Serious Man), but it’s a fine film and I’m sure this is just the first of many honors it’s [...]
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Yesterday’s announcement of the nominees for The International Press Academy’s 14th Annual Satellite Awards tells us little more than the fact that the parade of critical and organizational awards is about to kick into high gear. Last year’s Best Picture winner was Slumdog Millionaire which of course went on to win the Oscar. This year’s [...]
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This week’s Watercooler revisits the wonderful FANTASTIC MR. FOX, laments that people keep lining up for PRECIOUS in droves and is shocked to find that THE BLIND SIDE is a crowd pleaser worthy of the name.
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If you like overwrought, heavy handed underdog stories, this is the movie for you. If you prefer grace, subtlety and depth, look elsewhere.
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John Hillcoat’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s THE ROAD is bleak and despairing, but manages to offer a ray of hope without pulling any punches.
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I suppose there’s something to be said for taking a strong story and simply staying out of its way. This sounds like what Clint Eastwood has done with Invictus. As reviews continue to trickle in, it all sounds pretty unremarkable, but I’m forced to admit that all those who had it pegged for a best [...]
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David Ansen’s review is respectful but far from a rave. Is this really a unanimous pick to get an Oscar nomination?
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
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This week’s best bets: FANTASTIC MR. FOX goes wide, THE ROAD opens limited and RED CLIFF hits LA
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Youth in Revolt continues to amuse me. Though it is widely rumored that my sense of humor has been broken in some way (see reviews of The Hangover and Land of the Lost if you don’t believe me), I hope Revolt delivers.
The release date has changed a couple of times since [...]
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