I didn’t have to wait long last night to learn that my long held Avatar skepticism was misplaced. The Fox-imposed review embargo crashed last night even before Avatar officially screened in LA. Reviews began trickling in early from the UK premiere and scores of gobsmacked tweets from everywhere preceded official reviews in the trades sometime [...]
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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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A new poster plus a couple of not-so-hot reviews of Peter Jackson’s adaptation of Alice Sebold’s THE LOVELY BONES.
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The campaign to get an Oscar nomination for Sam Rockwell’s performance in MOON appears to be gaining some traction…maybe.
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With plans for a huge number of stunts and car chases shot at speed, the Mad Max sequel suddenly has my interest.
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This is a non-story unless you’re a fan of behind the scenes gossip and on set squabbles. I’m not, but back in September I dropped passing reference (by way of Vulture) to bad blood between Wes Anderson and the team of animators he hired to bring his adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox to [...]
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Avatar just sashayed off the screen, lovingly tongue-massaged my eyeballs, gave me a 3-D lapdance, made me a Manhattan and then gently spooned me until I fell into a blissful, childlike slumber. When I awoke, it was waiting for me with a plate of eggs Benedict and my nearsightedness had been cured. I shit you [...]
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Some of the buzz surrounding Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are coming out of San Diego Comic Con
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Avatar Day Shmavatar Day
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