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Blue Moon

Sam Rockwell absolutely deserves an Oscar nom for MOON, but Sony would be crazy to spend any money to get him one.

Shelter from the Avatar storm

I hope you loved Avatar because there aren’t going to be many places to hide from it between now and March 7 when it wins multiple Oscars.
With pretty unanimous praise from the top critics (I wish I had some of whatever was in the Kool-Aid they drank when they watched this thing last week), general [...]

Avatar, Too… and Three

Avatar will be sequelized. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised.

When is a documentary not a documentary?

Is The Cove documentary or propaganda? Does it really matter either way?

Everybody Loves Roman

A few random thoughts on the Polanski business.

Jeff Wells’ misplaced moral horror

So, Jeff Wells hated Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. Fair enough, but his reasoning is hypocritical nonsense.

Who’s driving your 3-D plane?

Everywhere I look these days, it’s 3-D this and 3-D that, but I wonder whether the technology is being driven by the studios who want us to want it or if audiences are actually demanding it.

Updated: Avatar nerdgasms threatened by XX chromosome

The Comic-Con crowd is worried that New Moon-loving tweens are going to ruin all of their Avatar fun.

Is Bruno Bi-humorous?

Adam Sternbergh wonders if its ok if not everyone in the audience is in on Sacha Baron Cohen’s joke.

Is Michael Mann killing Hollywood?

Kim Masters wonders if artists like Michael Mann can continue making high-budget films in Hollywood’s currently skittish economic climate.