Nominee Luncheon: Who Was Amy Adams Last Time?
According to People magazine... Amy Adams says she wants to "feel like myself" this year when it comes to her Oscars dress Which sort of begs the question 'who did you feel like last time, Amy?' for...
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Can we talk about the official Oscar site for a minute? The past few years they've really improved it but some things are questionable. Like their live blog of the nominee luncheon being just a series...
View ArticleComplete The Sentences: At the Oscar Nominee Luncheon...
click on the image to enlarge ...I would have bee-lined right to the empty seat by _____ _______ and asked Pharrell ______ _________ ______ his hat. On my way out I would have __________ ____...
View ArticleShirley Temple Black, 1928-2014
Here's the last kind of news you want to hear, first thing in the morning. Shirley Temple Black, the quintessential child star, has passed away at 85 years old. Temple's career exploded at the sage old...
View Article19 Days Til Oscar (Feat. Julianne Moore)
Hollywood's High Holy Night is less than three weeks away now. Today also happens to be the 50th birthday of one Sarah Palin but rather than wish one of the worst people alive a Happy Birthday, here's...
View ArticleCurio: Legos Legos Everywhere
Alexa here. Our local multiplex conveniently exits right next to a Lego store. So, our weekend plans were pretty much set: see the movie my daughter has been begging for since seeing the trailer months...
View ArticleSeasons of Bette: Of Human Bondage (1934)
ICYMI - We announced last week that as a sidebar series to Anne Marie's "A Year With Kate", Nathaniel will be discussing each of the Oscar Roles of Bette Davis, 11 in total or 10 if you're a purist, as...
View ArticleLooking at "Looking" (Episodes 1-4)
I wasn't looking for Looking. My experience with gay or gay-adjacent television series has been hit and miss at best, mostly miss. I outright loathed "Queer as Folk" what with its hypersexualized...
View ArticleWeirdest News of '14 (Thus Far): Greta Gerwig To Headline 'How I Met Your...
It's almost like the universe is punishing me. For what I am unsure. Greta Gerwig with a giant poster of her face this time last year When I spoke with Greta Gerwig a few months ago she was singing the...
View ArticleBest Actress: Nathaniel's Ballot & Oscars
It's time to get back to our Film Bitch Awards. I've 18 days to finish everything. Give me strength! I was rooting for Brie Larson all season, but Oscar had bigger stars in mind When it comes to...
View ArticleBeauty vs. Beast: An Introduction
JA from MNPP here with a fun new weekly game for us to play! One of the reasons I love horror films is because more than most genres they give us the chance to see how movies can manipulate their...
View Article18 Days Til Oscar. 18 Nominations For Meryl Streep
Here's a piece of trivia that even people who are clueless about the Oscars can recite: Meryl Streep is the most nominated actor of all time. Sometimes those same people will say she's won the most...
View ArticleGKIDS acquires Song of the Sea
Tim here with some great news for everyone who loved the 2009 Best Animated Feature Oscar nominne The Secret of Kells (which should, really, be everyone). GKIDS, the indie that Kells first put on the...
View ArticleA Year With Kate: Break of Hearts (1935)
Episode 7 of 52 wherein Anne Marie screens all of Katharine Hepburn's films in chronological order. In which we ignore the movie for a beauty break Question: Does anybody know what “Break of Hearts”...
View ArticleTammy Teaser
Can we redo the "We Can't Wait 2014" list and put Tammy way the hell up there? Here's the teaser. The business with the spoon. I died. P.S. I know that Susan Sarandon (unseen here) is the co-star but...
View Article17 Days Til Oscar
Today's Useless But Fun Oscar Trivia Numbers Chain! • 17 years ago The English Patient (1996) won 9 Oscars, driving Julia Louis-Dreyfus Elaine to the brink of madness "quit telling your stupid story...
View ArticleTake My Link Away
Shadow Play Shirley Temple in Fort ApacheShoshi Games 2014 HA HA. A must for fans of Zosia Mamet on "Girls" and the Winter OlympicsIn Contention Karen O to perform "The Moon Song" at the Oscars. So now...
View ArticleSurprise. "Freeheld" Back On. Now With Julianne Moore!
You're forgiven if you've long since forgotten that Ellen Page was trying to get a feature version of the Oscar winning documentary short Freeheld (2007) off the ground. She first tried in 2008,...
View ArticleBreaking Up Is Hard To Do (Six Times)
[Here's a reader/guest contributor to share something aimed at those of you who are single and not feeling the Valentine spirit! -Nathaniel] My name is Adam and around the time that I began visiting...
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