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Red Carpet BFCA
Tonight the Golden Globes come and wash all memories of previous precursors away leaving basically only Oscar butterflies and mounting campaigns in their wake. So before they arrive, one last look back...
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9 Days 'til Nominations (Globe Predictions)
The countdown is progressing. Today's Topic: Golden Globe Predictions. (We'll be live-blogging starting with the arrivals 'round about 6:30 PMish. So without further ado. Some predictions. We're...
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Susannah York (RIP)
Sad news to report. The lovely, talented 60s star Susannah York, aka Superman's Mom (the biological one back on Krypton) has died at the age of 72. Here's why she'll live on though... They Shoot Horses...
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Live Blog Golden Globe Arrivals
6:09 Hi everyone! Another day in January, another punishing celebratory live blog. So far we've seen three dresses and I've already forgotten the names of the women who wore them. But for Olivia Wilde...
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Live Blog Golden Globes
8:01 SEE PREVIOUS POST FOR WACKY ARRIVALS. 8:03 Ricky Gervais has already decimated The Tourist. Ouch. and even brutalized my Cher. "Why don't you want to see Cher?" Because it's not 1975." Ouch 2. And...
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My Amazing 100% Accurate BAFTA Predictions
I predict that the British Academy of Motion Picture Arts an--- Oops, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (how did i ever confused their title with Oscar's title?) -- will choose......
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Robert Downey Jr... 'Giving It To All of You'
I'm wondering what y'all made of this Golden Globes bit? Robert Downey Jr (or as we like to call him for brevity, RDJ) comes out to present the Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical bit which went to...
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Say What Helena?
This photo, which I nipped from Zimbio, makes me so curious. What do you suppose Helena Bonham Carter is saying to Andrew Garfield on the Globes Red Carpet (see also: live blog)? Amuse us in the...
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Famous Amos Linkies
Movie StuffsBecause that's what we like best. Cam Gigandet's Cookies A Socialite's Life celebrates Cam Gigandet's Burlesque nude scene with hilariously blurry photos. (seriously, why even bother?)....
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Red Carpet Globes: They Wear the Pants 'Round Here.
Nobody ever leads with the men in terms of awards show fashion rundowns. For good reason sure -- let me guess, a black tux?! I'm totally psychic) But why play to expectations every time? If we don't...
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Curio: Warren Beatty, Young Lover
Alexa here. When Annette Bening gave a shout-out to husband Warren Beatty's 1962 Golden Globe win in her acceptance speech, I was reminded of this 1962 Movieland magazine of mine. The issue means to...
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BAFTA Nominations
The BAFTA nods have arrived offering us a few mild surprises. Or rather, let's be fair, enough mild surprises that their lineups may well end the season feeling slightly unique to them this year which...
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Top Ten: Surprise Nominations
Michael C. here from Serious Film for Tuesday Top Ten. The great contradiction of awards season is that there is nothing spectators enjoy more than a surprise yet that doesn't stop anyone from doing...
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Congratulations to the Kidman-Urbans
I don't know if you've heard but Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have pulled a fast one on the tabloids. They managed to keep their plans for a second child together hidden until a month after the child...
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Red Carpet Globes: Crazy Helena, Peachy Stone, Powerful Fonda
You thought I forgot about the Red Carpet Lineup for the Golden Globes didn't you? No... I'm just moving a bit slowly after that March of the Handsome Penguins. Why do I punish myself to make things...
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5 Days 'til Nominations: FOREIGN FILM FINALISTS
Actually 5 days and 19ish hours but who is counting? Gael García Bernal in "Even the Rain" Today's Topic: Foreign FilmsOne has to wonder why Oscar has a finalist round that's only announced one week...
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Purrfect Anne Hathaway Has Big Stilettos To Fill.
A horror movie serial is opening (at least) every month all over the internet for the next 18 months. It's called News and Rumors and Collective Freakouts Concerning Chris Nolan's The Dark Knight...
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This Link Goes To 11
Boston Globe Wesley Morris looks back at Todd Haynes's defiant Poison, now 20 years old but still strong.Antagony & Ecstasy chooses the 100 Best Films of All TimeScanners "Moments out of Time" for...
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Acceptance Speech as Campaign
My weekly Oscar article is up at Tribeca Film wherein I'm discussing the value of acceptance speeches to Oscar campaigns. F'rinstance, after Christian Bale's two speeches last weekend at the BFCA &...
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Director ≠ Picture. (And Other Theories)
One of the things that's most bothersome during awards season is the persistent notion that Best Direction must = Best Picture. There's a healthy bit of correlation of course but this is not how I view...
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