I Googled "Les Miz Songs" For A Title To This Post
... so pretend it's called "I Dreamed A Dream... of Music!" or something thereabouts. Be creative, in the wake of my early morning total lack thereof. JA from MNPP here. As I made horrifically clear to...
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I apologize straightaway for the slower-than-usual posting the past few days. it's just been one of those weeks. co-miserate with me in the comments. Pajiba "Goodwin's Law: Celebrity Edition" starring...
View ArticleGotham Awards: The Tree of Marcy May's Sheltered Descendants
The Gotham Award nominees were announced today. Though they're not affiliated I like to think of them as the East Coast Spirit Awards on account of the similar types of films they tend to honor...
View ArticleOscars Horrors: Hellboys and Albinos
In this series, Team Experience is looking at Oscar nominated or Oscar winning contributions from or related to the horror genre. Horror has many hooks (and other deadly pointy things) but it's...
View ArticleTheater Decor, Movie Prices, "Anonymous" Costumes
On my way home from morning appointments I usually slip into movie theaters to see if anyone has a matinee showing that piques my interest. Though I get my share of press screenings and screeners, I...
View ArticleWe Need To Talk About Linking
MTV Tom Hiddleson singing the praise of his new Thor 2 director Patty Jenkins. He just loves Monster (2003) and Kenneth Branagh assigned it to him as prep before Thor 1; how weirdly coincidental.Go Fug...
View ArticleOscar Horrors: Poltergeist's Polter-ghastliness
Oscar Horrors continues... HERE LIES... Poltergeist's ghosts and ghouls. The Oscar loss for Cuesta Verde’s original residents of evil still haunts me to this day. Spielberg’s other 1982 production...
View ArticleYes, No, Maybe So: "In the Land of Blood and Honey"
A few readers have expressed dismay that I never talk about Angelina Jolie's directorial debut. There have even been suggestions that I have it in for Angelina. If by "in" you mean LOVE HER, than yes,...
View ArticleBeauty Break: Rose, Uma, Michelle & Tilda
Thanks to reader Emmanuel for sending me this photo... Rose Huntington-Whiteley, Uma Thurman, Michelle Yeoh and Tilda Swinton this week in Milan. What a photo, eh? This was taken at a launch party for...
View ArticleTV @ The Movies: "Supernatural" ♥ Nicole Kidman?
Don't misunderstand . I don't actually watch Supernatural but you know how some nights you're bone-tired and whatever is on is what you end up half-watching. (I think my TV must have been on the CW due...
View ArticleAsk Nathaniel...
It's that time again. Each week I choose 10-12 questions to answer. (No, I can't answer them all... I just choose the ones that spark an answer. Not everything does!) If you feel compelled to ask...
View ArticleWho's That Girl? It's Nicole Beharie
Kurt here. Considering the overall deficit of good roles for great black actresses (an issue to which this site is no stranger), moviegoers really can't be too hard on Nicole Beharie for offering them...
View Article"I think you know all you need know about me."
I didn't want publicity. I didn't want to go into any of this then or now. Is that all?"
View ArticleOscar Horrors: King of the Zombies' Tribal Beats
In this series, Team Experience is looking at Oscar nominated or Oscar winning contributions from or related to the horror genre. In this episode, Robert Gannon -- who dreamt up this whole series for...
View ArticleEveryone ♥s Michelle
I'm still searching for a video of Michelle Pfeiffer's introduction and speech at the Women in Hollywood event last weekend (which we've discussed fashion-wise and Viola-wise). But the E! coverage of...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Scorpio Readers!
How many Scorpio readers do we have? Is everything they say about your kind true: Passionate, dynamic, loyal, resourceful, jealous, obsessive and manipulative? You're quite a handful. What do you want...
View ArticleThe Unbearable Linkness of Being
The Hollywood Reporter Dianne Wiest to headline The Corrections. I know this will be old news to some but I can't believe I haven't mentioned it. A lead role for Our Miss Wiest, only one of the...
View ArticleOscar Horrors: A Two Faced Oscar Win
Oscar Horrors Continues Here lies... Fredric March’s charming Dr Jekyll face, devoured by the monstrosity that is Mr. Hyde. Though his Hyde face didn’t manage to scare all the other nominees away –...
View ArticleBox Office: Familiar Spectrals
Proving once again that Paranormal Activity is the new Saw (i.e. the same movie over and over again as Halloween ritual) the third outing did better than anyone expected. I saw and sort-of enjoyed the...
View ArticleNaked Gold Man... Now With Golden Globes
Late last week I went out for a drinks with an old friend of mine who introduced me to a friend of his I'd never met. They had just seen Jesse Eisenberg's new play and were arguing about how much to...
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