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Variety’s Anne Thompson is reporting that Sony Picture Classics has fired the first shot this Oscar season. The distributor announced that it has just sent out Oscar screeners for the indie drama Frozen River. Melissa Leo‘s performance as a struggling single mother in the film has generated Oscar buzz since Sundance. Of course, being the [...]
Archive for September, 2008
‘Frozen River’ Oscar screeners are in the mail
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on September 30th, 2008
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Tags: academy awards, anne thompson, frozen river, melissa leo, oscar, sony picture classics, sundance 
No Comments »Kirsten Dunst on board for Spidey 4
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on September 30th, 2008
Kirsten Dunst is out doing press for her comedy How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, co-starring Simon Pegg. In an interview with MTV, Dunst said she’s down for reprising her role as Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man 4. “I’m in,” said the actress matter of factly. However, when pressed to make the announcement official, [...]
It should have been a musical – Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on September 30th, 2008
Work has me playing catch up on a lot of movies lately. I finally sat down to watch the charming period comedy Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. The film stars Amy Adams as an actress who hires the out of work governance Miss Pettigrew (France McDormand) to help her juggle three male…ahem…suitors. Most of [...]
Cronenberg circa 1978
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on September 29th, 2008
David Cronenberg, 1978. ‘To me, the body is the centre of horror. The awareness of the body, the awareness of death is the wellspring of horror. Furthermore, I am very aware of the relationship between sexuality and death. For a lot of people, their own private horror very definitely involves sexuality.’ From Time Out London
Movie Review: Slacker Uprising
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on September 27th, 2008
Slacker Uprising (2008)–No Stars There’s a reason why Michael Moore’s Slacker Uprising was distributed for free via the Internet: No one would pay good money to see this movie. The dull, dour narrative, which follows Moore’s college tour ahead of the 2004 presidential election, promotes the right wing characterization of Moore as a shameless self-promoter. [...]
Posted in Movie Review Tags: election 2008, fahrenheit 9/11, michael moore, roger & me, slacker uprising, the big one No Comments »Paul Newman dies at 83
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on September 27th, 2008
I’m the best you ever seen, Fats. I’m the best there is. And even if you beat me, I’m still the best. – Fast Eddie, The Hustler. Hollywood legend Paul Newman died Friday after battling cancer. He was 83. The Oscar winner, who most recently lent his voice to the animated movie Cars, is known for [...]
Posted in Random Tags: cars, cat on a hot tin roof, cool hand luke, joanne woodward, paul newman, the hustler, the long hot summer No Comments »Amazon.com’s SWEET ‘Weeds’ deal
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on September 26th, 2008
Weeds just wrapped up its fourth, and possibly its best, season on Showtime. If you haven’t watched the show yet, you should. Nancy Botwin is still the perfect post-9/11 tragic heroine. Amazon.com has a deal for you if you want to catch up on the show. And it’s the best deal I’ve seen for the [...]
Spielberg joins Pitt in fight against CA gay marriage ban
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on September 24th, 2008
Steven Spielberg is the second high-profile celeb to donate money to fight California’s proposed state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Brad Pitt, who is turning into Bono-esque crusader, already donated $100,000 (the maximum donation?) to fight Proposition 8. Upon announcing their $100K donation, Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw issued this statement: By writing discrimination [...]
Revolutionary Road Trailer Hits
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on September 22nd, 2008
Sam Mendes’ Revolutionary Road is the Oscar contender we all saw coming from a mile away. Unfortunately for a contender like that, the Oscar season hasn’t been too friendly in the past few years. Is Revolutionary Road a Dreamgirls? Or is it A Beautiful Mind? From the trailer, I’d say it looks like Mad Men if the Emmy winning [...]
An Emmy for ‘Mad Men’
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on September 22nd, 2008
AMC’s Mad Men, one of my favorite shows, became the first basic cable series to win the Emmy for Best Drama tonight. If you don’t know why, then just watch this clip. TV doesn’t get any better than that. Own It!
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