When you weren’t looking, we became a culture of grown-up children. Now Hollywood’s most notorious man-child wants to shine a light on the state of things. Is he the right man for the job?
Cinematic Passion & Perspective
When you weren’t looking, we became a culture of grown-up children. Now Hollywood’s most notorious man-child wants to shine a light on the state of things. Is he the right man for the job?
I consider whether i made a wrong move in the company of Fellini, Capra, and O. Russell. Oh, and did I mention Connery in a loin cloth?
Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men? They are fans of broadway musicals, disappointed yet again.
Sometimes, when you do something heroic, you get to walk away the hero and bask in the glory. Other times, the hero has to answer a question or two, and prove their heroism is deserved.
Talkin’ THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY with guests Lindsay Ragone and Matthew Brown. They and Ryan also play a special round of Know Your Enemy and flip the record over to play the other side.
Nine years after the king returned, Peter Jackson is taking us back to Middle Earth to show us how it all began. The question is, will the prologue measure up to the wonderful chapters we’ve already read?
During a melancholy week I return to Middle Earth, complete the Hitchcock double-feature, and catch up with the best documentary of the year.
As some grey clouds gather I turn to Jamaicans to put me in a good mood, an Australian to tell me about movies I might not have seen, and an American to find out about one of my most anticipated films of the holidays.
As I hope people can bring themselves to ignore the Golden Globes, three other voting bodies weigh in and offer some award-season-clarity.