Now that I’ve had a day to digest the continuing oddity of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Golden Globes nominations, I thought I’d fire off my annual “wtf” post in reaction to their *ahem* honoured nominees.For starters, any Oscar poolies might want to wait a moment or two before they consider the ten films listed…
Gold (Golden Globes Nominations)
Another day, another batch of year-end awards to discuss. The critics have had their say, and in each case it has made for some interesting choices. The Los Angeles Critics chose WALL-E as the best film of the year. Danny Boyle was named best director for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. Sean Penn best actor for MILK, and…
Machinehead (TERMINATOR: SALVATION Trailer)
Kinda funny. After the silliness of TERMINATOR 3, I found myself wondering why in the world anyone would want to keep this franchise going. Now after watching the trailer for the upcoming fourth installment, I can’t wait to see it! PS…No word yet as to whether or not Arnold will make a cameo as the…
Did You Ever Have to make Up Your Mind (Critic’s Choice Award Nominations)
More award news this morning as the nominees have been announced for the Critic’s Choice Awards. Though a relatively group of voters, they’ve had a pretty good track record for narrowing down the field lately (far more so than the Golden Globes). MILK and THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON lead the pack with eight…
Everything Old is New Again
While part of me is morbidly curious about this weekend’s realease of THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL remake, most of me knows that this movie is a bad idea. The original was a low boiling, poignant, sci-fi masterpiece that felt like a stellar episode of “The Twilight Zone”. Gauging by advance footage, the remake…
Let’s Take a Walk
Saturday night I changed up my movie-going routine a little bit, and decided to go see a screening at one of Toronto’s second-run theatres. I used to watch movies at theatres like The Kingsway, The Paradise, and The Music Hall all the time…but these days I usually find myself succumbing to stadium-seat comfort. But after…
MILK
Gus van Sant’s beautiful portrait of different sort of hopeful audacity.