Once more into the breach dear friends. With just over twenty-four hours to go, my Oscar picks for best director and best picture can be found after the jump. Ron Howard lands his third directing nomination for FROST/NIXON. I’ve never been Opie’s biggest fan, but even I must admit that this film was well directed.…
Moment of Clarity (DGA Award Nominations)
Alright Oscar geeks, the final precursor before the Oscar nominees are announced has arrived; that being the Directors Guild of America nominees. And they are… David Fincher, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTONChristopher Nolan, THE DARK KNIGHTRon Howard, FROST/NIXONGus Van Sant, MILKDanny Boyle, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE So what does this mean? For starters, it would be…
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Danny Boyle’s SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE is:
A. A Lavish Story About The Determination of The Human Heart
B. An Intriguing Hybrid of Boyle’s Prior Films
C. One of the Best Movies of The Year
D. All of The Above
Got Money (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Trailer)
I just can’t say enough good things about this movie. It will get a slow roll out over the course of November and the trailer finally dropped today. From Danny Boyle, director of TRAINSPOTTING and 28 DAYS LATER comes a story of life, love, ambition, and destiny. Give it a look, and go check it…
If I Had $1,000,000
Easily one of the best movies I saw at this fall’s TIFF was Danny Boyle’s SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. It’s due to get released in about one month’s time, and the poster for the film has finally been released. Much like the film the poster has been designed to hype, it’s a thing of beauty…
TIFF Reaction: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Part of the fun surrounding TIFF for me this year, is the fact that I’m going into many of these screenings pretty blind. Case in point, when I sat down with the schedule, one piece of scheduling logic went like this: “Hmm…Danny Boyle has a movie playing. I’m gonna see that (What’s it about?) Who…