Tag: Danny Boyle
Oscar Picks
1. Best Picture: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Milk,” “The Reader,” “Slumdog Millionaire.” Will win: Slumdog Millionaire Should win: Slumdog Millionaire. 2. Actor: Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor”; Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”; Sean Penn, “Milk”; Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”; Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler.” Will win: Mickey Rourke Should win: Mickey Rourke
Posted: February 20th, 2009 under movies, music.
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Bolt, Brad Pitt, Bruce Springsteen, Changeling, Danny Boyle, David Fincher, Doubt, Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon, Frozen River, Happy-Go-Lucky, Heath Ledger, In Bruges, John Patrick Shanley, Josh Brolin, Kate Winslet, Kung Fu Panda, Marisa Tomei, Meryl Streep, Mickey Rourke, Milk, Penelope Cruz, Peter Gabriel, Richard Jenkins, Sean Penn, Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, The Reader, The Wrestler, Wall-E, Waltz With Bashir
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The Oscar Nominations
The Academy Award Nominations were announced early this morning. There were some minor surprises among those nominated and those that weren’t, but all in all it should be a pretty interesting award show. Here are some of the major categories and a few of my thoughts on who might win. BEST PICTURE THE CURIOUS CASE [...]
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 under books, comedy, magazine, movies, radio, television.
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Danny Boyle, Darren Aronofsky, David Fincher, Frost/Nixon, Gus Van Sant, Heath Ledger, Josh Brolin, Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marisa Tomei, Mickey Rourke, Milk, Mumbai, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Robert Downey Jr., Sam Mendes, Sean Penn, Six Feet Under, Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, The Reader, The Wrestler, Viola Davis
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I got your Golden Globes right here.
Tonite are the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association needs no help in promoting their star-studded, network televised event. The show is pretty glitzy and the blending of television and film stars generally makes this one of the more popular award shows. Though the judges represent 55 different countries and about 200 foreign entertainment [...]
Posted: January 11th, 2009 under comedy, movies, television.
Tags: Alec Baldwin, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Californication, Colin Farrell, Danny Boyle, Dexter, Entourage, Fox, HBO, House, Hugh Laurie, In Bruges, Javier Bardem, John Hamm, Kate Winslet, Mad Men, Mamma Mia!, Marisa Tomei, Mary-Louise Parker, Meryl Streep, Mickey Rourke, NBC, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Robert Downey Jr., Sally Field, Sean Penn, Showtime, Slumdog Millionaire, The Dark Knight, The Office, The Sopranos, The Wrestler, Tina Fey, Tom Cruise, Weeds
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Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle’s vibrant Indian adventure has enjoyed such great word of mouth that you have to wonder if it’s getting a bit exaggerated (see Little Miss Sunshine). Sometimes such praise lacks foundation, but in this case it’s hard not to be enthusiastic about a very unique film- going experience. The movie begins with 18-year-old Jamal (Dev Patel) [...]
Posted: January 10th, 2009 under movies.
Tags: Danny Boyle, Dev Patel, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire
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