Posts Tagged ‘frost/nixon’

BlusterMania I: Rush Limbaugh vs. Michael Moore…Let’s Get It On!

No bout at the upcoming Wrestlemania has a better build, as the rasslers say, than the one shaping up between Rush Limbaugh and Michael Moore.
Let's review: The White House calls out Limbaugh as the head of the Republican Party. So Republican strategists say the Democrats are stealing tactics used by the Bush administration, which deliberately [...]

AMC Best Picture Showcase

You know it's the same every year: You swear you're going to see all the Academy Award-nominated films before the big day. You put the chosen ones on your to-do list as soon as awards season kicks off. You've got plenty of time!
Then suddenly it's Oscar night, and you're left shrugging at all the opening-monologue [...]

Forget the Screen Actors Guild. What Does AARP Think?

I missed the SAG Awards last night — allegedly the most appreciated among dog-and-pony shows because the winners are chosen by other actors — but a quick scan of the recipients reveals no surprises. Slumdog, of course. Meryl Streep, yawn.
This afternoon, though, I received a press release announcing the picks of a group Sean Penn [...]

In Theaters This Week…

Doubt: Meryl's set loose as the most terrifying of school administrators — a nun in 1960s Brooklyn — in this play-cum-movie about a suspicious priest who's suspected of taking Vatican II's suggestion that clergy warmly reach out to their flock a little too far. Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman face off while Amy Adams looks [...]