I'm always excited about the Academy Awards — yeah, there are still a few of us left out there — but I'm guessing there won't be a whole lot of thrilling and/or shocking moments this year. (Most any upset would go thusly: Oooh, the frontrunner didn't win! Which means...someone or -thing completely undeserving did.)
But for [...]
It was about this time a year ago today that I learned of Heath Ledger's death. Like the rest of the world, I was stunned.
Unlike the rest of the world, however — and I'm only guessing here — I still find myself affected by it, welling up whenever I try to watch his E! [...]
Just a little. And not because my fellow Americans (and Canadians) think 27 Dresses was 2008's best comedy.
I was wearily zipping through the DVR'd show last night, stopping to catch only the movie-related awards or whenever something particularly ridiculous seemed to be going on.
(Most amusing were the "shout-outs" that appeared in the corner of [...]
The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association today announced its pick of Fox Searchlight's Slumdog Millionaire as Best Film of 2008, additionally awarding it Best Director (Danny Boyle), Best Breakthrough Performance (Dev Patel), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy).
Other notable nods include a posthumous Best Supporting Actor win for Heath Ledger, whose creepy, mesmerizing Joker [...]
