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• EW rounds up eight memorable Thanksgivings at the movies. “The Ice Storm” wins for me. No contest. [Entertainment Weekly]
• Anne Thompson on the indies hoping to score in the acting races. [Variety]
• Dave Karger lays out the Oscar prospects for “Milk” and “Australia.” [Entertainment Weekly]
• Todd Martens reports on some alternative Best Original Song contenders. Yay for Jenny Lewis. Boo for Mariah Carey. [Los Angeles Times]
• Miyazaki’s “Ponyo on the Cliff” has an English-language voice cast. Step up Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon and Tina Fey. [The Guardian]
• Some Oscar predictions from the ever-perspicacious pen of Nick Davis. [Nick's Flick Picks]
• And Brad Brevet weighs in with some updated picks of his own. [Rope of Silicon]
• A.O. Scott calls “Milk” a “marvel.” I’m starting to think we might have our winner here. [New York Times]
• Uh, so apparently TomKat are remaking “Last Tango in Paris.” April Fools’ Day was, like, eight months ago, but whatever. [SpoutBlog]
• Finally, just to cheer you up on your day of gratitude, Hollywood is doomed. [Forbes]
Sorry, I made it as festive as I could. Happy Thanksgiving, y’all.
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3 responses so far
1 11-27-2008 at 9:48 am
Alex said...
Something about Milk seems a little bit too safe to me. I think it’ll end up being one of those excellent films that get a best picture nom, get excellent reviews and say something without being even slightly revelatory or challenging. In fact it looks so excellent it almost seems redundant. I wish they’d get rid of Milk and Frost/Nixon from their semi-secure BP positions and fill the category with films like:
Benjamin Button, Slumdog Millionaire, The Dark Knight, Gran Torino, The Wrestler, Rachel Getting Married, The Reader, Australia…even Synecdoche, New York.
Maybe I’m just a bit of a cynic…
2 11-27-2008 at 9:58 am
Alex said...
Continuing on my Milk rant…
Why isn’t Sean Penn being scrutinized for wearing a prosthetic nose a la Nicole Kidman?
Is it me or is he channeling Sam from I am Sam and does this film not follow a similar vein to a certain extent. Even comparing Sam’s friends to Harvey’s friends, there are some similarities.
3 11-27-2008 at 3:29 pm
Jonathan Spuij said...
Penn is male. Males don´t get foulmouthed about their appearances.
I believe Milk is the winner too. It´s getting raves, all around and isn´t anything “geeky” like Benjamin Button or “indy” like Slumdog. Plus it will show how much they do love gays after all since Brokeback Mountain.