Ricky Gervais is back to host the Golden Globes. Billy Crystal is back to host the Academy Awards. The differences in choices and the reasoning behind them is like night and day, yet oddly could make for complementary awards shows.
Gervais to Hollywood: 'Be afraid. Be very afraid.'
Posted by Roth Cornet · 7:34 pm · November 17th, 2011
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Aiming for head of the cinematic class
Posted by Roth Cornet · 8:39 am · November 16th, 2011
The past two decades have offered up such top-tier works as “Breaking the Waves,” “The City of Lost Children,” “The Thin Red Line” and “City of God.” How is this decade shaping up?
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Is NC-17 an antiquated rating?
Posted by Roth Cornet · 5:12 pm · November 15th, 2011
The talk swirling around Steve McQueen’s “Shame” is whether its NC-17 rating will hinder its Oscar chances. But isn’t there a deeper concern about third-party parenting worth exploring?
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Are J. Edgar’s contradictions a mirror for the country that created him?
Posted by Roth Cornet · 6:32 am · November 14th, 2011
Clint Eastwood’s “J. Edgar” seems to be at odds with itself where establishing a cohesive portrait is concerned. But in so doing, does it in fact serve as a reflection of philosophical conflict within the US?
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Johnny Depp causes a stir in the Wichita film community
Posted by Roth Cornet · 4:47 pm · November 11th, 2011
A casual comment from Johnny Depp on the “Rum Diary” press tour raises larger questions.
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AMPAS president Tom Sherak has his say on Oscargate
Posted by Roth Cornet · 4:05 pm · November 10th, 2011
At the tail end of the craziest Oscar week of the season, Academy president Tom Sherak took to the press to assure one and all: “We’re not panicking.”
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Interview: Carey Mulligan redefines the ingénue with ‘Shame’ and ‘Drive’
Posted by Roth Cornet · 6:23 pm · November 9th, 2011
Carey Mulligan is far from her break-out work in “An Education” when it comes to performances this year in “Drive” and particularly “Shame.” We sit down with the actress to talk about the direction she wants to take her career and the kinds of roles that interest her.
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Zhang Yimou's 'Flowers of War' set for Oscar-qualifying run
Posted by Roth Cornet · 8:50 pm · November 8th, 2011
Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou could finally land some major Oscar consideration for his film “The Flowers of War,” which netted North American distribution and plans for a qualifying run recently.
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Gina Carano is the art house answer to Steven Seagal in Soderbergh’s 'Haywire'
Posted by Roth Cornet · 2:44 pm · November 7th, 2011
Last night the AFI Fest landed a real coup in the form of the world premiere of Steven Soderbergh’s “Haywire.” The cast assembled for a post-screening Q&A.
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