Viola Davis – The Reason to See Doubt
Viola Davis. Let me say that again. Viola Davis. She has one scene in Doubt. And that scene is with Meryl Streep. She blows Steep off the screen. Davis is up for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress this year and if she wins my Oscar Night is made. For goodness sake somebody keep [...]
Films You're Ashamed to Admit that You haven't Seen Yet But Finally Got Around to and Decided that they're Pretty Good After All #1: '12 Angry Men'
I’ve been thinking this past week about the process of dealing with the past – northern Ireland has seen the publication of a major report which proposes ways of addressing trauma and violence, including some very radical recommendations, and some very controversial ones. Some people have responded with predictable speed to denounce everything in the [...]
Is Ben Foster the Best Actor in American Film Today?
UPDATE: Our Ben Foster Podcast Interview on ‘The Messenger’ is Now Online – Click Here to Listen or Click Here to Subscribe for Free to the Podcast and have the interview downloaded automatically. – – – He just may be. Watching 3:10 to Yuma I couldn’t take my eyes off him. I kept thinking ‘who [...]
This Week on the Show: 'Revolutionary Road' and 'The Wrestler'
This week on the Show we’ll be reviewing Academy Award Nominated films ‘Revolutionary Road’ and ‘The Wrestler’. Now, I haven’t seen ‘Revolutionary Road’ yet; I’m watching it later today. But I did receive an emergency phone call from Dr. Higgins two days ago in which he wanted to be ‘talked down’ after seeing the film. [...]
The Visitor
The good Prof. Dr. has been on me for ages to see ‘The Visitor’: ‘The Visitor’ Might Just Deserve Your Time ‘The Visitor’ Screening as Part of the ‘Vote No to the Nashville English Only Referendum’ Campaign Gareth’s Films of the Year: The Top Ten and I finally did. While I disagree with Gareth regarding [...]
The Real Star of the Dirty Harry Films – Albert Popwell
The real star of the Dirty Harry films, Albert Popwell. As discussed in detail in Part 48 of the Show, coming later today.
Films I Didn't See at the Time Because of the Poster but Later Viewed and Discovered the Poster was Lying to Me #1: 'After the Wedding'
If you had been resident in the UK or Ireland around the time that the Danish film ‘After the Wedding’ was released, you might have seen this poster: Happy people at a post-nuptials reception, in a manner that could put you in mind of the happy scenes in Bergman’s ‘Fanny and Alexander’ or a Scandinavian [...]
Top 5 Academy Award Oscar Predictions
Hey there – I imagine Professor Dr. Gareth Higgins will be posting his own predictions – but here’s my first thoughts on the Academy’s nominations, (as we’ve mentioned before, being nominated by the Academy is, of course, no indication of filmic quality or lasting value): BEST ACTOR * Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (They should [...]
And Khan, too
We lost Patrick McGoohan yesterday and Ricardo Montalban today. There are a few actors who had long careers but will always be defined by one or two roles – ‘Fantasy Island’ and ‘Star Trek II’ being the obvious candidates for Montalban, although I have a soft spot for him in ‘The Naked Gun’. A long [...]
The Extraordinary Lola Montes at the Belcourt Theatre Here in Nashville
Extraordinary! Magnificent! Spectacular! Some of the thoughts that came to mind as I watched Lola Montes yesterday. A legendary ‘lost film’ now restored. If you’re in Nashville and love movies – go see it, it’s at the Belcourt Theatre from January 16th to the 19th, I implore you. It’s clear that the young Baz Luhrmann [...]
Some Thoughts on Crank / Crank 2
So there’s a Crank 2 trailer online, (warning the link contains copious nudity, swearing, absurd levels of violence and the absence of love and compassion during the sexual act) (double warning – the vid is not formatted properly = a 16×9 pic shown in 4×3 – that drives me nuts) : Crank 2 – High [...]
