Viola Davis
-
Shadow and Act7 commentslike33tweet5
Viola Davis Talks Oscars; Joins George Clooney In Cover Of This Week's Issue Of "Entertainment Weekly"
Viola Davis and George Clooney are this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly for a joint shoot and interview. The two, who are apparently good pals today, have co-starred in the past in three films: Out of Sight, Solaris and Syriana. They spoke about their challenges in Hollywood; Davis dished o...
Read More » -
Leonard Maltin12 commentslike2tweet2
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close—movie review
I doubt that anyone who lived through the events of September 11, 2001 could remain completely unmoved by the story of how one boy deals with the death of his father, who was trapped in one of the World Trade Center towers that morning. There are many painful, poignant, and highly-fraught moments in...
Read More » -
Women and Hollywood4 commentslike7tweet6
Women's Film Critics Circle Award Winners
I love the diversity of categories. But where is the best woman director? UPDATE- the best womena director is the director of the best movie by women. I think we name the women because people need to know their names in the same way that guys names are known.
Read More » -
The Playlist1 commentlike0tweet6
Review: 'Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close' Is Often Moving But Insufficiently Effective
Oskar Schell, the protagonist of "Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close," isn’t like other boys. Sure, he likes laughing and junk food and having a good time like the other kids. But this overly precocious ten year old is more of an Encyclopedia Brown in training. With the guidance of his father, he p...
Read More » -
Women and Hollywood1 commentlike0tweet2
The Golden Globe Nominations: The Women
I like the Golden Globe show cause it's always goofy. People drink, say funny stuff and you get TV and film people in one place. People who are awards watchers don't take it too seriously because they have two different film categories -- comedy and drama -- which no other a...
Read More » -
Women and Hollywood0 commentslike1tweet3
The Help and Bridesmaids Score Screen Actors Guild Nominations
Yesterday, the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced. Both The Help and Bridesmaids scored best ensembles nominations (which is their top award) which could be an indicator of potential Oscar love because the actors (a percentage of the SAG members pick these nominees) are...
Read More » -
The Playlist2 commentslike5tweet6
5 New Clips from 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'
We haven't seen Stephen Daldry's adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" yet but from what we understand it will make you cry your fucking eyes out. Yahoo Movies has just debuted five new clips from the movie, and while they certainly aren'...
Read More » -
The Playlist8 commentslike2tweet6
'The Help' & 'The Artist' Lead The Field At Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations
In the seventeen years that they've been running for, the annual Screen Actors' Guild Awards have proven to be a pretty reliable precursor for the acting categories at the Academy Awards. And why shouldn't they? With the actors who nominate their peers for the Oscars overwhelmingly being...
Read More » -
The Playlist9 commentslike23tweet6
2011's Potential Oscar Nominees For Acting, Directing & Writing Get Together To Talk At THR's Awards Roundtable
One of the necessities for any Oscar candidate is to do a lot of smiling, gladhanding interviews where they answer the same questions over and over again. An antidote to this madness is the annual Hollywood Reporter Roundtable Interviews. They’re awesome. You take six leading Oscar potentials ...
Read More » -
Indiewire1 commentlike1tweet7
Video(s) of the Day: This Year's Best Performers Go Evil for NYT
The New York Times brought some of this year's most acclaimed performers together for a trip to the dark side for their magazine's annual Hollywood issue. In a series of videos, spearheaded by the magazine's design director Arem Duplessis and directed by artist Alex Prager, stars in...
Read More »
fresh from the blogs
-
The 2013 Cannes Review Report: 'Jodorowsky's Dune'Criticwire
-
Watch A New Clip Of Marion Cotillard & Joaquin Phoenix ...The Playlist
-
Now On DVD/VOD - 'Apartment 4E' Starring Nicole Be ...Shadow and Act
-
The Coens, Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan & Oscar ...Thompson on Hollywood
-
Star Trek Writer Sort of Apologizes for Misogyny in ...Women and Hollywood
-
CANNES 2013: Nicholas Winding Refn's ONLY GOD FORG ...Press Play
-
Good Night, Lost Boy(s)The Lost Boys
-
In Search Of ‘The Searchers’Leonard Maltin
on 
