Thursday, February 23, 2012 11:00AM - By Damon Houx
The process of Oscar predictions has changed completely over the last twenty years. Where there may have been favorites and hopes before that came with no sense of what could actually happen on Oscar night, blogging has turned the award ceremony into a stats game, where there are way fewer surprises than ever before. But, if you pay attention to the guilds, you have a great guide as to who is likely to win or lose. That doesn’t keep us from guessing, and our picks for Sunday’s Oscar ceremony are here. Hint: expect big wins for The Artist. Check it out…
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Monday, February 13, 2012 11:51AM - By Damon Houx
The award season is getting close to wrapping up, and – as expected – Michel Hazanavicius‘s The Artist is continuing to sweep. Its latest victory was at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts film awards, where it walked away with seven prizes, including best film, director, screenplay and best actor for Jean Durjardin‘s lead performance. Meryl Streep‘s win for The Iron Lady was the only upset of the usual winners (beating Viola Davis), but Octavia Spencer for The Help and Christopher Plummer for Beginners were also awarded, which goes with most of the major awards to date. Check out the full list…
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Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:38AM - By Damon Houx
Is Tom Hanks Old Yeller in Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close? It seems likely. Honestly, it’s surprising that it’s taken ten years for Hollywood to make a film that uses (and perhaps exploits) the tragedy of September 11, 2001 to make a movie about death (and perhaps a chance to feel good about being alive). Hanks stars with newcomer Thomas Horn, and vets like Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Viola Davis, and James Gandolfini. Take a look at the trailer…
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Thursday, August 11, 2011 3:00PM - By Damon Houx
Racism is still a hot button issue in America, and though the civil rights movement was a previous generation’s struggle, it’s hard to address those issues cinematically and still make an entertaining film. 2011′s The Help comes at a time when issue pictures are out of fashion, and so it seems slightly fresher than it might have had it come out in any other decade. And yet, it’s the same sort of empowerment movie as we’ve seen before. The bottom line is that the film is fun and has good performances from performers like Emma Stone, Viola Davis and Bryce Dallas Howard. But as a commentary on the issues of race in America, it’s decidedly lacking. Check out our review…
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011 12:37PM - By Damon Houx
It’s always a bit difficult when two stars are paired together in that you always want more out of them. And for The Help’s press Viola Davis was partnered with Emma Stone. At once you wanted to talk to the ubiquitous Stone about her upcoming work in films like The Amazing Spider-Man (which we did), but then with Davis there’s so much to talk about with the film, and her career, and what it means to be an older black actress in Hollywood (albeit one with an academy award nomination, and a Tony award). Better too much than too little. Check out our conversation…
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Thursday, October 7, 2010 3:40PM - By Justine JC
Most 16 year-olds are plagued by the slings and arrows of adolescent angst – few of those 16 year-olds will voluntarily admit themselves into a psych ward. Both adapted and directed by filmmakers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, It’s Kind Of A Funny Story stars Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, and Viola Davis and opens nationwide this weekend.
Check out the review below…
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Friday, August 13, 2010 9:55AM - By Justine JC
In case you missed the plethora of billboards on every street in America, this weekend’s opening of Eat Pray Love based on the international best selling memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert is poised for a lucrative release. The Columbia Picture’s project stars America’s timeless sweetheart Ms. Julia Roberts alongside Viola Davis, Richard Jenkins, James Franco, and Javier Bardem, and was both adapted and directed by Ryan Murphy.
Girls, grab an assortment of carbohydrates and prepare to relish this two and a half hour display of post-break up self-indulgence…
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Monday, August 2, 2010 2:44PM - By Krystal Clark
Last October we reported on Clive Owen’s latest film entitled, Trust. It’s a dramatic thriller directed by David Schwimmer (yep, Ross from “Friends”) and co-stars Catherine Keener. That was then, this is now and its first teaser trailer has been released. Get your first peek at Owen and Keener in Trust…
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Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:07AM - By Krystal Clark
Oscar nominee Viola Davis has plenty of films on the horizon including a comedy co-starring Zach Galifianakis. According to Variety, the actress has just signed on for a role in the film, It’s Kind of a Funny Story and the recently announced David Schwimmer drama, Trust.
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