Not every grand campaign for Oscar glory pans out. This year the plan from Paramount was to hold the Coen Brothers’ remake of the great western, “True Grit,” right ’til the end. The...
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Halle Berry‘s Academy Award seems like a long time ago–eight years, to be precise. Since “Monster’s Ball,” her film career has been, well, spotty. The best work she’s do...
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James Bond 23 is on, says Kate Winslet. She happens to be the ex-wife of the film’s director, Sam Mendes. She mentioned all this to famed British entertainment reporter Baz Bamigboye last week at the...
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If Nicole Kidman winds up winning the Oscar for “Rabbit Hole” this season, she has one person to thank–herself. Kidman produced the movie, based on the Broadway play, and even made an off...
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If you’re going to the movies this weekend, here are some people to look out for. Barbara Hershey–plays Natalie Portman‘s maybe crazy, maybe crazy as a fox mother in “Black SwanR...
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The National Board of Review is not a great indicator of the Academy Award. The NBR has chosen the Best Picture only 7 times in the last 20 years. They’ve only picked it three times in the last decad...
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The bogus National Board of Review voted Aaron Sorkin‘s “The Social Network” Best Film of the year. The NBR– a group of fans who pay $600 a year to belong and see films, and $600 a ...
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Kirsten Dunst–a late entry in the Oscar raceĀ in Andrew Jarecki‘s “All Good Things”–is shooting Jack Kerouac‘s classic novel, “On the Road” right now. She p...
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Oscar winner Kate Winslet admitted last night to a “secret relationship” with Michelle Williams, star of “Blue Valentine.” Winslet told this a pretty high falutin crowd at the Tribe...
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At last, we had the premiere of Darren Aronofsky‘s excellent, cutting edge psychological thriller, “Black Swan,” last night. Aronofsky and Natalie Portman are old pro’s at this sort...
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