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Moira Shearer didn’t appear in that many movies. She was more ballerina than actress. But her first feature film role was as the lead in one is absolutely one of the greatest films of all time and (personally) in my definitive top five: The Red Shoes. That should come as no surprise as I haveContinue reading “R.I.P. MOIRA”

Holy crap! As disappointed as I am in the Capote, Crash and Munich overhyping, I’m equally ecstatic about the “Best Documentary” nomination that went to Street Fight. I still haven’t actually had time to “study” all the nominations, and I’ll post more later, but seeing Street Fight listed blew my mind. Why? Because … haveContinue reading “MORE OSCAR REAX: CONGRATS STREET FIGHT“

Adding to my malaise today is those annoying nominations announced this morning. Look, I know the Academy Awards are nothing to get all riled up about, and I haven’t even studied the whole list to really see what encourages me versus what pisses me off, but just looking at the Picture and Director categories makeContinue reading “OH OSCAR, YOU’RE SO DAMN STUPID”

Today’s a blah day, dontcha think? Want to brighten it up a wee bit? Check out the very last Gothamist Interview from yours truly. As I mentioned last week, I’m no longer writing for Gothamist, but I did have this one last interview to do, and luckily, it’s a pretty good one. It’s with JoshContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: FINAL EDITION — JOSH HOROWITZ”

Today has been a pretty earth-shaking day within the business realm of the entertainment world. First the announcement of the merger between UPN and The WB and then the official word that Disney has bought Pixar. I think in the long run, both bits of news are actually big pluses for us little folk outContinue reading “WHY DOES ALL THIS STUFF HAPPEN WHEN I’M AWAY?”

Can you imagine a world where you must live through dial-up? Holy crap does it suck. Sure, I’m only five years removed from that reality, but it seems like ages ago. Except for when I visit the family in the Bay Area and stay with my Mom. This is all you need to know: myContinue reading “GOODBYE GOTHAMIST (ALMOST: THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW WITH JOSH SELIG)”

No, once again I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth. I’ve just been preoccupied with this persistent and sometimes worsening problem with my head to which I’ve already alluded more than I would like. It’s been a bad week, and tomorrow morning I’m off to the Bay Area for my youngest brother’s BarContinue reading “THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL FROM MY LIVING ROOM”

I don’t want to say I half-assed this week’s movies post at Gothamist because I didn’t. Or at least, not exactly. But I did get to it late, and I did have to relatively quickly piece it together, and most importantly, I’m sure I’m missing something interesting, especially among the smaller indie new releases whichContinue reading “THE WEEKEND IN PREVIEW: YES, I CONTINUE TO BLAME IT ALL ON MY HEAD”

I’m trying really hard to get back in the swing of things, but I decided I didn’t want to post here every day about why I’m not posting, and I haven’t had the patience to post anything interesting. I don’t know how many (if any) of you out there have suffered from migraines or tensionContinue reading “OK, SO HERE’S THE DEAL …”

So I’ve managed to already break all my New Year’s resolutions, but it’s not really my fault. For example, one resolution was that I was going to make sure to post *something* here every day (well, weekday) without fail. Yet where have I been since Monday Jan. 2, you ask? Simply put, in agony. AboutContinue reading “THE WEEKEND IN PREVIEW: HOPING MY HEAD LETS ME GET SOMETHING DONE”