The lyrics to the theme for this year's Golden Globes telecast began (and I'm not making this up): One night only, one night only That's all I have to spare One night only Let's not pretend to care... Um... OK.
This guy's pretty talented. He should go on "American Idol" or something. He could be as famous as Clay Aiken one day.
Clint Eastwood, a Caucasian American, made a movie about Japanese soldiers on Iwo Jima in WW II. How "liberal" of him! 2006 was a big year for stories about the "death of movie criticism" -- which were really just bandwagon-jumping…
Photo from The Reeler: VanAirsdale and Zacharek on the right; Edelstein and Gleiberman on the left. In other Contrarian News: The Reeler (aka S.T. VanAirsdale) moderated a critics' panel on the best and worst films of 2006 Wednesday in New…
President Bush reminded me of the District Attorney in Chinatown (that is, in "Chinatown") the other night, as he stood in the White House "liberry," stiffly mumbling about his "new strategy" for Iraq, which amounts to: "As little as possible."…
It's great to hear from Roger Ebert, who has this message at RogerEbert.com: It's been some time since I checked in to let you know how I'm doing. I had hoped to be back in my seat in the balcony…
View image From The Onion, October 23, 2006: "I've been making pictures for 40 years," said the intense, fast-talking Scorsese in an excerpt from "The Entitled," during which the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" can be heard in the background. "For…
Ben Whishaw in a stinky place in "Perfume." Roger Ebert on "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer": "Why I love this story, I do not know. Why I have read the book twice and given away a dozen copies of…
It's been some time since I checked in to let you know how I'm doing. I had hoped to be back in my seat in the balcony alongside my partner Richard Roeper, but the surgeons tell me they will have…
Dana Stevens (at Slate.com), Susan Gerhard (SF360.org), and I are the only critics I know of who put "Man Push Cart" on our best of 2006 lists. Roger Ebert probably would have been a fourth, if he'd made a list…
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