Monthly Archives: February 2008
Oscars: Diablo Cody & the Anti-Snark of the 80th Academy Awards
I experienced my first out-loud Oscar cheer this year, ironically, to me and those who know me, when “La Vie en Rose” won for makeup, of all things; normally, Scarlett, I wouldn’t give a damn, but Marion Cotillard’s transformation to Edith Piaf, from youth through premature aging was just too impressive. Continue reading
Keillor on relationships: ‘The blues is a woman you cannot have.’
“The blues is a woman you cannot have,” Garrison Keillor said, in character, on his radio show. Which made me think: The blues is a woman you cannot not have, too. Continue reading
Valentine’s Day viewing: DVDs for love, actually
The American Film Institute chose “Casablanca” as the most romantic movie of all time. WGN-TV (Chicago) viewers voted “Love, Actually” No. 1 and included “Sleepless in Seattle” and “An Affair to Remember” in their top five. Clearly, it’s all in the heart of the beholder. Continue reading
DVD reviews: ‘Gone Baby Gone,’ ‘Becoming Jane,’ ‘No Reservations’
‘Gone Baby Gone’ is good baby good If there’d been any justice, “Gone Baby Gone,” Ben Affleck’s taut directorial debut, should’ve been a contenduh for best picture. For one thing, it has the year’s most thought-provoking ending. Continue reading
On DVD: ‘Across the Universe’ with Jane Austen virgins
All you need is love to travel ‘Across the Universe’ Julie Taymor resurrects the Beatles and the ’60s in “Across the Universe” (out in a “2-Disc Deluxe Edition”), a visually splendid musical that gathers emotional steam as it rolls along. … Continue reading