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Mister Tee wrote The buzziest title so far appears to be Jacques Audiard's Emilia Perez: Looks like a love it/hate it film. David Ehrlich has it at a C+ but describes it as "not unmemorable." Still plenty to go but if enough people love it but unless something else knocks their socks off ...

The buzziest title so far appears to be Jacques Audiard's Emilia Perez:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 235903402/

https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/e ... 236008567/

Very few people in the history of the movie industry have had a better eye for talent than Roger Corman did. On the night of the Oscars for 1974, when Jack Nicholson unexpectedly lost best actor to Art Carney, Corman jokingly said to him, You son of a bitch, you kept me from a clean sweep -- noting...

I've been busy this week, and regret the whole thing was resolved before I had a chance to put my mind to it.

Thanks for posting it, Uri. By the way, it's looks like you never opened a private message I sent you a few months back. It's still sitting there, FYI.

Didn't realize that was her.

I, too, would like to know what it was Wells posted. It'd have to be something from literally the last few minutes of the film to be spoiler-ific (something of which Wells is quite capable; he posted the fate of a major character in Brokeback Mountain days after the film's release). Addressing my is...

I've been meaning to write about this for several weeks, but somehow never got around to it. As someone who was pretty enthusiastic about the initial film, I have to admit to being a bit let down by this (especially with all the "better than the first" hype I'd heard). It's not that Villen...

I don't know I've ever felt as ignorant on the musical side. Several of the nominees I'd barely heard of prior to the nominations run-up. None of them got exactly bad reviews, but few were greeted with major enthusiasm (Illinoise, chiefly a dance show, I'm told, probably had the strongest reviews). ...

Reza wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:25 am

Big Magilla wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:10 pm And the winners are...

Original: The Holdovers
Adapted: American Fiction
Documentary: The Pigeon Tunnel

Wonder what was the rational for coming up with their winners so late in life.

The strike.

Okay, given the involvement of Luca Guadagnino, I should have had my eye on this a bit more. But it's a tennis movie, and I never anticipated reviews this good. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/challengers-review-zendaya-josh-oconnor-mike-faist-luca-guadagnino-1235870986/ https...

mlrg wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:26 pm Just finished The Mark for the first time.

I think Rod Steiger was pretty good in it. Aside from Reza’s mention as a 6th spot no one else mentions him. I think he was very deserving of a nomination.

Steiger is so natural (all right: un-hammy) he's hardly recognizable as the same actor.

Genuine question: when you compare the length of time a host like Bob Hope takes vs Jimmy Kimmel, is it genuinely that much different? Probably not, but the whole production number that goes along with the host's opening monologue before the first award is handed out takes more time than it did in ...

SCTV is a big blind spot for me. The sense I got is that it was the most respected and creative late night comedy show in contrast to the more boisterous SNL of the late 70's and the downfall early 80's. On the possibility you're interested, an "it's a bit more complicated than that" shor...

Some are you aren't old enough to have watched SCTV in its heyday, and only know the cast members (Martin Short, John Candy, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy etc.) who went on to more prominent careers. But the show itself was must-see late-night for those of us of a certain age. Joe Flaherty -- the sl...

I happened to be in my early awareness of movies during the brief period Barbara Rush was considered a star -- she'd co-starred in The Young Philadelphians, and was worthy of being Frank Sinatra's love interest in Come Blow Your Horn (which I saw at Radio City Music Hall). Her time in the limelight ...