Archive for January 26th, 2009
January 26th, 2009
The Onion’s AV Club has a list of what director Paul Thomas Anderson called “Gearshift” films, movies that seem to be heading in one direction then abruptly veer off in another.
The classic example — and the first one the list — is Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO, which begins as the story of a secretary who steals some money and, in one of the most famous scenes in movie history, becomes something else entirely. If there were any movie I could see in a theater during its opening run, and — and this is the key — know absolutely nothing about it beforehand — it would be PSYCHO. It’s one of my favorites now, but seeing it with unsuspecting eyes must’ve been a once-in-a-lifetime moviegoing experience.
Spoilers a plenty in that AV Club list, of course. Click here to read it.
January 26th, 2009
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Well, actually, I didn’t have any scars (the wax didn’t work out like we’d hoped). But if you want to see how I became the Joker for this year’s Beat the Movie Man contest, from makeup to Photoshop, click here.
And if you want to enter the contest, click here.
January 26th, 2009
Here are the winners from last night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards. Oscar-wise, it looks like a boost for Sean Penn’s prospects and a lock for Kate Winslet and Heath Ledger:
MOVIES
Cast: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Actor in a leading role: Sean Penn, MILK
Actress in a leading role: Meryl Streep, DOUBT
Supporting actor: Heath Ledger, THE DARK KNIGHT
Supporting actress: Kate Winslet, THE READER
Stunt ensemble: THE DARK KNIGHT
TV
Drama series cast: MAD MEN
Actor in a drama series: Hugh Laurie, HOUSE
Actress in a drama series: Sally Field, BROTHERS & SISTERS
Comedy series cast: 30 ROCK
Actor in a comedy series: Alec Baldwin, 30 ROCK
Actress in a comedy series: Tina Fey, 30 ROCK
Actor in a movie or miniseries: Paul Giamatti, JOHN ADAMS
Actress in a movie or miniseries: Laura Linney, JOHN ADAMS
Stunt ensemble: HEROES
Life Achievement: James Earl Jones.
