Features
• Lou Lumenick runs down his 10-best list… [Lumenick on Film]
• …and calls “Mamma Mia!” the guilty pleasure of the year. [Lumenick on Film]
• Peter Sciretta gets a juicy tid-bit on the “Forrest Gump” sequel “Gump & Co.” from screenwriter Eric Roth: 9/11 killed the idea and all the principles decided it wasn’t relevant anymore. Interesting. [/Film]
• Christopher Nolan elaborates on his four favorite scenes from “The Dark Knight.” [USA Today]
• Anne Thompson goes deep on why “Australia” misses the mark. [Thompson on Hollywood]
• Mick Brown sits down with “Doubt” star Meryl Streep. [Daily Telegraph]
• As the ship sinks around him, Gregg Kilday reports on the box office muscle of this weekend’s Oscar contenders. [Hollywood Reporter]
• Ariel Kaminer tracks the road to the big screen for Bernhard Schlink’s “The Reader.” [New York Times]
• Eleanor Clift talks the parallels of “Frost/Nixon” to the current administration, parallels writer Peter Morgan certainly didn’t have in mind. [Newsweek]
• A refreshing list of the year’s superlatives. [New York Magazine]
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7 responses so far
1 12-08-2008 at 7:00 am
Liz said...
Kris, just curious, did you see “Frost/Nixon”? I can’t remember reading any of your comments about it, and I’m interested in knowing what you thought.
2 12-08-2008 at 7:28 am
Robert Hamer said...
Lou Lumenick is such a horse’s ass. I mean, seriously, who writes shit like “…do you really think the academy is going to give an award to a deceased druggie?”
I guess expecting an once of class from the guy who freaks out when a mute cancer survivor motions for them to shift slightly is asking too much.
3 12-08-2008 at 10:41 am
nick said...
Lou is a massive tool. Should never be taken seriously. He writes for the fucking Post! The Post! I mean, pleeease…!
4 12-08-2008 at 11:33 am
Jonathan Spuij said...
Mama Mia is guilty of a lot of things. Pleasure ain’t among them.
5 12-08-2008 at 12:08 pm
Guy Lodge said...
Jonathan: That has to be one of the most quotable comments I’ve ever seen here. I’ll be using that one.
6 12-08-2008 at 12:11 pm
Guy Lodge said...
Liz: Kris discussed “Frost/Nixon” here:
http://www.incontention.com/?p=2609
He liked it more than I did — but then everyone does, it seems!
7 12-08-2008 at 12:36 pm
Liz said...
Ah, thanks Guy. I remembered that your reaction was pretty “eh.”