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7/8 Web Round-up

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Woodstock• AMPAS elects its governors. Among those returning to the board: Tom Hanks, James L. Brooks and eternal Oscar bridesmaid Kevin O’Connell. [Variety]

• Nat Rogers reflects on his favorite thesps of the decade’s first half… and how they’ve fared since. [The Film Experience]

• Martin Scorsese looks back on Woodstock. A good read, this. [Times of London]

• Ebert has some choice words for the “Transformers” defenders. [Roger Ebert’s Journal]

• Noah Forrest boards the “Hurt Locker” train. [Movie City News]

• Ahead of “Frozen River”‘s long-delayed UK release, Melissa Leo talks about how an Oscar nod has changed her career. [Times of London]

• Celebrating the delights of the movie-mangling “Cinemash” web series. [Los Angeles Times]

• Why Nicolas Cage should still be in the conversation for Superman. Uh, right. [The Guardian]

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5 responses to “7/8 Web Round-up”

  1. Hans Avatar
    Hans

    “…and eternal Oscar bridesmaid Kevin O’Connell.”

    Heh.

  2. AmericanRequiem Avatar
    AmericanRequiem

    ha read that Ebert post, good read, to war it seems

  3. Back to the Future Avatar

    I think you mean to say “7/8 Web Round-Up”

  4. Guy Lodge Avatar

    Oh, right. British habit.

  5. entertainmenttoday.. Avatar

    I enjoyed reading the Ebert column on Transformers 2. Like Roger, I really liked the first Transformers film but hated the sequel as I also feel its a bad movie.
    I wish I knew the answer to this question-
    Deep down does Michael Bay think Revenge of the Fallen is a good movie? I say NO

    chuck