• Kevin Kelly digs into the J.J. Abrams “Dark Tower” project. [Cinematical]
• In honor of “Julie & Julia,” 10 blogs that could be movies. [Film School Rejects]
• Liam Neeson walks his first red carpet since the death of wife Natasha Richardson. [Associated Press]
• Weirdest gallery hit grab yet: Behind the scenes at Netflix. [Daily Telegraph]
• Another hit grab: 10 movies you probably already know are on the Oscar playing field. [New York Observer]
• Andrew Pulver on the loss of two great illuminators in Budd Schulberg and John Hughes. [The Guardian]
• Mark Caro, meanwhile, reports from Hughes’s “low key” funeral. [Los Angeles Times]
• David Mamet takes on…Anne Frank? [Variety]
• Where is the “Xanadu” for this generation? [MSNBC]
• Geoffrey MacNabb uses his outlet to hawk his new book on Ingmar Bergman. [The Independent]
• Anne Thompson picks up on the ubiquity of the number nine in this year’s film slate. [Thompson on Hollywood]