• Peter Travers is pissed about the “Shutter Island” bump to 2010. [Rolling Stone]
• “Me and Orson Welles” gets a distributor in Freestyle Releasing. [The Wrap]
• “The Road,” meanwhile, gets pushed to Thanksgiving, in direct competition with the Weinsteins’ other Oscar hopeful, “Nine.” [Variety]
• Anne Thompson on Paladin’s Mark Urman’s Toronto forecast. [Thompson on Hollywood]
• Speaking of which, the distributor has picked up “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond,” a potential awards vehicle for Bryce Dallas Howard. [Rope of Silicon]
• Xan Brooks is bummed over repeats at the London film fest. [The Guardian]
• Richard Bernstein says sadism gets a pass in “Inglourious Basterds.” [New York Times]
• In honor of Jon Amiel’s Toronto-bound “Creation,” a list of arguments for creationism and evolutionism. [Daily Telegraph]
• Previewing the Fall movie season. [Time]
• A list of the top 20 animated films of all time, with four from Pixar in the top 10 and “Finding Nemo” nowhere to be found. [Entertainment Weekly]
• John Campea talks the week’s movie news with yours truly and Jon “Soul Video” Green. [The Movie Blog]
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5 responses to “9/10 Web Round-up”
Any chance that the Weinsteins could push Nine to December and give the holiday-into-January run that Chicago had?
*give it
If it wasn’t for the Academy opening the Best Picture race to 10 nominees, I would agree with EW on Beauty and the Beast being the one and only animated feature to be nominated for Best Picture. I think Up gets in this year.
I saw Up last week and it is still swirling around in my mind. Another instant classic from Pixar. 10 for 10. Thankfully, with Ratatouille, Wall-E and Up, Cars is starting to look like an aberration. I like Cars, but it doesn’t come close to the other three.
For what it’s worth, I think The Incredibles is Pixar’s best movie and Finding Nemo would be in my top half of Pixar’s output.
What is up with all these Oscar hopefuls opening so early? It seemed like everything came out in late December last year.
Up is the #3 animated movie of all time? Really? People can talk about its Best Pic chances all they want, but in my mind, it won’t deserve it. I’d rank Harry Potter, District 9, and even Julie & Julia above it.
I really think Up will come to be seen as a lesser Pixar movie. Not quite Cars, but not even close to Finding Nemo/Wall-E.