• David Chen junkets Danny Boyle on the director’s inspirations. [/Film]
• David Poland is being pissy about when Paramount wants to screen their Oscar contender this year. [The Hot Blog]
• Lou Lumenick rounds up the infinitely boring denials and foreplay coming from the “Australia” camp. Can we just get to the movie already and stop with the lame “news” bytes? [Lumeick on Film]
• Noah Forrest is kind of over James Bond. [Movie City News]
• Steven Zeitchik gives “Slumdog Millionaire” another look and still loves what he sees. [Risky Biz Blog]
• Logan Hill, meanwhile, talks to the film’s standout Dev Patel. [Vulture]
• Sasha Stone pegs the season as the year of the showcase perf. [Awards Daily]
• Chris Lee corners “Changeling” star Angelina Jolie about life and stuff. [The Envelope]
• As the Buzzmeter rumbles to life, slowly, a few more pundits chime in with Tom O’Neil. [Gold Derby]
• “Gomorrah” producer Domenico Procacci and IFC Films won’t be content with a mere Best Foreign Language Film mention. [Variety]
• Museum of the Moving Image honoree Ben Stiller talks his feting to Daniel Frankel. [Variety]
• Dave Karger puts Frank Langella’s likely Oscar clip out there for all to see. [Entertainment Weekly]