• Adam Dawtrey on the rebirth of Colin Firth. [The Guardian]
• In honor of “A Serious Man,” Nathan Englander picks the top five Jewish films from the 1970s. Why not the 1960s? You know, when the Coen film is set? [Film in Focus]
• Not Oscar related, but most desired remake: “The Goonies.” [Daily Telegraph]
• Steve Martin: banjo enthusiast. [CNN]
• The complete “Terminator” timeline. [Empire]
• Speaking of which, Ben Child spends some time with the best part of “Terminator Salvation,” actor Anton Yelchin. [The Guardian]
• Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula ascend at Searchlight. [indieWIRE]
• Brooks Barnes on the swath of upstarts leaping into the CGI animation fray. [New York Times]
• Revisiting the summer of 1997. [Cinematical]
• Nathaniel Rogers does some Oscar predix clean-up, joins the “Precious” train. [The Film Experience]
• John Horn previews this weekend’s Produced By Conference with a producers roundtable. [Los Angeles Times]
• Top 10 hockey moments in non-hockey movies. Yeah. [Premiere]
• Alonso Duralde on the many faces of Vegas on celluloid. [MSNBC]
• Patrick Goldstein wants to know why Israel’s biggest box office success of 2008 has yet to secure U.S. distribution. [The Big Picture]