Hey, did you know I’m something of a Kristin Scott Thomas fan? If you didn’t, chances are you only just met me. Welcome. The precis version is that I think she’s one of the few great contemporary actresses currently working on career-peak form, and in two languages to boot. The non-precis version — well, dig […]
Why we should be watching Kristin Scott Thomas
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:55 pm · October 7th, 2010
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‘The Company Men’ trailer
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:56 am · July 23rd, 2010
The debut feature of director John Wells (best known for his TV work on such series as “ER” and “The West Wing”) garnered fairly reserved reviews at Sundance in January. The trailer, which hit yesterday via Yahoo! Movies, does play a little on the beige side, but the story is topical, the cast excellent (always […]
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‘Betty’ now ‘Conviction,’ TWC nabs ‘Miral’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:08 pm · June 8th, 2010
Apologies for the two week dry spell. I thought I’d be able to update along the way as I trekked out to Ohio to play meet the parents (which, thankfully, couldn’t have gone better), but alas, quick stops in hotels and 10 hour driving days made that much more difficult than I thought it would. […]
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1/14 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:03 am · January 14th, 2010
• Buzz Aldrin, Willie Nelson and more comment on the accuracy of a number of the season’s contenders. [Variety] • Peter Jackson and Stanley Tucci talk “The Lovely Bones.” [FearNet] • Brooks Barnes Q&As “The Hurt Locker” writer Mark Boal. [The Carpetbagger]
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‘Basterds,’ ‘Road,’ ‘Single Man’ ineligible for WGA
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:16 am · January 6th, 2010
It seems Steve Pond was willing to track down the real reason The Weinstein Company hasn’t sent screeners of its Oscar season hopefuls to the WGA, reacting to a story initially run by Kyle Buchanan at Movieline: three of them aren’t even eligible, and one of them (which is all but dead this season) is […]
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12/31 Oscarweb Round-up (NEW YEAR’S EVE EDITION)
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:02 am · December 31st, 2009
• Tom O’Neil serves some crow up to a few colleagues while failing to understand that his prize pony needed a few films to underwhelm in order to be in the position it’s in. [Gold Derby] • David Poland crunches the “Avatar” numbers yet again. The film is still…almost…breaking records. [The Hot Blog] • Neill […]
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Don’t you clean up nice?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:23 am · December 9th, 2009
After the widely criticized “de-gaying” of “A Single Man,” The Weinstein Company’s next marketing project appears to be the “de-gritting” of “The Road.” How else to explain the choice of a tidily mustachioed Viggo Mortensen and a radiantly smiling Charlize Theron as the largest images in this FYC ad? Never mind that they appear in […]
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WEEKLY WRAP: Doc shortlist, honorary Oscars and more
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:38 pm · November 20th, 2009
• The shortlist of contenders for the documentary Oscar was announced, surprising many — we dug into it a little. • The season’s first Oscars were handed out, as Lauren Bacall, Gordon Willis, Roger Corman and John Calley were celebrated at the Governors’ Awards. • This week’s Off the Carpet column broke down the wide-open […]
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Weinsteins promote Mélanie Laurent to lead
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:00 am · November 18th, 2009
Some of you have already mentioned this in another thread, but The Weinstein Company, in their apparent wisdom, have decided to campaign “Inglourious Basterds” star Mélanie Laurent for Best Actress. Far be it from me to question the judgment of one of the greatest strategists in Oscar history, but … what? Laurent was, admittedly, a […]
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Weinstein teams with Disney/ABC for ‘Nine’ attack
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:01 am · November 11th, 2009
Harvey Weinstein’s publicity campaign for “Nine” was never going to be a subtle affair, was it? Variety reports that The Weinstein Company has turned to Disney/ABC Unlimited for a cross-platform promotional pact that will see the Oscar-baiting musical saturating ABC’s programming, from “Dancing With the Stars” to daytime soap operas: Under the arrangement, a themed […]
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‘Nine’ to December
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:20 am · October 8th, 2009
Brad Brevet at Rope of Silicon is reporting something I seriously thought had already happened. Maybe that says something about how predictable the move is, given that, ever since The Weinstein Company announced a November release for “The Road,” everyone has been expecting “Nine” to move further into the holiday season. And so it has.
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THE LONG SHOT: Post early for Christmas
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:35 pm · October 7th, 2009
London is in the midst of a postal strike. No mail, be it far-flung postcard or electricity bill, has popped through my front door for over a month. I recently had to stroll into Soho to pick up my London Film Festival accreditation pack by hand. And rather discouragingly, my local post office today put […]
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OFF THE CARPET: Suiting up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:46 pm · September 21st, 2009
You might have noticed this morning’s round-up reverted back to “Oscarweb.” The big late-summer festival trilogy wrapped up with Toronto’s kudo-dishing over the weekend and on the other side, we face the long haul. The season is officially here. You ready? As punishing as it feels, I’m still excited for our weekly coverage. Punishing because […]
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One blogger’s word over another
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:00 am · September 16th, 2009
I must say, when I saw and loved Tom Ford’s “A Single Man” at Venice last week, I obviously picked up on the awards possibilities for Colin Firth’s career-best work. Hard not to. What I didn’t quite anticipate is that it would be the talk of Toronto only a few days later. It’s encouraging to […]
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Weinsteins grab ‘A Single Man’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:06 pm · September 15th, 2009
I meant to get to this earlier, but sometimes, you know, real life gets in the way. Anyway, the big news of the day is that The Weinstein Company has snapped up the U.S. distribution rights to Tom Ford’s stunning debut “A Single Man,” with plans for a 2009 Oscar-qualifying run, marking the first really […]
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8/25 Web Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:33 am · August 25th, 2009
• Jeff Wells speaks up on the Best Actress race. [Hollywood Elsewhere] • “Black Dynamite” goes to Apparition. [Variety] • Behinds the scenes of “The Burning Plain.” [Coming Soon]
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The song, not the singer
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:52 pm · August 19th, 2009
It’s a few days old, but I only just found this nugget buried at the tail of a (rather good) David Poland rumination on the potential demise of The Weinstein Company — and since many of you seem to be hungry for details of Rob Marshall’s “Nine,” I thought it worth sharing. Poland has been […]
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8/17 Web Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:33 am · August 17th, 2009
• Amid sticky financial days for The Weinstein Company, Harvey Weinstein tells you to “sit tight” and “don’t bet against” him and brother Bob. [New York Times] • It must be going around, because ditto Universal execs Mark Shmuger and David Linde. [Los Angeles Times] • Sharon Waxman is frustrated at the word-count of the […]
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