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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Indie Spirit awards announced
Let the Awards season begin! The Independent Spirit Awards have been announced; here is the list.
Haven’t had the opportunity to see many of the nominees but kudos to Rachel Getting Married, which is indeed one of the best films of the year, and a YES! goes out to the nomination of Anne Hathaway, who did some of the best work I’ve seen all year. Congrats, too, to her fellow nominees Rosemarie DeWitt and Debra Winger.
I also applaud the nomination for Penelope Cruz in Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and of Melissa Leo in Frozen River, though I thought the latter was rather overrated.
Thoughts, anyone?
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Today’s DVD’s: Second Narnia, Wanted, etc
A fairly mild week for DVDs brings us some of summer’s lesser lights, for the most part.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: The sequel underperformed at the box office this year, but I actually liked it better than the first film, finding it more confidently directed and more energetic. I wonder - did it underperform because people were that disappointed, or because it was released in the summer instead of the holiday? Full review: GRADE: B+
Step Brothers: There are a few genuinely funny scenes scattered about, but mostly this is about Will Ferrell mugging as loud and as long as he can - as usual. Full review: GRADE: C
Wanted: Put the letters “U” and “N” before the title and that very succinctly sums up what I thought of this movie filled with a profoundly annoying male “hero” and logic holes that are ridiculous even for this genre. Sure, there’s a neat action scene or two, but the film reminded me of that very old quote about a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. GRADE: C
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