Bradley Cooper gets his third nomination in a row as the title character in this Oscar nominee. To address the personal elephant in the room, ‘Can I separate our obviously different ideologies from Clint Eastwood’s craft?’ The answer: I (try to) do it all the time when it comes to art. Saying this film is […]
The stats machine is telling me today’s post is post number 500. So much going on in ‘real life’, we’re right on time for some introspection… By the personal and professional standard I hold myself to, I’ve had back to back ‘house money’ years. I’ve been in the Game long enough to know this […]
I heard a lot of mild criticism when J. Edgar came out so I didn’t have my hopes real high when I finally got a chance to see it. It’s not a bad film by any means, but against the best work of either Clint Eastwood or Leonardo DiCaprio, this film definitely falls into […]
It seems no one is happy in Hollywood right now. In this month’s GQ, Clint Eastwood and Leonardo Dicaprio sit down for an interview to promote their upcoming film, J. Edgar. During the interview, both men, who happen to be icons for each of their generations, lament on how difficult it is to greenlight […]
A lot of movie talk among friends this week – I thought I’d post my thoughts on three different castings… Willow Smith in a remake of Annie – I mean, did this even have to get ‘sold’? Little Jada has a hit song under her belt, her brother had a nice hit (and respectable remake) […]
Invictus tells the story of the 1995 South African rugby team. Hyped up by the newly elected president of South Africa Nelson Mandela, the rugby team goes on a great run in the 1995 World Cup. (I won’t ruin it for you if they won or loss; rugby is not my forte so the […]
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