Word: junebug
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...performance in Ripley's Game was never seen in American movie theaters; he hailed Lodge Kerrigan, director of Claire Dolan, a drama about a prostitute, as a personal "hero" who makes only the films he wants to make the way he wants to make them; and he hailed Junebug as a "spiritual and transcendental" experience, after revealing that a bout with food poisoning caused him to fall asleep during the film's initial screening at Sundance...
...revealingly chic outfits. Stewart puckishly demanded the world for sympathy for poor Hollywoodians: ?There are women here who could afford barely enough gown to cover their breasts.? I?m no fashion expert, but I?ll vote for Supporting Actress nominee Amy Adams, the downhome gal from Junebug looking uptown resplendent, and for whatever frock the slap-yourself-silly gorgeous Salma Hayek was wearing under her soft curls and sexy cheekbones. I?ll also hand out an Oscar for golden perkiness to Witherspoon, who looked lovely in a spangled dress, and sparkled indefatigably...
...that they?ve left Miramax and started the Weinstein Company. Of the first four films released under their new banner, two cadged Best Actress nominations: Transamerica and, for Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents. Ferocity over likability could also lift Weisz, in The Constant Gardener, over adorable Amy Adams, in Junebug. The same logic applies to both Actress categories: do you want the driven idealist or the down-home cutie? As for Supporting Actor, Hollywood may want to reward George Clooney, the hunk with a liberal heart; but Gyllenhaal really deserves...
...Adams: Without even suffering through he over-exposed starlet phase, this Best Supporting Actress nominee shines in Junebug...
...mother (or big sister) of all indies. McDormand's role was obvious and shrill, but she tempered it with her usual intelligence. Williams plays arguably the one unequivocally sympathetic character in Brokeback, and does so with quiet yearning beauty. And Adams redefines "adorable" as the star-struck yokel in Junebug. I like all these actresses, and most of their roles, but I like most that Adams came from practically nowhere to beguile and break my heart. Ergo...