Word: oscars
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...screen with its intensity, is flat and lackluster. He seems to want his character to be stony and cold, but instead comes off as indifferent and detached. Perhaps De Niro has just made one too many movies; he seriously looks like he needs a break. Levinson, who won the Oscar for best director in 1988 for “Rain Man,” is not in top-notch form. In “What Just Happened?” the individual scenes creep along, especially during the first third of the movie as Levinson tries to establish Ben?...
...Eastwood has always been a prolific auteur, and never more so than in his twilight years. Since turning 70 in 2000, he's released eight films as a director, including the Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby and a feature-length documentary, Piano Blues. On Christmas Day there'll be another movie, Gran Torino, which he stars in as well as directing. He couldn't do this if he didn't work fast (and relatively cheap). Screenwriters love him; if he likes a script, he shoots it without demanding a million rewrites. Actors love him too; if he likes Take...
...There's that much evil in the world? And Clint, thinking more about storytelling craft than about Oscar nominations, would say, Sure. But there are heroes too. And this time, the righteous gunslinger is a mom with no weapon but her inexhaustible love...
...were nominated for a Best Actor Oscar alongside Sidney Poitier for The Defiant Ones. Are you peeved that you never got more respect from the Academy?There were other pictures I made-I don't want to complain-but I feel in my heart that there were other performances I gave that could have easily been nominated. And now that won't ever happen. I'm not doing any movies, and I'm not going to find a movie that's going to be nominated for any awards. So, my dear friends, I sit around in Vegas, with a beautiful...
...their survival. Their adventure, fueled by Lina’s love for her baby sister and Doon’s desire to help the human race, takes place under, around, and through the city, unveiling the secret escape from the City of Ember. Ronan, who previously earned an Oscar nomination for her supporting role in “Atonement,” has proven her merit once again. Her performance is heart-warming and inspired, and she becomes the shining star of the movie. Unfortunately, the rest of the cast, which includes Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste...