Not exact matches
I can't even begin to describe the guest
list —
other than the head of any arts, music,
film etc organisation you can think ofwas there — from Sir John Tusa, Alan Yentob and Sir David Putnam to Michael Wolff, Sir Christopher Grayling and Mark Thompson (and loads more).
There are fewer questions
than some
other sites, though you can also add a facebook - style
list of favourite books, music,
films, etc, which would take an extra 15 minutes.
It was on more critics top 10
lists than any
other animated
film by a mile, and much loved by viewers, how does it not get a nom?
Very Bad Things features a pretty terrific cast; while it features no real «big time» stars
other than Cameron Diaz - who only achieved that status upon the release of Mary, which happened after this
film was already done - it offers a very solid
list of quality actors.
I'll leave out any negative reviews, because I'd rather focus on the mainly positive responses I had to this year's selections (in
other words, I did see more
films than the ones
listed below).
Is it shooting fish in a barrel to put «The Emoji Movie,» a
film for children that had no aspirations at any point in its creation
other than to milk money out of those children's parents, so high on this
list?
O.J.: Made In America likely would have made the cut if not for a (totally defensible) editorial decision to classify it as television rather
than film, but I voted for three
other docs this year: Tower (addressed in the «outlier» section of my ballot), Author: The JT LeRoy Story (which correctly recognizes that letting Laura Albert expand on her own «myth» makes for better cinema
than any objective investigative alternative), and Weiner... which ranked lowest on my personal
list, but is the one I'm most surprised not to see on the collective
list.
If you're a fan of 80s action
films, or just like to watch villains die in fascinating blurs of bravado, you need no
other reason to see this movie
than the cast
list itself.
Mignone's decision to employ a sprawling structure - replete with almost a dozen recurring characters - undoubtedly ranks high on the
film's
list of problems, as there inevitably reaches a point wherein certain figures become far more intriguing
than others.
The
list of icons making appearances was truly unprecedented: Superman soars twice — once in the «return» and the
other as Ben Affleck; Crockett and Tubbs exude cool; Ethan Hunt falls short; Captain Jack Sparrow sets the stage for the finale; Jack Black sometimes wears stretchy pants; Huey Long is resurrected and somehow over-played by Sean Penn; the mass appeal of the DaVinci Code novel fizzled onscreen; Robert Altman's amazing career ended with an excellent adaptation of a radio series starring Garrison Keillor's made for radio face; Johnny Depp tried to untrack his career with The Libertine; Nicolas Cage was front and center in the disastrous remake of The Wicker Man, but if the preview is any indication, his sleep - walk was merely a tune - up for this year's Ghost Rider; Woody Allen (with Scarlett Johansson as his muse) re-emerged with his best comedy since Crimes and Misdemeanors; amazingly, Jen and Vince's real life break - up was more entertaining
than the
film version; and while on - set hook - ups seem to the norm, how could the dreadful You, Me and Dupree have been an aphrodisiac for Kate and Owen?
Well the source is a mystery — the
film's credits
list two producers
other than Wiseau — Drew Caffrey and Chloe Lietzke.
Now here's one that will DEFINITELY be on my top ten
list this year — I was expecting a lot from this
film based on the buzz from
other festivals and advance screenings, and it delivered even more
than I could've hoped.
Perhaps it doesn't have the lingering sustain of
other films on this
list, but it makes up for that by a) giving us a bigger, buzzier rush of delight in the moment
than almost any
other film on this
list and b) Michael Keaton.