For all the problems we have with The Golden Globes–they’re haphazardly produced, completely ridiculous and totally second rate–we cannot stress how much fun it is to watch them each year. Mostly, that has to do with the fact that the stars drink during the ceremony. A lot. Last night, after Slumdog Millionaire won for Best Read More
It suddenly occurred to me just before I started grinding out my year-end summaries and 10-best lists that I have been engaged in this activity for a very long time. If my increasingly faulty memory is correct, this marks the 50th anniversary of my published 10-best lists, dating back to Jonas Mekas’ Movie Journal in Read More
While receiving a nomination from the Producers Guild of America is a very good sign for a film hoping to land in one of the five Best Picture slots at the Academy Awards, it doesn’t necessarily mean all of the nominees announced yesterday should get too comfortable. The last time the PGA nailed Read More
It’s the end of the year as we know it, which can only mean one thing: top 10 lists! Now, we can’t lie—we haven’t seen absolutely everything. (We’re still waiting on Gran Torino, Seven Pounds, and a few others. Also, we will never watch Wall-E. Never!) But we did see an awful (awful) lot in Read More
Want to know how bad the economy is here in the United States? Hollywood is outsourcing their big movie premieres. It’s true! For instance, did you realize that Quantum of Solace, the sure-to-be blockbuster which is on pace to score the highest opening weekend in the history of the James Bond franchise, has already grossed Read More
Slumdog Millionaire
Running time 120 minutes
Written by Simon Beaufoy
Directed by Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan
Starring Dev Patel, Irfan Kahn, Freida Pinto
Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan’s Slumdog Millionaire, from a screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, has received some very mixed reviews for its bizarre mixture of genres and Read More
For those of you who are closely following the November and December horse race of potential Oscar films, don’t count out Slumdog Millionaire. It might not have a Leo or a Kate or even a Batman in it, but this latest film from Danny Boyle (of Trainspotting and 28 Days Later) is just the kind Read More
