tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68493731885533363772024-03-13T00:15:13.611-05:00Speaking of CinemaCatherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-82971286505989040432010-03-21T07:58:00.004-05:002010-03-21T07:58:00.667-05:00Woody Harrelson: Zombie Killer, Messenger and DefendorI never expected to be writing anything praising the acting skills of Woody Harrelson, the bartender from "Cheers." I thought he did a decent job of playing the over-the-top crazy guy (Natural Born Killers, 2012) and the "doofus" (Kingpin, Edtv), and didn't really have too much to offer aside from that.In the past few months, I have seen Zombieland, The Messenger and Defendor. If not for Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-62877384327718236422010-03-10T21:29:00.001-06:002010-03-10T21:32:50.807-06:00Happy Birthday Chuck Norris!Chuck Norris turned the big seven-zero today. Although we don't see much of him these days besides the occasional Walker, Texas Ranger rerun or Bowflex commercial, here's a poem for our favorite Bearded Superhero:
No longer a ranger, he's long since retired
Now an internet meme, to which many aspire
The man, the myth, the legend, the beard
Even by Death the Bowflex master is feared
On Chuck Ben Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10069880146132560214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-65974388595501175212010-03-08T00:17:00.003-06:002010-03-08T00:49:27.585-06:002009-2010 Awards Season Wrap-UpI laughed, I cried, I got angry. That description could've worked for this year's Oscars or the 2009-2010 awards season as a whole.Hosts, presenters and award-winners provided hilarious and heartfelt moments, from the Critics' Choice Awards in January to the Academy Awards last night (March 7). Seeing the first woman to win an Academy Award for Direction (Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker) Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-43765766059559417962010-03-06T02:08:00.004-06:002010-03-06T12:24:14.615-06:00My Final Fearless Oscar PredictionsIf I were a betting person, these are the films I would put my money on tomorrow night (March 7) to win this year's Academy Awards. (Personally, I'm rooting for Bright Star, Inglourious Basterds, A Single Man, Fantastic Mr. Fox and An Education.)Best PictureIt will still boil down to The Hurt Locker vs. Avatar, and I think that The Hurt Locker will prevail.(Likely) Winner: The Hurt Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-65072423952039137042010-03-03T00:16:00.010-06:002010-03-03T00:43:55.543-06:00Speaking of Cinema's Oscar PicksIf we picked the Oscar winners, we would choose the following people and films to bring home the trophies at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards on Sunday night (March 7).Best Picture - Inglourious Basterds is a clear favorite at Speaking of Cinema.Best Director - Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) and Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) would have to be involved in some kind of tiebreaker if we Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-84105180794491320122010-02-28T14:29:00.004-06:002010-03-09T16:04:52.754-06:00Weekly News & Awards Round-Ups - Feb. 22-28, 2010Due to a trip out of town, there will not be round-ups this week.Additionally, there will not be News and Awards Round-Ups March 1-7 due to Oscar overload. News Round-Ups will be back March 8-14; Awards Round-Ups, due to the end of awards season, won't return until sometime in late fall or early winter.Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-19030018013751542112010-02-24T00:23:00.002-06:002010-03-27T23:31:20.034-05:00Mixed Feelings: Loving and Hating Romantic Comedies, Part TwoWarning: The following "spoils" the ending of Leap Year, 27 Dresses and The Holiday. I'm sorry if it shocks you. At the end of the last romantic comedy-related post I wrote, I suggested that I should skip out on the romantic comedies that I know will be completely predictable and practically devoid of any reality whatsoever. I didn't follow my own advice, and I recently found myself watching LeapCatherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-74196208254212374462010-02-21T23:58:00.012-06:002010-02-22T02:41:07.714-06:00Weekly News Round-Up - Feb. 15-21, 2010*Headline Only Edition - I was short on time this week, so I will only be posting headlines and links to the stories as opposed to blurbs.*Films in the WorksOwen Wilson to star in new Woody Allen film [The Hollywood Reporter]Gwyneth Paltrow joins Steven Soderbergh, all-star cast for Contagion [Deadline Hollywood]Ben Stiller to star in Brett Ratner's Tower Heist [The Hollywood Reporter]Al Pacino Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-79449992619256966622010-02-21T23:22:00.012-06:002010-02-22T02:37:03.080-06:00Weekly Awards Round-Up - Feb. 15-21, 2010The Writers Guild of America announced the winners of their awards on Feb. 20. Mark Boal won Best Original Screenplay for The Hurt Locker, while Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner won Best Adapted Screenplay for Up in the Air. Best Documentary Screenplay went to Mark Monrow for The Cove. More information can be found here.The winners of the BAFTAs (the British equivalent of the Academy Awards) wereCatherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-29626441232778585352010-02-20T08:16:00.009-06:002010-03-27T23:31:46.924-05:00Mixed Feelings: Loving and Hating Romantic ComediesDisclaimer: I know I'm not the first person to complain about realism in mainstream romantic comedies and I know I won't be the last. I just wanted to get another voice out there. Also, as a spoiler alert, you shouldn't read this if you haven't seen (and want to see) 500 Days of Summer and When Harry Met Sally, as I write about their endings. I recently acquired both 500 Days of Summer and When Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-24454157530464177972010-02-20T00:55:00.001-06:002010-02-20T00:57:24.687-06:00Oscars 2010 - A Movie-Themed MenuFor this year's Oscar night (March 7), I have decided to come up with menu items based on the Best Picture nominees and other films that received multiple nominations. And like Julie in Julie & Julia (nominated for Best Actress for Meryl Streep as the one and only Julia Child), I have taken to my blog to share my ideas.Beverages"Blue Tolstoy" (Avatar & The Last Station) - Blue Mixer or Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-23068066415818416672010-02-17T00:59:00.003-06:002010-02-17T01:10:42.283-06:00Happy Birthday to Joseph Gordon-Levitt (and Me)Over the last few years, with IMDb's "Born Today" feature on its home page and the rise of Wikipedia and its pages with lists of famous birthdays by date, it has become more common for everyone to discover with what famous people they have birthdays in common. My "group" includes some rather disappointing and embarrassing public figures, including director Michael Bay, "socialite" Paris Hilton Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-76227569148809397402010-02-15T12:16:00.007-06:002010-02-15T13:22:45.061-06:00Finding Inspiration in Preservation"Film is history. With every foot of film lost, we lose a link to our culture, to the world around us, to each other, and to ourselves." -Martin ScorseseTo most filmgoers, Martin Scorsese is known for two things - his incredible body of work as a filmmaker and his trademark bushy eyebrows. To cinephiles, Scorsese is an icon for those things and his work as a film preservationist. The mass Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-64600816362301155382010-02-14T23:51:00.007-06:002010-02-15T05:50:22.164-06:00Weekly News Round-Up - Feb. 8-14, 2010Films in the WorksPenelope Cruz is in talks to join Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides for Nine director Rob Marshall. [Yahoo] Multiple sources are also reporting that Cruz will star in the psychological drama Melancholia for filmmaker Lars von Trier (Dancer in the Dark, Antichrist). [The Playlist]Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Marion Cotillard will star in the Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-46649010900331280082010-02-14T23:44:00.015-06:002010-02-16T01:44:06.658-06:00Weekly Awards Round-Up - Feb. 8-14, 2010The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will broadcast a live stream of its Oscar nominees luncheon on Feb. 15 on its Facebook page, Oscars.org and Livestream.com. The stream will start at 11:30 a.m. Pacific time. More information can be found here.Actress Elizabeth Banks (Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Definitely Maybe) will host the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-42670071808628842712010-02-07T23:58:00.002-06:002010-02-08T00:01:46.936-06:00Weekly Awards Round-Up - Feb. 1-7, 2010The nominees for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards were announced on Feb. 2. View the complete list here.The nominations for this year's Razzies, which honor the worst in film, have also been announced. All About Steve, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Land of the Lost, Old Dogs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen were nominated for Worst Picture.Worst Director: Michael Bay (Transformers: Revenge ofCatherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-89315982800553978072010-02-07T23:51:00.001-06:002010-02-07T23:52:28.323-06:00Weekly News Round-Up - Feb. 1-7, 2010*Headline Only Edition - I was short on time this week, so I will only be posting headlines and links to the stories as opposed to blurbs.*Films in the WorksJohnny Depp to direct Keith Richards doc [Coming Soon]Russell Crowe and Beyonce linked to latest incarnation of A Star Is Born [Empire]Terrence Malick to direct all-star romance [Empire]Hugh Jackman to co-star in Chinese film [Empire]Next Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-24476630991033067382010-02-02T23:00:00.000-06:002010-02-02T23:00:56.896-06:00Nic Cage: National Treasure - A Razzie RebuttalCatherine recently (as in, a mere few hours ago) outlined how Nic Cage was "snubbed" for the "Worst Actor of the Decade" award from the Razzies. However, Nic Cage's supposed ineptitude doesn't even begin to compare to the other actors who were nominated for the award (Ben Affleck, Eddie Murphy, John Travolta, Mike Myers, Rob Schneider). Let's look at the differences:
- Nic Cage has only been Ben Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10069880146132560214noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-3049689580404364802010-02-02T20:27:00.005-06:002010-02-03T00:09:34.060-06:00Nic Cage: National Treasure - "Snubbed" by Oscars AND RazziesThe nominations for the Razzies (which "honor" the worst movies every year) for films released in 2009 and the entire decade of the 2000s were announced yesterday (Feb. 1), and Knowing, which has continued Nicolas Cage's string of ridiculously bad movies this decade, didn't even get a nomination. Cage also failed to get a spot on the highly un-coveted list of nominees for Worst Actors of the Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-32607504848165253762010-02-02T09:17:00.002-06:002010-02-02T09:19:37.558-06:00Considering a Break-Up with OscarI can, on occasion, be fairly elitist about films (although I also have appreciation for a good silly romantic comedy or action film now and then), and this awards season, I've found that this elitist side is emerging full force.The Avatar-mania is one thing, as is the over-zealous Streepfest, and honoring Sandra Bullock for her best performance. (I'm doing my best not to get emotional and write Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-58650683875441142502010-02-02T08:24:00.001-06:002010-02-02T08:26:20.267-06:00A Big(elow) Year for Female FilmmakersIn the entire history of the Academy Awards, only three women had been nominated for the Best Director Oscar - Lina Wertmüller (Seven Beauties - 1976), Jane Campion (The Piano - 1993) and Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation - 2003) - and none of them won. For 2009, Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) has been a front-runner in the Best Director race throughout awards season, culminating in her DGA Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-57414548627576778872010-02-02T08:21:00.002-06:002010-02-02T08:25:07.647-06:0082nd Annual Academy Award NominationsActress Anne Hathaway (Rachel Got Married, The Princess Diaries) and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak announced the nominees for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards this morning (Feb. 2).Here they are:Best Picture: Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious, A Serious Man, Up, Up in the AirBest Director: Kathryn Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-31641614973928529692010-01-31T23:46:00.002-06:002010-02-01T01:19:17.788-06:00Weekly News Round-Up - Jan. 25-31, 2010Films in the WorksThe final two Harry Potter films will be released in theaters in 3D. [Hollywood Reporter]Robert De Niro will play Alabama Governor George Wallace in director Lee Daniels' (Precious) upcoming Civil Rights drama Selma. [Deadline Hollywood via Coming Soon]Zachary Quinto (Star Trek, TV's "Heroes") is likely to play composer George Gershwin in an upcoming biopic for director Steven Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-24650294477543666182010-01-31T23:06:00.001-06:002010-01-31T23:08:10.099-06:00Weekly Awards Round-Up - Jan. 25-31, 2010The Directors Guild of America held its awards ceremony on Jan. 30. Kathryn Bigelow won Best Feature Film Director (the first woman to do so) for The Hurt Locker. Louie Psihoyos won the award for Best Documentary Direction for The Cove. Norman Jewison was given the Lifetime Achievement Award. More information can be found here.The Grammy winners were announced on Jan. 31. In the film-related Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849373188553336377.post-1347007054149297612010-01-29T00:10:00.004-06:002010-02-01T01:15:07.118-06:00R.I.P. Miramax Films, 1979-2010?The offices of legendary arthouse movie studio Miramax closed their doors on Jan. 28. Founders Harvey and Bob Weinstein, who left the studio in 2005 and formed The Weinstein Company, recently expressed interest in buying their former company back from Disney, but Disney chief Bob Iger set a price of $1.5 billion, which is probably too high, considering the issues the Weinsteins have been having Catherine Krummeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411341487704096701noreply@blogger.com0