'The White Ribbon': Blu Ray/DVD Rates 0 Stars

this may be entirely unfair to the film makers and the actors but who the hell can read subtitles that are mostly 'white on white' or 'white on light'? stupid, ridiculous, absurd.


don't waste your time or money renting what may have been a damn good film if the producers had only looked ahead. in the theatre the sub-titles most likely were legible. conceived without any foresight, again: stupid, ridiculous, absurd.

Oscarbation: Damn Right I Have an Agenda-Best Actress Anyone?

a look at 'the blind side'

Oscarbation: I Just Don't Get 'The Hurt Locker' Push and Praise

i've been holding back but...

the first 10 minutes are riveting and the rest of the minutes are the first 10 redux.

i could not recommend this film to anyone!!!

but those 10 minutes could secure the director win.

Yes I Have an Agenda...Best Actress Anyone?

Sandra at the NAACP Image Awards Friday 2/26

Didn't Think I Had a Horse in The Best Actress Race This Year...

...but then i never thought sandra bullock would get an oscar nomination...not ever! so what a surprise. sandra has always been a favorite hollywood darling. She's appeared generally in light romantic comedies which generally are not oscar bait. her dramatic turn in this year's 'the blind side' took a 180. i think she was more than terrific in it. sure there are the nay sayers but i ask them this...would her possible win be anything more or less than that of julia roberts win in 'erin brokovitch'? not!

as for the cynics who say 'well meryl hasn't won in 27 years' THINK: kate hepburn waited 30 years between oscar one and oscar two and then went on to win another two. so that argument is patently absurd.




on charlie rose

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Sandra in Santa Barbara

This year's "It” girl , Sandra Bullock, was feted in Santa Barbara this past weekend. The two-hour celebration of her career included a Q&A moderated by Pete Hammond with clips of her work thrown in here and there was, to be perfectly honest, a grand tribute. And then at last Forest Whitaker’s presentation of the American Riviera Award to the actress.

The Riviera Award is given to an actor or actress who has made an indelible mark on American cinema. Sandra was invited back in September prior to her Oscar nom and current front-runner status. That said: it’s an undeniable pick given Bullock’s status in the film industry.

Lauren Bacall's Honorary Oscar

Since the Academy decided not to honor Lifetime achievement at the Oscar ceremony this year I decided to give you the presentation made to Lauren Bacall late last year. How rude of the Academy to slight her this way.


(their tribute)


(my tribute from august 16 reposted)

Let's Talk About Sandra

Longtime audience darling Bullock has never been nominated for an Oscar before but is considered the best-actress front-runner, playing a wealthy woman who takes in homeless teen Michael Oher, now a star with the Baltimore Ravens.

Bullock said "no one cares about the end result or the statue." For her, the awards run has been about rubbing shoulders with the actresses she's nominated alongside.

"You laugh at the absurdity of it all and how they pit women up against each other. We go, 'Why are they making us out to be fighting when we're just happy to share this moment?'" Bullock said. "The women I've met and gotten to know along the way have made me so happy for this business that didn't really support women for a long time. It's been really sweet. I feel really lucky to be working at this time."

Bullock is up against past Oscar winners Meryl Streep as chef Julia Child in "Julie & Julia" and Helen Mirren as Leo Tolstoy's bullheaded wife in "The Last Station," along with first-time nominees Carey Mulligan as a British teen involved with an older man in "An Education" and Gabourey Sidibe as a Harlem teen overcoming horrible abuse and neglect in "Precious."*

*(from the associated press)

'Take It All' Nominated over 'Cinema Italiano'

the academy voters went for 'take it all' over the terrible 'cinema italiano' from nine.
so at least we are spared from a kate hudson musical horror at the oscars.
i can only hope they get the luminous marion cotillard to sing her nominated song.
it probably will not win but just the same i'm rooting for it!

Best Actress Appears to Be a Two Way Race Now