THR: Hers was a tragic and sensuous hybrid of poetry, dance, drama and feminist theology -- it even has been called the most important work about black female identity ever. Perry might be very much in touch with his feminine side when he dons a dress and padding to play his larger-than-life character Madea, but his style is too crude and stagy for Shange's transformative evocation of black female life, and his moralizing strikes exactly the wrong notes to express the pain and longing that cries out from her heated poetry.
TGE:
Well, last night was the 83rd Academy Awards: a night eagerly anticipated each year not only by Hollywood, but also by all of us movie-lovers at home. There were the usual robberies (Portman was great, but Lawrence should have won Best Actress), the obvious no-brainers (who doubted Christian Bale would win Best Supporting Actor?), and plenty of awkward moments (many thanks, Anne Hathaway), but now that the Oscars are over and we have been told who did what best according to the Academy, I thought I'd take a minute to mention a few films that were overlooked this year.
I missed these movies because I never heard of them! I have to watch Black Swan, King's Speech, How to train your dragon etc... before I can watch these.
I don't know, I guess because they have been in the media's attention as well as being Oscar nominated movies, so I want to watch these before I watch the others. Because, nowadays I don't have much time to watch all the movies I wish I could.
Alright lets see here.
Please Give - I have it downloaded, it's on my list to watch just haven't got around to it.
Night Catches Us - Never even heard of it o_O... will watch trailer
Welcome to the Rileys - Saw it and thought it was pretty decent. I'm a Gandolfini fan though so I may be biased.
You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger - I also know nothing about it but I did know it existed. Will watch trailer.
Animal Kingdom - Also downloaded and on the list of things to watch. I download movies like everyday so it can take months for me to get around to a movie.
I've heard of all of them. However, the only one I've seen is Animal Kingdom. It was a pretty decent movie.
I'm also a Gandolfini fan, so I may get around to WElcome to the Rileys. I'm also an Oliver Platt fan so I might get around to Please Give. Night Catches Us looks like it could be a well acted movie, but at the same time might ultimately just bore me a bit.
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger: Good cast, however I never really got into Woody Allen movies. Just never appealed to me. And it looks like it's such a chick flick--in a Woody Allen way.
I personally haven't seen Animal Kingdom or Night Catches us, so I'm glad Kaili (the author) called those out.
On a separate random note, I had no idea Ridley Scott had a son who was directing. The legacy will hopefully live on!
Couch Potato Club:
Well the box office numbers are in for the weekend of November 19-21 and the results aren’t surprising. The highly anticipated first part of the Harry Potter finale absolutely crushed all competition, lapped them and then left the competition sucking Potter’s exhaust as he pranced around in victory lane. Bringing in a whopping $125.1 Million, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 became the 6th highest opening weekend for a movie.
Harry Potter, still would have done good, even it had a good competition due to all it fanbase.
6th best opening ever. I wonder how much the final one will earn.
The makers have managed to turn a good book series into good movies.
That is an accomplishment.
Couch Potato Club:
The numbers are in for the box office results for the weekend of November 12-14, 2010. Hanging onto it’s number 1 spot, Megamind held off newcomers Unstoppable, Skyline and Morning Glory. Megamind raked in another $30 Million this weekend, bringing its two-week total to just under $90M.
Morning Glory does not deserve to be in top 10 at all, it was one of the biggest waste of time this year.
