Set in 1950's London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover. Ok, firstly a confession: this is my intro to Paul Thomas Anderson (known as PTA to cinephiles). Secondly: It's a film I appreciate but not love. Wait, what? …
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Wordless Wednesday: the unrequited love of ‘The Age of Innocence’
In honor of the double birthday of Michelle Pfeiffer (57) and Daniel Day-Lewis (58), I thought I'd highlight their work (and scorching chemistry) in Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence. It remains one of my all time favorite period dramas (and one of my faves of the 90s), and that unrequited love story never fails …
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Music Break: Marion Cotillard’s musical segments in NINE
I was browsing Netflix Instant yesterday when I saw the cover of NINE flashed by. I remember seeing that film a few years back and I even reviewed it. Overall I wasn't fond of the film, it felt extremely indulgent and vapid. Despite Daniel Day-Lewis' best effort and the spectacular female cast, Rob Marshall's musical …
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Question of the Week: What’s your favorite biopic(s)?
A biographical film, or biopic (/ˈbaɪɵpɪk/; abbreviation for biographical motion picture), is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people. This week I saw two press screenings (The Butler and Jobs) that are both based on real-life characters. So I thought I'd blog about one of Hollywood's favorite genre [or is …
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Oscar Musings, Predictions & Everybody’s Chattin’
Happy last Friday of February... or as we cinephiles call it, the start of Oscar weekend! As usual, the Oscars will be televised live this Sunday by ABC and in more than 225 countries worldwide from 8:30-11:30 p.m., ET. I'm a bit bummed out that the James Bond tribute won't be featuring all of the …
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Encore Entertainment’s Essential Performances of the 90s Showdowns – Game # 17
This is Part II of Encore's World of Film & TV that was spearheaded by Andrew. I have posted GAME 13 two days ago. The goal of this tournament is to determine the single performance, chosen by you fine lovers of cinema, that is worthy to be the BEST of the decade. Andrew asked me …
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The Ten Best Actors of All Time: Relay Race
My friend Nostra at My Filmviews started this back in mid March, as if he needed to prove to anyone that he lives up to the title 'King of all Blog Series' that I gave him 😀 What's this relay race all about? I'll let Nostra himself explain: "So what’s the idea behind the relay? I’ve …
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