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…to bring you: Oscar updates?
According to a news report I just read, the Oscar nominations come out tomorrow morning. Just as 2004 came to be known as the “Year of the Biopics,” with nominations for Martin Scorcese’s “The Aviator” and Taylor Hackford’s “Ray,” 2005 may go down as the “Year of the Important Film,” with projected Best Picture nods for Ang Lee’s “Brokeback Mountain,” Paul Haggis’ “Crash,” George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck,” Bennett Miller’s “Capote,” and Steven Spielberg’s “Munich” (James Mangold’s “Walk the Line,” which dramatized the early career of country music star Johnny Cash, has also been touted as a contender for one of these five slots. Unfortunately, biopics were so last year.)
But out with the old and in with the new. Here’s a list of five movies that I am looking forward to seeing, with projected 2006 release dates. Feel free to click on the link to go to imdb.com, which will provide you with only slightly more information than I am giving you here.
Happy Chinese New Year, everybody!
TOP FIVE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED 2006 MOVIES
5. “There Will Be Blood,” dir. Paul Thomas Anderson (“Magnolia,” “Boogie Nights”). “A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century Texas prospector (Daniel Day-Lewis) in the early days of the business.”
4. “Superman Returns,” dir. Bryan Singer (“X-Men,” “The Usual Suspects”). “Following a mysterious absence of several years, the Man of Steel comes back to Earth in the epic action-adventure Superman Returns, a soaring new chapter in the saga of one of the world's most beloved superheroes.”
3. “The Black Dahlia,” dir. Brian De Palma (“Femme Fatale,” “Blow-Out”). “An adaptation of James Ellroy's 1940s-set novel about two L.A. cops who head up the hunt for the killer of fledgling actress Elizabeth Short.”
2. “The Lady from Shanghai,” dir. Wong Kar-Wai (“2046,” “In the Mood for Love”). “Set in the 1930's, a mysterious woman who claims that she came from Shanghai has a dangerous affair with a spy.” No indication whether this is a remake of Orson Welles’ 1947 classic, but it’s directed by Kar-Wai, one of the best stylists in the business.
1. “The Departed,” dir. Martin Scorcese (“The Aviator,” “Goodfellas”). “Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Boston State Police department and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made, and the moles are dispatched to find out their enemy's identities.” Ostensibly a remake of Andrew Lau’s overrated Hong Kong film “Infernal Affairs.” Scorcese made a terrific remake of “Cape Fear” in 1991, as well as a respectable sequel to one of the best movies ever made, “The Hustler.” There’s no reason to think that this movie won’t be able to stand on its own battered-and-bruised legs.
…to bring you: Oscar updates?
According to a news report I just read, the Oscar nominations come out tomorrow morning. Just as 2004 came to be known as the “Year of the Biopics,” with nominations for Martin Scorcese’s “The Aviator” and Taylor Hackford’s “Ray,” 2005 may go down as the “Year of the Important Film,” with projected Best Picture nods for Ang Lee’s “Brokeback Mountain,” Paul Haggis’ “Crash,” George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck,” Bennett Miller’s “Capote,” and Steven Spielberg’s “Munich” (James Mangold’s “Walk the Line,” which dramatized the early career of country music star Johnny Cash, has also been touted as a contender for one of these five slots. Unfortunately, biopics were so last year.)
But out with the old and in with the new. Here’s a list of five movies that I am looking forward to seeing, with projected 2006 release dates. Feel free to click on the link to go to imdb.com, which will provide you with only slightly more information than I am giving you here.
Happy Chinese New Year, everybody!
TOP FIVE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED 2006 MOVIES
5. “There Will Be Blood,” dir. Paul Thomas Anderson (“Magnolia,” “Boogie Nights”). “A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century Texas prospector (Daniel Day-Lewis) in the early days of the business.”
4. “Superman Returns,” dir. Bryan Singer (“X-Men,” “The Usual Suspects”). “Following a mysterious absence of several years, the Man of Steel comes back to Earth in the epic action-adventure Superman Returns, a soaring new chapter in the saga of one of the world's most beloved superheroes.”
3. “The Black Dahlia,” dir. Brian De Palma (“Femme Fatale,” “Blow-Out”). “An adaptation of James Ellroy's 1940s-set novel about two L.A. cops who head up the hunt for the killer of fledgling actress Elizabeth Short.”
2. “The Lady from Shanghai,” dir. Wong Kar-Wai (“2046,” “In the Mood for Love”). “Set in the 1930's, a mysterious woman who claims that she came from Shanghai has a dangerous affair with a spy.” No indication whether this is a remake of Orson Welles’ 1947 classic, but it’s directed by Kar-Wai, one of the best stylists in the business.
1. “The Departed,” dir. Martin Scorcese (“The Aviator,” “Goodfellas”). “Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Boston State Police department and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made, and the moles are dispatched to find out their enemy's identities.” Ostensibly a remake of Andrew Lau’s overrated Hong Kong film “Infernal Affairs.” Scorcese made a terrific remake of “Cape Fear” in 1991, as well as a respectable sequel to one of the best movies ever made, “The Hustler.” There’s no reason to think that this movie won’t be able to stand on its own battered-and-bruised legs.
posted by Phil at 5:09 PM
2 Comments:
man, did Mr. and Mrs. Smith get snubbed? those fucking foreign pricks. wait 'till i get my hands on them.
and on a more serious note, where the fuck are The Constant Gardener, Jarhead, and Memoirs of a Geisha? Ken Watanabe better get a motherfucking supporting actor nod or some heads are rolling!
Yes, it looks like Mr. and Mrs. Smith did in fact get snubbed. Not surprising, since it didn't get much love from either the Foreign Press (the ones who handle the Golden Globe nominations), the New York/L.A. Film Critics Circles, nor the National Board of Review.
I haven't actually seen Mr. and Mrs. Smith yet, but having read enough about it, I can confidently predict that it will eventually get the honor of being broadcast on the American Movie Classics channel.
ps--I am actually surprised that The Constant Gardener's only major nomination was in the Best Supporting Actress category. It's usually rare that all five Best Picture noms get coinciding Best Director noms as well, and Fernando Meirelles looked like a potential also-ran.
And why isn't "2046" among the Best Foreign-Language Pictures nominees?
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