The title is more curious than the film. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Plot Summary: A Yemeni sheik attempts to bring the sport of salmon fishing to his country. Hiring a firm to make it happen, a pair of bickering project workers find love among the hatcheries. Release Date: March 9, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating:…
As the precursor awards continue unabated through the month of January, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (this will be in place of my prior weekly article “Oscar Preview”. Today, we look back at the results of the New York…
The big news here is that two names (Woody Allen and David Fincher) weren’t really expected to be on this list today. Yet, here they are, moving both films into surefire Best Picture contention. Steven Spielberg, Tate Taylor, Terrence Malick, Bennett Miller, Nicolas Winding Refn and to a lesser extent Stephen Daldry all took major…
Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what I’ve seen over the past week either in film or television. On the film side, if I have written a full length review already, I will post a link to that review. Otherwise, I’ll give a brief snippet of my thoughts on the film…
October 7, 2011 The Ides of March Oscar Prospects: What I said: “This is one of the year’s stronger contenders. Solidreviews and a likable cast could keep it in strong competition throughout awards season in several top tier categories.” Oscar Results: Although its chances had been diminishing, its recent appearance on the Producers Guild Best…
The Visual Effects Society changed things up a little this year by adding a category for Virtual Cinematography, removing the Effects Animation and Short Film Visual Effects categories, and splitting the Created Environment category in two for live action and animated feature. Other than that, this looks pretty close to what I would expect from…
Return Links Most Anticipating? Poll Archive What Are You Most Anticipating? (January 2012) What film releasing in January 2012 are you most anticipating? Public OpinionView Results
Every week, I get several press releases, screening invitations and other notifications from a handful of studio contacts. While I won’t be sharing any information regarding my screening invites, some of the press releases might be of interest to my readers, so I thought I’d start sharing them in toto with all of you. These…
The National Society of Film Critics is definitely not dull. Although we’ve seen Kirsten Dunst’s name crop up a handful of time, this is the first time the film has really been showcased, winning Best Picture by 1 point. Normally, I’d say it was a rebuke of the conventional The Tree of Life wisdom, but…
Oscar News The visual effects shortlist was shortened this week to 10 eligible films for an Oscar nomination later this month. The Writers Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America released their nominees this week for the best achievements of the year. The Art Directors Guild also released their nominations this week. The…