Broken Embraces Articles
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN Review Pt.2 – Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin
Josh Brolin in Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's No Country for Old Men NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN Review Part I: The Pros The Cons: I was unable to either relate to or care about any of the "good" characters. Josh Brolin's Llewelyn Moss is supposed to be just an "ordinary guy" who acts the way ordinary guys would act under similar circumstances. Well, perhaps [...]
Box Office: Polanski's THE GHOST WRITER, A PROPHET; MY NAME IS KHAN Breaks Khan Record
Ewan McGregor in The Ghost Writer (top); Hichem Jacoubi, Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (bottom) Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island grossed (or rather, is grossing) millions this weekend. The same goes for Cop Out, The Crazies, Avatar and its $700 million, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and Valentine's Day. But forget those Hollywood flicks for a moment. In fact, if you look at [...]
CELL 211, AGORA Top Spanish Academy Awards; Pedro Almodóvar Gets Standing Ovation at Goyas
Juan Oliver, Luis Tosar in Cell 211 (top); Rachel Weisz in Agora (middle, upper); Lola Dueñas, Pablo Pineda in Me Too (middle, lower); Penélope Cruz in Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces (bottom) Daniel Monzón's Celda 211 / Cell 211, a drama set during a prison riot, was the big winner at the 2010 Goya Awards ceremony held in Madrid on Sunday. Cell 211 won eight Goyas, [...]
Oscar 2010: Those That Didn't Make It
Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin in It's Complicated (top); Penelope Cruz, Lluís Homar in Broken Embraces (middle); Agnes Varda in The Beaches of Agnes (bottom) Which movies were totally ignored by the Academy? Which performers and filmmakers were ignored? The list is quite long, of course. Below are the most notable omissions from the Oscar 2010 shortlist. Marc Webb's (500) Days of Summer, Pedro Almodóvar's Broken [...]