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October 25, 2005
Very Short Ends…
So, the Weinsteins are fully subscribed at $490 million. Congrats to them. Also expanding is The Dart Company, which is expected to change its name because the partnership includes three other players, including former Weinstein touchstones Amanda Lundberg and Cynthia Swartz.
Went to the Hollywood Film Festival Awards Gala. There were two things of great note to me. One, Jodie Foster had by far the best calves of anyone on the stage all night long. Very impressive indeed. Second, Rachel McAdams looked lovely and blonde, and I looked right at her at one moment and didn't ID her at all. But when she went on stage and the camera caught her face, damned if she was not the most beautiful woman in the room. And that wasn't easy with Charlize Theron only feet away. The camera LOVES that face. And last night, on camera, she's never looked better.
The Producers plays at ShowEast this week, which is a pretty clear sign from Universal that they are in love… though Rumor Has It is also screening, so maybe signals are mixed.
I finally listened to the Rent soundtrack over the weekend. I didn't realize… they never stop talking/singing. I do like the song, Seasons of Love, that is on the trailer. It's catchy. But I didn't find anything else on the album to be so. I can only hope to be enveloped by the film when I finally see it.
Key Awards Season Movies Still Unseen (in alphabetical order): Memoirs of a Geisha, Munich, The New World, The Producers, Syriana
Second Tier Award Season Movies (That Could Move Up) Still Unseen: Rent, Freedomland, Casanova, King Kong, The Chronicles of Narnia
Why is it that certain reporters don't know that the greatest challenge to movie-related video games is the standard 2-year lead time?
There continue to be aggressive rumor-mongering about Munich… but it doesn't seem that any of the attacks are true. However, it will be a fight to the end to get the film ready in time for awards groups to see.
Walk The Line starts its awards push in earnest tonight with a Johnny Cash tribute concert featuring U2, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Jerry Lee Lewis, Norah Jones, and others. The event will air on CBS next month.
The scariest question for movie lovers who have counted on the Village Voice and LA Weekly in this New Times takeover is what will happen to the writers who make up one of the last bastions of high-minded film coverage? Wither Hoberman? Scott Foundas just recently went full-time in L.A. Is New Times ready for Ella Taylor? Or will New Times rely on its core of four or five critics (mostly freelance) to cover the entire country even with these two major additions? Wouldn't it be ironic if Andy Klein, dumped by New Times for not being willing to work endlessly for nothing, ends up having the most secure film critic job in L.A. for an independent at City Beat?
That's all for today… see ya tomorrow…
