It's not edgy or shocking, but it's still seen all too rarely on TV.
It's not edgy or shocking, but it's still seen all too rarely on TV.
It's not edgy or shocking, but it's still seen all too rarely on TV.
It's confusing. The award used to be called Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, but honored the production designer and the set decorator, but NOT the art director. After decades they've realized it doesn't make sense, and the category will be called Best Production Design from next year on.
It's confusing. The award used to be called Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, but honored the production designer and the set decorator, but NOT the art director. After decades they've realized it doesn't make sense, and the category will be called Best Production Design from next year on.
The reaction when Denzel Washington read the name out is hilarious.
The reaction when Denzel Washington read the name out is hilarious.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say it will be at least slightly lazy.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say it will be at least slightly lazy.
High School? I get it!
High School? I get it!
It's just as likely that it was all Frank Mula's influence.
It's just as likely that it was all Frank Mula's influence.
He hasn't in almost a decade.
He hasn't in almost a decade.
Post-American Beauty there was a period where Spacey thought he could be the next Tom Hanks and be a likeable everyman lead actor (The Shipping News, K-PAX, Beyond the Sea), but he could never hide that he was a character actor best suited for smarmy sleazebag roles.
Post-American Beauty there was a period where Spacey thought he could be the next Tom Hanks and be a likeable everyman lead actor (The Shipping News, K-PAX, Beyond the Sea), but he could never hide that he was a character actor best suited for smarmy sleazebag roles.
A good thing about the Internet age is that they've made it harder for obvious failures to get nominated. Back then films like Wilson, Anne of the Thousand Days or famously Doctor Doolittle could flop in every way imaginable (reviews AND box-office) and still be nominated for eight to ten Oscars by the studios taking…
A good thing about the Internet age is that they've made it harder for obvious failures to get nominated. Back then films like Wilson, Anne of the Thousand Days or famously Doctor Doolittle could flop in every way imaginable (reviews AND box-office) and still be nominated for eight to ten Oscars by the studios taking…
Munich and War Horse were nominated although nobody cared about them. Lincoln is Spielberg in Oscary mode and would really need reviews as disastrous as J. Edgar to not be nominated.
Munich and War Horse were nominated although nobody cared about them. Lincoln is Spielberg in Oscary mode and would really need reviews as disastrous as J. Edgar to not be nominated.