The nominations for the 80th Annual Academy Awards were announced this morning. It’s a big day for a little movie called Juno – it garnered a Best Picture nom, Halifax’s own Ellen Page is up for Best Actress, its Montreal-born director Jason Reitman is up for Best Director, and its stripper-turned-screenwriter Diablo Cody is the [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Cloverfield
19Jan08We saw Cloverfield last night in Bayer’s Lake. After a few minutes, I felt a bit nauseous – in terms of camera work, think Paul Greengrass (Bourne Ultimatum/Bloody Sunday) + Blair Witch Project. The whole time I was riveted. This is a very good movie. It has been hyped so much, and it actually lives [...]
Movies
18Jan08I have a draft of “My Favourite Films of 2007″ almost set to post, but I am waiting until I see a few more films… mostly “There Will Be Blood.” The list is a decent one though – I’m actually impressed by 2007′s output of decent films. There were some stinkers though. Avoid, at all [...]
