First look at Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man

I forgot to post this the other day.

I love everything about this photo. Andrew Garfield is going to be a FANTASTIC Spider-Man.

A reminder that the Oscars are more about politics than the films they award...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/race/kings-speech-beat-social-network-...

 

Not to make this year’s Oscar race into a fight between King George VI and Mark Zuckerberg, but this blog post by THR annoys me. I know it’s the truth, that producers jockey for position and hope to get that last lick in before voting closes…. but still, annoying. Shouldn’t the Best Picture Oscar be about, I don’t know, awarding the best motion picture of the year? All award shows are like this, I’m fully aware, but it’s just so… slimy. 

I have two more movies on my list that I intend to see, hopefully this weekend if I find the motivation: THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT and BLUE VALENTINE. Once I see those two films, hopefully before Tuesday’s Oscar nominations, I’ll post my picks. Fingers crossed!

*For those keeping track, I have indeed struck two movies from the AFI List from my own (preliminary) list: WINTER’S BONE and 127 HOURS. Should the nominations require I see these two, I’ll do it for completists sake, to accomplish what I set out to do, but for now, they are omitted.

American Idol S10: What's with the ju-ju-bees on your oo-oo-bees?

So, the 10th season American Idol premiered last night. I LOVE this show. I was at first skeptical of all the changes they made so quickly to the show, but as the hype continued to build, I began getting more and more excited. I figured that Steven Tyler was going to be a hot mess, and I was dying to see it.

The audition episodes are not my favorite in the least. To me, it’s more or less 3-4 weeks of noise, with a few standout auditions (for all the WRONG reasons). Sure, they show some really talented people, and quite likely the person that will be crowned the winner in May… but given all the crap auditions, I’m not likely to remember them when they get to the Hollywood round, let alone the actual performance shows. Because of this, I usually watch a couple shows when I can, but I don’t make them appointment TV.

This year, however? That may change. Why? Steven Tyler.

Bruno Mars is love.

 

Bruno Mars is, without a doubt, one of the most talented people in the pop music world right now. Yet, somehow, that world is ruled by a hack like Katy Perry. Terrible.

SKINS hits the US....

Oh, SKINS. The UK version was totally a guilty pleasure for all the right reasons…. now it comes to the US. Ho boy.