The critics who have been blasting last night’s Oscar show as the “worst Oscarcast” in history have selective amnesia. Yes, the show was a bore but then it’s always a bore unless something remarkable–like an upset–happens. Plus, now that the stupid Oscar team has excised probably the most moving part of the show, the Irving [...]

Vanity Fair’s annual Hollywood issue is out with the March edition. And true to past precedent, the magazine has a glossy cover (or rather gatefold) with some of Tinseltown’s most “exciting” (they say) up and coming stars. As you can see on the front panel is (left to right) Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway [...]

I’m not going to give a full review or even a partial review of the Danny Boyle-directed, James Franco-starring 127 Hours, which was just released. I want this blog to be true to its mission by focusing on films that target women. However, I did see this film over the weekend and it would be [...]

This week’s issue of New York magazine has a very interesting cover story focusing on the ongoing enigma that is the actor/director/artist/author/whatever James Franco (“James Franco: Is He For Real?”). Fresh from his second short-term stint on the soap opera “General Hospital,’ in which he plays a homocidal performance artist–also named Franco–fixated on resident hitman/heartthrob/hero [...]