It’s that time of the year again when the Oscar nominations are announced in oh so serious, dulcet tones by Tom Sherak, president of AMPAS and some lovely Oscar-nominated (or winning) lass of seasons past. This morning it was Jennifer Lawrence, last year’s pre-eminent gleaming blonde ingenue. Because of the theme of this blog, I’m [...]

Did any of you see It’s Complicated, the Nancy Meyers (Baby Boom, Something’s Gotta Give) film starring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin that came out last Christmas? If you did–as I did–my profound sympathies. Now I’m not a cinema snob. I do like all kinds of movies, from blockbuster comic book hero films [...]