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hollywood-elsewhere.com - 10/29/2008

Two in a Row

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I don't feel like writing anything now, but I'm now officially thumbs-up on Milk and Frost/Nixon. On a 1 to 10 scale, I'm giving them both an 8.5 -- and that ain't hay. Others are going to bestow 9 or...

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mcnblogs.com - 10/29/2008

Milk Does A Critic Good

— mcnblogs.com — This is a quickie between films, but... For the first time in my memory, we have a... major Oscar movie that actually is a gay agenda movie. But on the making, it is so much more. It is a brilliant, powerfully humane piece of work that reaches well ... (more) Milk Does A Critic Good

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incontention.com - 11/5/2008

Could an earlier ‘Milk’ release have killed Prop 8?

— incontention.com — I find myself just now making sense of the passing of Proposition 8 here in California, an... appalling measure that, however naive it may be to admit, I really thought had no chance of passing. Well, it has. Homosexual couples are banned from ... (more) Could an earlier ‘Milk’ release have killed Prop 8?

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blogs.indiewire.com - 10/29/2008

eugonline > in sf | schamus defends "milk" plan; criticizes hollywood reporter

— blogs.indiewire.com — A few minutes ago I spoke with a clearly frustrated James Schamus , CEO of Focus Features... , who took the Hollywood Reporter to task for this morning's article (and subsequent blog post ) about his company's release plan for " Milk " (which is ... (more) eugonline > in sf | schamus defends "milk" plan; ...

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iW ROUND UP | Wednesday, October 29th
indieWIRE Recent — indieWIRE's snapshot of news and views from around the web on Wednesday Jeff Wells and Dave Poland on "Milk" Both offer their rather positive thoughts on last night's screening of the Gus Van Sant Oscar hopeful [Hollywood Elsewhere/The Hot Blog] "Realism on Tap" For AFI Mark Olsen previews the fest, which starts tomorrow. [LAT] "Revanche" Gets Picked Up Janus and the Criterion Collection acquire rights to Austria's Oscar entry. [VAR] "Beyond Them And Us" The New York ...

iW ROUND UP | Wednesday, October 29th
Buzz / Rumors — indieWIRE's snapshot of news and views from around the web on Wednesday Jeff Wells and Dave Poland on "Milk" Both offer their rather positive thoughts on last night's screening of the Gus Van Sant Oscar hopeful [Hollywood Elsewhere/The Hot Blog] "Realism on Tap" For AFI Mark Olsen previews the fest, which starts tomorrow. [LAT] "Revanche" Gets Picked Up Janus and the Criterion Collection acquire rights to Austria's Oscar entry. [VAR] "Beyond Them And Us" The New York ...

The State of the Race: The Tension So Thick
Awards Daily — ... Over at Hollywood-Elsewhere, Jeff Wells reports that both Milk and Frost/Nixon are pretty good, in his estimations.  He gives them both about an 8.5 on a scale of one to ten but says he doesn’t understand what the early impressions of Frost/Nixon were about and the so-called bad buzz he heard about Milk was also unfounded.  In the comments, Scott Feinberg, wrote: ...

Oscar Update: 'Milk' Screening Gets a Strange Bit of Attention
RopeofSilicon.com — ... commented on Jeffrey Wells' Milk and Frost/Nixon post in which he gives both films 8.5/10 ratings saying: Jeff, I was getting the same BS tips about "Milk" being a disappointment, and then I saw it today and happen to think it's terrific, especially--but far from exclusively--Penn. The bad buzz actually only lowered expectations and made the movie all the more rewarding... but, still, you've gotta wonder where this stuff starts, and why it sometimes builds to the point that usually-credible people start circulating it to us. So now I have to worry about bad buzz being ...

Truth Out
Hollywood Elsewhere — Truth Out Every well-made film that connects always does two things at once. It tells a compelling story and delivers a basic this-is-how-life-is theme that any moviegoer over the age of 10 can make sense of. I'm saying this because as much as I liked Ron Howard 's Frost/Nixon after seeing it a couple of weeks ago, I couldn't quite put my finger on the basic-theme part until now. This was due to laziness or a form of temporary stupidity on my part. Because it's as obvious as the ski-nose on Richard Nixon 's face. Peter Morgan 's screenplay, based on his stage play, is about a contest of wills and wits between British TV personality David ...

Our Favorite Jeffrey Wells Moments in 2008
SpoutBlog — It is a crime in this day and age not to occasionally check in on Jeffrey Wells’ Hollywood Elsewhere, with topics ranging from billboard photos, blind item brunches and oddly angry political rants against apathetic teenagers. Wells is a classic mix of online reactionary and keen insight, peppered with various “what the fuck” moments and the occasional non sequitur involving Paris Hilton and Al-Qaeda. To ring in the New Year, let’s take a quick look back at our favorite blogged remarks from the man who confused Mike D’Angelo with Ed Gonzales, and ...