Nathaniel walks to the stage, tears welling in his eyes Thank you so, so much. Whistle so I can tell where you are dear reader... There you are! Thank you for listening to our informal chatty awardsy podcast all season and especially for commenting so we know we're not talking into the great web voi...

OK, I know this mini-review of the big night is a couple of days too late, but I gotta say that, surprisingly, Hugh Jackman did not totally suck as host of the Oscars. The opening number was actually pretty funny and he tried his damnedest to keep a very bloated telecast light and lively, but, any w...

Those who listen to our movie podcast know that I’m a fan of Baz Luhrmann and of Australia (go here to hear our review with the Scene Unseen podcast). I was disappointed and disheartened by that film’s poor box office performance; according to BOMojo, its production budget was $130 milli...

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Australia 1 star Director: Baz LuhrmannWith: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Brandon Walters, David Wenham165 mins, cert 12A Something strange happened to my face shortly after the beginning of Baz Luhrmann's excruciating new wartime romance epic, starring Nicole Kidman as the posh English Lady Sarah w...

Don't let Baz Lurhmann's narrowed, suspicious eyes fool you. Behind the icy glare lies a mind hard at work on once again bringing something called "Great Gatsby" to screens: The director, as Risky Biz first reported last month, also said that he has officially acquired rights to "Gatsby." Luhrmann s...

F. Scott Fitzgerald is becoming Hollywood’s hottest commodity. His short story, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” has been turned into an award season heavyweight, and now Baz Luhrmann is set to bring Fitzgerald’s most famous work back to the screen again. In an attempt ...

Poster Wire an animated poster for Terminator: Salvation. oh god please let this marketing technique take off. We loves it Awards Daily "a tale of two Nixons" -damn, I wish I'd thought of that The Big Picture The Wrestler takes a hit from the LA Times. Right in time for Oscar season. Ouch, that'll s...

According to Nikki Finke, Moulin Rouge and Romeo and Juliet director Baz Luhrmann (we’ll pretend Australia never happened) has signed on to helm a big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby . I’m embarrassed to admit that I’ve never read F. Scott’s ...

Baz Luhrmann takes a long time to make a movie. His Australia came out seven years after Moulin Rouge!, which came out five years after Romeo + Juliet. The gestation periods are so long that nothing is ever set in stone, in terms of his future projects, until cameras have started rolling. Which is w...