I spent the whole day baking cookies, decorating gingerbread, and getting in touch with MERYL STREEP about a very special event--which has a little something to do with things culinary. I will keep you posted so you can BE THERE! But while we are on the subject of Streep--and who isn't these days, I will [...]
Hey everyone-- I know there are mass quantities of year-end "quality" movies coming out right now, but I just saw a trailer for some "quality" summer trash (and I mean that in the best way) due out next MAY. Check out this trailer starring Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Mickey Rourke, and Don [...]
As I write this, my girlfriend Cindy is flying out to the west coast for the holidays. She's quite a cook and decided to board the plane with a leg of lamb. I wonder what that looked like going through security. I told her I know they have meat on the west coast, but she's [...]
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR IT TO SNOW ALL NIGHT. I am a weather nut. I followed the blizzard of '78 like it was carnival that had come to town--except that it happened to be spiral bands of precipitation--like a hurricane, only it was snow--and it stalled on the coast, then hooked back in and [...]
OK. I've been busy with Christmas prep. (I MISS BLOGGING. I seriously can't believe how much I enjoy it--me a TV girl.) In fact, later today (Saturday) after I get some sleep after a delightful dinner up in Newburyport at 10 Center, I will be onstage at Symphony Hall with Keith Lockhart narrating "'Twas the [...]
GOOD NEWS: THE HURT LOCKER is back in selected theaters this weekend! It will be playing at the following: AMC Liberty Tree Mall – Danvers AMC Harvard Square – Cambridge ************** The stars (or their publicists) are reacting to their good news! Here is a list of "official" statements from Fox Searchlight Golden Globe nominees: [...]
Hi--Just a quick news flash--I am off to tape a segment on TODAY'S INSTALLMENT OF GREATER BOSTON hosted by Emily Rooney. Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr and I will discuss movies--the holiday ones, the Golden Globes, etc. with Emily and Jared Bowen, their crack arts reporter--the only person on TV currently covering that ALL-IMPORTANT [...]
The Golden Globe nominations were announced today, and they are generally a barometer of the Oscar nominations to come. The Globes are voted on by THE HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION (the joke is nobody really knows who they are) and they have their favorites. Again you will see CLINT EASTWOOD nominated as best director, though [...]
Just a word about THE HURT LOCKER. The film is picking up momentum across the country as the film of the year. It was a rather strange year for films, almost a flatline of routine studio fare, with few exceptions. But this film is gently emerging as something of a phenomenon, despite being released earlier [...]
Hey cinemaphiles! Here are the results of the big meeting of the grand poobahs of Boston Film Criticism! 18 of us voted in a little room at the Boston Phoenix over coffee, donuts, and pizza... But first--A NEWS FLASH--the stars are out tonight!!! A BIG METEOR SHOWER called the "Geminid" meteor shower (because they emerge [...]
