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Category Archives: Actors
Cousin Mike Answers Questions About TV
A fun interview with my cousin Mike O’Malley in The Boston Globe. I particularly love his automatic answer to the final question. I’d be hard pressed to disagree with him there. When I was in grade school, my swimming lessons … Continue reading
On ABC Radio Australia: Talking Gena Rowlands with Jason Di Rosso
Had a great time talking with Australian film critic and radio talk-show host Jason Di Rosso, on ABC Radio National, broadcast out of Sidney. Di Rosso hosts a weekly show called The Final Cut and he had me on to … Continue reading
Oscar Night: For Gena Rowlands
Gena Rowlands accepting her Lifetime Achievement Award at the Governors Awards last November Gena Rowlands’ Lifetime Achievement Oscar, presented to her at the Governors Awards last November, is the only Oscar that matters to me. There were many films and … Continue reading
Conversations with Mitchell, Part 4: Zac Efron
Part 1: Justin Timberlake, Lena Horne, Doris Day, Jill Clayburgh, Cary Grant, Don Rickles. Part 2: Woody Allen, Joan Crawford, Lily Tomlin, Claude Rains, Burt Reynolds. Part 3: Joan Rivers. The game: I pick a bunch of famous people, without … Continue reading
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Tagged Burt Reynolds, Channing Tatum, Errol Flynn, Seth Rogen, Zac Efron
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Oscars 2016: If We Picked the Winners: On Sylvester Stallone in Creed
Well, you know I was thrilled when I was assigned to write on Sly in his Oscar-nominated Best Supporting actor performance in Creed for Rogerebert.com’s If We Picked the Winners series. (Table of Contents here.) Check back throughout the week … Continue reading
Oscar 2016: If We Picked the Winners
A comment before we begin. If I picked the winners, a couple of people/movies on these lists would not be there at all, and other choices would be present. I also have a different relationship to the Oscars than most … Continue reading
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Mulder’s Magical Mushroom Mystery Tour
I hadn’t realized how much I NEEDED to see David Duchovny line-dancing until it happened. And now I can’t live without it.
“[Ryan Coogler is] unspoiled, he’s unfettered with material success, and he’s hungry. He reminded me of some other brash young guy in 1975.” – Sylvester Stallone
What a gorgeous and honest interview with Sylvester Stallone about his Oscar-nominated performance in Creed. (I wrote on Creed for Rogerebert.com’s year-end roundup.) He is so so good in Creed, and I’m grateful that I’m in the group of people … Continue reading