If “The Hurt Locker” wins the Oscar for best picture Sunday night — and at this stage, the race is really down to either “Avatar” or the Kathryn Bigelow-directed film about bomb disposal experts in Iraq — it will be the first war film to earn the academy’s top honor in nearly 25 years. In the past 40 years, only three bona fide war films have won the top Oscar — 1970’s “Patton,” 1978’s “The Deer Hunter” and 1986’s “Platoon.” ... read more >>
Posts Tagged ‘film’
War movies and the Oscars: It’s always hell
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
How Danny Huston accidentally became a star
Friday, February 26th, 2010
If you don’t already know whose son Danny Huston is, the fastest way to figure it out is to close your eyes and listen to him speak. The words waft towards you on a breathy cloud, lent colour and character by a detectable lifelong smoking habit (no emphysema like the Old Man had, though, not yet). In a faded American accent that sounds as if it’s been acquired or borrowed or even half-forgotten in exile. ... read more >>
If you don’t already know whose son Danny Huston is, the fastest way to figure it out is to close your eyes and listen to him speak. The words waft towards you on a breathy cloud, lent colour and character by a detectable lifelong smoking habit (no emphysema like the Old Man had, though, not yet). In a faded American accent that sounds as if it’s been acquired or borrowed or even half-forgotten in exile. ... read more >>
Chinese tobacco control expert calls for smoking ban in TV, film
Friday, July 31st, 2009
A Chinese tobacco-control expert has called for screens to be free of smoking scenes so as to better protect viewers, particularly the minors. ... read more >>
A Chinese tobacco-control expert has called for screens to be free of smoking scenes so as to better protect viewers, particularly the minors. ... read more >>
Smoking film villains ‘encourage well-behaved teens to light up’
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Villains who smoke in films are enticing ‘good’ teenagers to light up, researchers claim. ... read more >>
Villains who smoke in films are enticing ‘good’ teenagers to light up, researchers claim. ... read more >>
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