Why Meryl Streep (probably) won’t win an Oscar this year
Should fine acting in a terrible movie win awards? That’s the question raised by Meryl Streep’s flawless performance as Margaret Thatcher in the really lame Oscar-nominated movie that surrounds her —...
View ArticleBest actress: Viola Davis for “The Help”
Although Viola Davis is considered the front-runner for best actress, most forecasters see Meryl Streep as a very possible winner for “The Iron Lady.” Streep is the most respected actress in Hollywood...
View Article‘Kitty Foyle’: Ginger Rogers as a 1940 Carrie Bradshaw
Young women must have been bowled over by “Kitty Foyle” when it was released in 1940. 30 years before the feminist revolution, Ginger Rogers won a well-deserved Oscar for playing a working girl who has...
View Article‘100 Men’: history through a sexual prism
Netflix recently added Paul Oremland’s 2017 documentary “100 Men” to its streaming library. Some of the promotional material makes the movie sound racier than it is – i.e. nothing more than an...
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