Carly at the Movies | ‘I want to thank all the little people …’
There were no truly outstanding acceptance speeches at last night’s 81st Annual Academy Awards bash, unless you want to count Sean Penn lightly accusing the voters of being “Commie homo-lovers” for giving him the Best Actor Oscar as Harvey Milk.
The speeches, like the awards themselves, went pretty much to plan with “Slumdog Millionaire” copping 8 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, to lead the pack. Surely no one had the stones to simply state the Really True Truth, as Shirley MacLaine did in 1984 when she grabbed her Best Actress trophy and blurted out, “I deserved this” for her role in “Terms of Endearment.” Read more
Chris Graham | ‘Slumdog’ will hit you hard
I never leave a movie theater with tears streaming down my face. I’m not talking teary-eyed. That’s happened before. I’m talking a salty liquid on my cheek. “Slumdog Millionaire,” currently playing at The Visulite in Downtown Staunton, did that to me. Read more
Carly at the Movies | Best films of 2008 now available
Posted by afp on March 2, 2009 · 1 Comment
“Milk” and “Slumdog Millionaire” linger at The Visulite in Staunton, and “The Dark Knight” and “The Visitor” are both available on Pay-Per-View as well as on DVD. Two of the most interesting of recent films, “The Reader” and “The Wrestler,” are currently running at the Regal Downtown Mall in Charlottesville. Both are well worth the trip over Afton Mountain. Read more
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