Posted in News, awards, movies, tagged awards, eddie marsen, hanna schygulla, happy-go-lucky, man on wire, mike leigh, milk, national society of film critics, sally hawkins, sean penn, the edge of heaven, waltz with bashir on January 3, 2009 | Comments Off
And they award Best Film to Waltz With Bashir, the animated Cannes hit.
Other winners include Mike Leigh ( Best Screenplay and Best Director for Happy Go Lucky), Sean Penn (Best Actor, Milk), Sally Hawkins ( Best Actress, Happy Go Lucky), Eddie Marsen ( Supporting Actor, Happy Go Lucky), Hanna Schygulla ( Supporting Actress, The Edge [...]
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Posted in Just saying..., News, big bang theory, commentary, essay, how i met your mother, television, tagged 30 rock, according to jim, arrested development, comedy, commentary, essay, everybody loves raymond, friends, how i met your mother, Just saying..., king of queens, new adventures of old christine, samantha who?, scrubs, seinfeld, sitcoms, the big bang theory, two and a half men on January 3, 2009 | Comments Off
As 2008 draws to a close, I am again dealing with a cacophony of voices proclaiming that the sitcom is dead. Now, television is a cyclical business, and this news comes every time a long running show leaves the television landscape and no one steps up the following year with some zeitgeist consuming hit. The [...]
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In Defense Of The Sitcom
Posted in Just saying..., News, big bang theory, commentary, essay, how i met your mother, television, tagged 30 rock, according to jim, arrested development, comedy, commentary, essay, everybody loves raymond, friends, how i met your mother, Just saying..., king of queens, new adventures of old christine, samantha who?, scrubs, seinfeld, sitcoms, the big bang theory, two and a half men on January 3, 2009 | Comments Off
As 2008 draws to a close, I am again dealing with a cacophony of voices proclaiming that the sitcom is dead. Now, television is a cyclical business, and this news comes every time a long running show leaves the television landscape and no one steps up the following year with some zeitgeist consuming hit. The [...]
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