6 posts tagged ‘paul giamatti’
The best and worst moments from the 29th Critics Choice Awards
AV Club,
Some awards shows allow actors to pick the awards. Others allow kids. The Critics Choice Awards, however, towers over all of them, especially the People’s Choice Awards, because it is chosen by critics. Yes, the very people whose Rotten Tomatoes scores fandoms frequently tell viewers to ignore are in control tonight,… Read more...
2024 Critics Choice Awards: Check out the big red carpet arrivals
After last week’s Golden Globes, awards season continues in full swing with the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards. Chelsea Handler returns to host the ceremony—let’s hope the monologue powers-that-be are on her side. The top TV nominees include The Morning Show (yes, really) and Succession, while the Barbenheimer… Read more...
Have we ever been as happy as Paul Giamatti reminiscing about being an orangutan?
Paul Giamatti’s cinematic roles tend to land on the dour or frustrated side—something used to great effect in his latest critical success, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers. And yet, there’s also a deep capacity for sudden sparks of joy lurking underneath Giamatti’s performances, one we might previously have described… Read more...
6 things you have to watch on TV this weekend
Welcome to the weekend edition of What’s On. Here are the big things happening on TV from Friday, Dec 29 to Sunday, Dec 31. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekly edition of What’s On publishes on Sundays.] Read more...
How the Golden Globe nominations could shape the Oscar race this year
Like it or not, as the first big awards show of the year, the Golden Globes set the tone for everything that comes after. Even with their complicated backstory and the fraught history of the now-defunct Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Golden Globes remain a valuable marketing tool for studios. Their strategic… Read more...
The Holdovers isn’t a period film—or so Alexander Payne tells himself
Christmas is coming early for cinephiles this year. The Holdovers, the long-awaited reteaming of classic comedy duo Paul Giamatti and Alexander Payne, rolls out in theaters nationwide on November 10, following a limited release at the end of October. Payne’s first starring vehicle for Paul Giamatti since 2004’s Sideway… Read more...