The Useless Critic 2.0

The King’s Speech I was pretty skeptical coming into this film. I had heard about the positive reviews but it seemed like one of those Hallmark cum inspirational films about a man finding his voice for his country rahrah . This film could have been a turkey, if the directing hit the schmaltzy button and made a male version of a Mandy Moore film. Surprisingly, it was really good. Colin Firth totally owned the performance as the stuttering king with guts. He’s having a great run at the moment, with his acting performance in A Single Man and The King’s Speech being excellent. Thank God he’s moved on from wearing reindeer shirts in Bridget’s Jones Diary . I thought we had lost him forever to shit rom - coms : OH LOOK, BITCHES I AM PAYING THE MORTGAGE, HERE. Geoffrey Rush was also very good as the Australian speech therapist. He played the eccentric kooky doctor role well (think Robert Williams in Good Will Hunting ) and kept asking the King for a shilling. Surprisingly the rest of the c...

So one of the few channels I have that speaks English is the BBC, and they did a weekly program about movies. Of course it focused on the Oscars, but they devoted the entire program to Colin Firth. Colin Firth. Colin Firth. Colin Firth. It seems the British Isles are already celebrating his win for Best Actor. Perhaps, if there is an upset there will be riots in Manchester that are not about football. QATFYG: I know we will know in a few, but will Colin Firth win the Oscar for Best Actor? Or will it go to Jesse Eisenberg????????? Mysterious.

WHERE THE FUCK IS MILA'S NOMINATION I'M NOT SEEING IT ANYWHERE AND THIS IS MAKING ME ANGRY are James Franco and Anne Hathaway (aka the new Catwoman, I don't know how to feel about that, Christie let me see you in a leather outfit some time then we'll talk) going to suck as hosts? is it going to make you feel as awkward as watching Ricky Gervais? because that was like a car skidding off the side of the highway and you are like "oh stop car please!" but then BOOM so let's just do this: major categories BEST PICTURES The Fighter Inception The Kids Are All Right The King's Speech 127 Hours The Social Network Toy Story 3 True Grit Winter's Bone The Social Network what will probably win: The Social Network because Facebook obviously owns the world. but I could see the King's Speech or Inception making a go for it. props to Toy Story 3 and what is Winter Bone? I'm glad neither Kathie Lee Gifford or Hoda Kotb know either. I feel comforted. BEST...

In the past few days, I have witnessed two trailers for upcoming films that have really managed to hold my attention. No, not "Old Dogs." Unfortunately. "A Single Man" is Tom Ford's welcome to the big screen (celebrated figure in fashion, can't remember all the details, did the cover of Vanity Fair where Keira Knightley and ScarJo were naked. Just one look at that trailer and you can tell, right off the bat. The fastitiduous detail! Based on the novel by Christopher Isherwood, it tells the story of an English professor in California in the 1960s who recently lost his gay lover in an accident. Following his life in one day (as you see- November in 1962). Julianne Moore co-stars as his best friend (ultimate best friend!), Matthew Goode as his dead lover in flashbacks and the boy from About a Boy as a student that resembles his lover. That kid really grew up! Do you think Erie is going to get this? No, no. I'm not sure if this is the edited or unedited tr...