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I'm okay with Los Angeles magazine's Jeff Sneider calling Bros the third best '22 flick of the year (it was #29 on my own list). But he's not allowed to put My Policeman in second place, or right after his #1 pick, Top Gun: Maverick. He can't do that! My Policeman occasionally really blows, and yes, I'm aware of the redundancy.
January 2, 2023 11:29 amby Jeff Wells
January 2, 2023 11:06 amby Jeff Wells

Obviously Ronan Farrow owns his own history, biology and style choices, but my very first thought upon seeing this vacation photo (seemingly taken on the beach in Baja California) is that he looks a lot like Tatiana. Tell me I’m wrong.

Tatiana agrees: “Haha, yes, there is something :-))”

January 2, 2023 10:45 amby Jeff Wells

I would never dispute that Andrew Dominik's Blonde isn't a serious art film. It's intensely dislikable but completely, paradoxically respectable. It can be accused of exaggerating the dark aspects in Norman Jean Baker's life, as Joyce Carol Oates' 22 year-old source novel did, as well as inventing some out of whole cloth. But it was all of a piece -- a pitch-black downer.
January 2, 2023 10:03 amby Jeff Wells
2023 is underway and rolling along, Donald Trump has been out of office for nearly two years, and there's really no reason to delay or pussyfoot around any more. He has to be flattened like a pancake...like a raccoon run over by an 18-wheeler. Charges need to be filed no later than 3.21.23. Sooner would be better.
January 2, 2023 9:15 amby Jeff Wells

Has anything changed as far as the Best Picture Oscar death of Everything Everywhere All At Once is concerned? Since last Friday morning, I mean? Unless I’m missing something, I don’t think so. THR‘s Scott Feinberg killed its chances last Thursday (12.29) when he listed Top Gun: Maverick as the #1 likeliest winner. That was it, end of story, guillotine drop.

The following morning we hashed it all out. Awards Daily‘s Sasha Stone and myself, I mean. Here it is, all 43 minutes worth.

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January 2, 2023 8:47 amby Jeff Wells

I have an idea for a special photo-driven app or website. For a fair fee I will use your photos to create a funeral home lying-in-state photo. I will dress you in a black suit-and-tie or Pope’s robes. Think about it -- nobody ever contemplates their after-death appearance (i.e., how they’ll look when their friends come to pay their respects). Now they can!
January 2, 2023 6:21 amby Jeffrey Wells
January 2, 2023 5:59 amby Jeffrey Wells



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