Tag: Sweeney Todd

Invisible Spinning Globes.

If they hold an awards ceremony in the middle of the ‘Wood and there’s no around to hear it, does it make a sound? Why, yes, yes, it does. And the Golden Globe winners are…

  • Best Drama: Atonement. Uh, no. My top drama would’ve been No Country for Old Men.
  • Best Com/Mus: Sweeney Todd. Didn’t see it. Not even a nod for I’m Not There?
  • Best Foreign: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Solid, and easy choice.
  • Best Actor [Drama]: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood. Hmm, yeah, ok. Better than giving TWBB Best Drama.
  • Best Actor [Com/Mus]: Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd. Didn’t see it.
  • Best Actress [Drama]: Julie Christie, Away from Her. Didn’t see it either, but Christie is definitely this year’s “Helen Mirren”-style lock for an Oscar.
  • Best Actress [Com/Mus]: Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose. Didn’t see it. Since she’s a bit of an unknown, it’s too bad she missed out on giving a speech.
  • Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men. Great choice, and no real surprise.
  • Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There. That works, although Gone Baby Gone‘s Amy Ryan would’ve worked too. At least INT won something.
  • Best Animated Film: Ratatouile. Yeah, ok. Didn’t see Persepolis, and it wasn’t even nominated.
  • Best Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men. Usually given to the movie that was “clever” more than “good” — I’m surprised this didn’t go to Juno.
  • Best Score: Dario Marinelli, Atonement. Also a good, easy choice. It was the most memorable score of 2007.
  • Best TV Show: Mad Men. Nice! And it looks like Jon Hamm won Best Actor too.

    So there you have it. In case you missed it, my own best of 2007 list is now buried deep beneath the political coverage.

    • Grave and a Haircut, to go.

    The trailer for Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Sasha Baron Cohen, Alan Rickman, and Timothy Spall, is now online. Burton wants me to see a bloody musical? I dunno.

    Shave and a Hairy Monster (or two).

    Genre director update: As if their Willy Wonka wasn’t creepy-serial-killer enough, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp will soon reunite for Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street. Meanwhile, the Spike Jonze-Dave Eggers interpretation of Where the Wild Things Are lands at Warner Bros. Says author Maurice Sendak of the project: “I am in love with it. If Spike and Dave do not do this movie now, I would just as soon not see any version of it ever get made.“