General Stuff: General MoviesGeneral Stuff explains movies.Funnyman Steve Carell Set to Star in Remake of "The Office"- January 30, 2004 Actor Carell set for US Office. US actor Steve Carell is set to star as Ricky Gervais' character in the American version of The Office. BBC News Entertainment World Edition The British The Office is a classic already. Why mess with a good thing Steve Carell is hilarious on The Daily Show, but, geez, just leave it alone, would ya Didn't American networks try to remake Faulty Towers with John Larroquette some years agohttp://blogs.salon.com/0003158/categories/generalMovies/2004/01/30.html#a96 Oscar I hardly even know her- January 27, 2004 Rings dominates Oscar nominations. The final Lord of the Rings film is favourite to sweep this year's Oscars after being given 11 nominations. BBC News Entertainment World Edition Most deserving nomination: Bill Murray for Lost in Translation. He should have been nominated for Rushmore. This time it feels like a Lifetime Achievement award. Least deserving nomination: Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean. I know it was fun to watch, but this nomination feels like The Return of...http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/categories/generalMovies/2004/01/27.html#a91 Golden Globes Honor "The Return of the King" and "The Office"- January 26, 2004 Rings rules at the Golden Globes. The Return of the King wins four Globe awards and there are two shock wins for British sitcom The Office. BBC News Entertainment World Edition Let's face it, Return of the King will win the Oscar for best picture because the other two films were snubbed in previous years, perhaps in anticipation of a cumulative award for the trilogy. (I mean, call them nerdy films for nerds if you want, but there's no way a piece of shit like Chicago will be...http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/categories/generalMovies/2004/01/26.html#a89 Documenting American Life in 2003: The Fog of War, Spellbound, and Capturing the Friedmans- January 25, 2004 In the NY Times today, Frank Rich discusses Robert McNamara, subject of the compelling documentary The Fog of War, as the precursor for the era of CEO politicians. As a national role model at the dawn of Camelot, Robert McNamara was Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and, yes, Paul O'Neill before it was cool. He entered the cabinet as an exemplar of "American certitude and conviction" who could use "his rationality with facts" to intimidate bureaucratic dissenters, David Halberstam wrote in...http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/categories/generalMovies/2004/01/25.html#a88 Nothing's Happening. Nothing's Happening. It's Over. The Audience Looks Pissed- January 21, 2004 Ever wonder what happened to the makers of The Blair Witch Project Find out here.http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/categories/generalMovies/2004/01/20.html#a77 Harrison Ford Has The Most Expensive Sex of His Life- January 19, 2004 Actor Ford's divorce 'not record'. Actor Harrison Ford's reported &163;50m divorce settlement is not the biggest in Hollywood, a lawyer says. BBC News Entertainment World Edition What a shame. Ford will have to sleepwalk through at least 4 movies to make up that money. If only he had known the truth about marriage.http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/categories/generalMovies/2004/01/19.html#a74 |