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Batting Away Conventional Wisdom
Batting Away Conventional Wisdom
For the Bagger's money, nothing beats watching Mr. Downey wink at the camera while being fondled by robots and telling Ms. Paltrow, ""Let's face it. This is not the worst thing you've caught me doing."
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Oscars: Best Picture Underdogs
SpoutBlog — ... arguing that Man on Wire, one of the most popular and crowd-pleasing documentaries in years (not to mention the best reviewed film in any genre of this year) deserves the same; and, most interesting to me, David Carr arguing that Iron Man is more deserving of the Best Picture slot that may have already been ceded to The Dark Knight. ...

Dept. of Contrarian Superheroes
Mostly Movies — I don't really think either The Dark Knight or Iron Man should be nominated for Best Picture (and I don't think either will be), but here's a decent argument for why Iron Man should get the nod. When will people realize that large chunks of The Dark Knight are simply incomprehensible? (Carpetbagger) ...

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