#Quvenzhané Wallis
Trailer Watch: Final Spot for ‘Annie’ Highlights Quvenzhané Wallis and Jamie Foxx’s Comedic Chops
Quvenzhané Wallis Books New Gig in Adaptation of Bestseller ‘Counting by 7s’
Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis has signed on for The Mazur/Kaplan Company and Olympus Pictures’ adaptation of Counting by 7s, based on Holly Goldberg Sloan’s bestselling novel. Wallis will...
Trailer Watch: Quvenzhane Wallis Anoints Herself Robin to Jamie Foxx’s Batman in New Annie Spot
Though he just starred as a villain in the new Spider-Man sequel, Jamie Foxx styles himself as a hero — namely, Batman — in the new Annie trailer. “This city needs me,” declares his...
Quvenzhane Wallis is All of Our Daughters
I thought I was done with all the Oscar postscripts but there is still have one more thing to write about. I am going to take a mulligan on not getting to this sooner, but I was off last week,...
Good and Bad Surprises Come with 2013 Oscar Nominations
Oscar nominations were announced this morning and per usual there were the surprises, both of the good and bad variety. Nine year old Quvenzhané Wallis becomes the youngest Best Actress...
Why Having Only Strong Girl Heroines is Not Enough
A.O. Scott in the lead story of the NY Times Magazine this past weekend wrote a very interesting piece on how Hollywood has finally embraced women, well not exactly women, heroines. The piece...
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Beasts of the Southern Wild is the perfect example of how to make a movie in this new post recession world. Take a great script, make it for a price and then let the movie stand on its merits. And...
New Clip From Beasts of the Southern Wild
I saw this film last night. I was totally and completely blown away. I can’t even articulate my reaction to it right now. One of the most interesting, different and without a doubt one of the best...
Trailer Watch: Beast of the Southern Wild
This is the film that won the top narrative prize at Sundance. It stars newcomer Quvenzhané Wallis. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a trailer quite like this. I am looking forward to this one. It...