Posts Tagged ‘david fincher’

First and foremost, we would like to thank all of you who supported us on Sunday and followed the live blog.  It was a big day for Sexy Gypsy, and it really set the bar high. Unfortunately, the Academy set the bar pretty low for hosting this year.  Hugh Jackman, while slightly entertaining and charismatic […]


Best Picture Of the five films in this category, only two really have a shot. Frost/Nixon was a great stage adaptation with amazing performances and, while solid, was ultimately compromised by Ron Howard‘s lack of technical abilities. The Reader was boring, poorly constructed, and probably the most overrated film in the last 20 years. And […]


by The Great White Gypsy “The first rule of Fight Club is:  You do not talk about Fight Club.” “My name is Benjamin Button, and I was born under unusual circumstances.” David Fincher, what are you doing? There is nothing wrong with having a niche in Hollywood, as long as you do it well. Alien […]


by The Great White Gypsy   Cadillac Records – Darnell Martin It seems that musicals and music industry biopsies (no, I don’t mean biopic, I’m being ironic) are the new trend.  This appears to be closer to Walk the Line than Dream Girls, at least I hope so.  It’s fun to see modern musicians play […]


Where do music video directors go when they die?  This isn’t an existential conundrum, or a lame joke; there is an actual answer.     They go to India.   The only thing David Fincher, Spike Jonze, and Tarsem Singh had in common is that they all used to direct music videos (generally “best-of” for artists […]