the spirit
Defamer Talks To The Razzies Founder About The Shocking ‘Spirit’ Snub
5:30AM Kyle Buchanan | How, we wondered yesterday, could the Razzies have overlooked the tailor-made star bomb The Spirit for inclusion on their annual dishonor roll of nominees? We went straight to Razzies founder John Wilson for the scoop. More »
Razzie Nominations Serve A Shocking Snub To ‘The Spirit’
7:05AM Kyle Buchanan | We’ve just had a look at the official nomination ballot for the Razzies, and we’re still reeling from the unexpected shutout of frontrunner The Spirit.
For Your Razzie Consideration: ‘The Spirit’
9:10AM Seth | The Oscar race may be all over the place, but at least the Razzies have a clear front runner this year. Still, a slickly packaged FYC spot never hurts. [via TotalFilm.com] More »
Your Favourite Stars Join Holiday Box-Office Fight to the Death
12:45AM STV | Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and/or mortifying at the movies. This week: Hollywood gets stuck in your chimney delivering Benjamin Button and four other holiday blockbuster hopefuls. More »
‘The Spirit,’ ‘Seven Pounds’ and ‘Revolutionary Road’: A Taxonomy of Trash
1:45AM STV | Though Hollywood reserves the holiday movie season for its annual harvest of ambition, prestige and clout, even the most painstaking Oscar husbandry can often fail. For three much-anticipated films in particular, the damage varies. More »
Avengers, Sexy Nurses Deck the Halls as ‘The Spirit’ Moved to Christmas
6:20AM Defamer Hollywood | In a cry for help not-so-curiously coinciding with this week’s surge in comics-to-film blockbusters, Lionsgate announced Tuesday that it plans to bump up Frank Miller’s adaptation of The Spirit from Jan. 16, 2009, to Dec. 25 of this year. And why not? Flanked by fellow Christmas Day releases Bedtime Stories (an Adam Sandler “laffer”) and Fox’s wobbly Jennifer Aniston/Owen Wilson comedy Marley and Me (not to mention the expanded release of Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon), the Will Eisner crime-fighter is about as safe a late year counter-programming bet as the studio will get. But are there — gulp — Oscar hopes?
