The Desonesto Doctrine

Reese Witherspoon Nails It.

By Thomas Gallant

I’m not Perez Hilton. I’m not Joan Rivers. I don’t envy either one nor do I pay much attention to them.  That said, if I may make one comment on the Oscars last night, it’s that Reese Witherspoon was the one thing I remembered when I woke up this morning.

I didn’t watch the whole show, and certainly not the red carpet bonanza. I simply came home from playing basketball and turned on the Academy Awards just long enough to catch Ms. Witherspoon take the stage to present an award to Christian Bale.  I was passed out before the King’s Speech took home some of the top honors of the night.

So Reese, here’s to keeping it classy.  That is all.

TG

Social Network for the Win

By Adam Ferguson

The King’s Speech is a great film.  Great performances, great story, great set pieces, and some awesome directoral elements from director Tom Hooper.  But it shouldn’t win best picture.  It shouldn’t win just because it should win best picture.  It’s about someone overcoming a difficulty.  It features people acting very well and using British accents.  It is quintessentially everything Academy voters look for in a best picture.  But it’s because The Social Network is everything The King’s Speech is not that The Social Network deserves the win.

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