No doubt: it’s been a very good year for both these stars. And much as I admire Jean Dujardin’s sublime performance in The Artist, my hunch is that the industry will favor one of its own on Oscar night. So who will it be — George or Brad? I’m saving my prediction for a later Oscar piece, but for now … More Details

Let me simply lead off with the sobering statistic that inspired this piece: While mindless dreck or kiddie fare like “Thor”, “The Hangover-Part 2″ or the latest “Pirates Of The Caribbean” installment all opened on around four thousand screens across the country, when at long last a brilliant, provocative film for grown-ups gets produced- Terrence Malick’s “The Tree Of Life” … More Details