Before winning a slew of industry and critics awards—even prior to hitting North American multiplex screens—Slumdog Millionaire was actually slated to be a direct-to-DVD release. How did the Toronto Film Festival play a part in getting the film released into movie theaters, thereby helping director Danny Boyle garner a BAFTA (British Oscar) and Golden Globe for Best Director, then go on to land several Academy Awards, including one for Best Picture? You’ll find out as Earl Dittman gets Boyle to answer that very question, after the jump.
Archive for March 31st, 2009
CD review: The Answer’s
Everyday Demons
Let’s establish this reviewer’s hard-rock preferences: Sabbath up to Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath, Deep Purple up to Burn, Van Halen avec David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar avec Montrose, and Aerosmith up to Rocks. AC/DC? One of the most overrated bands of all time. Lucky for The Answer that hundreds of thousands disagree with me on that last one, as the Aussies took these Irish lads out on their Black Ice world tour.
Still, the question about The Answer remains: How does the rock stack up?
