The Times writes about Jody Hill

Filmmaker Jody Hill, right, and Danny McBride

David Itzkoff at The New York Times wrote a decent story last weekend on North Carolina filmmaker Jody Hill whose second movie, “Observe and Report,” came out Friday. I just got back from seeing it.

Know Michael Shannon, love Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon in "Shotgun Stories"

In my previous Oscar nominations post, I forgot to mention Michael Shannon, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in “Revolutionary Road.” I’ve read some blogs that criticized the nomination because he’s only in the movie for two scenes.

This is no matter.