AwardsAwesomenessSome Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Hell yeah

By November 29, 2010January 12th, 20268 Comments

Jesus_franco small
I don’t know what the heck every­body’s so upset about. I hap­pen to think that it’s a great, innov­at­ive and long over­due idea to have Jess Franco host the Oscars. Can’t wait.

You May Also Like

4K Consumer GuideBlu-raySome Came Running by Glenn Kenny Blu-ray/4K Ultra Consumer Guide, Summer 2025, Volume 2

Blu-ray/4K Ultra Consumer Guide, Summer 2025, Volume 2

Brainstorm (Warner Archive Blu-ray) Back in 2009, checking out the standard def Warner Archive release…
Glenn Kenny
Glenn KennyAugust 10, 2025
In MemoriamSome Came Running by Glenn Kenny "I see it all now, it's a plot."

"I see it all now, it's a plot."

Indeed. The late Victor Spinetti, above with the late Robin Ray, the late Wilfrid Brambell,…
Glenn Kenny
Glenn KennyJune 19, 2012
In MemoriamMusicSome Came Running by Glenn Kenny Chris Connor, 1927-2009

Chris Connor, 1927-2009

  So long, songbird.She really was impeccable; always a pleasure to hear. I think her…
Glenn Kenny
Glenn KennySeptember 1, 2009

8 Comments

  • Greg Ferrara says:
    November 29, 2010 at 11:11 pm

    Looking for­ward to his banter with co-host Noah Hathaway from The Neverending Story. Should be a lot of fun.

  • S. Porath says:
    November 30, 2010 at 1:55 am

    I think Hathaway is a great choice- it’s about time the Oscars let a dir­ect­or host the show, par­tic­u­larly one so out of fash­ion (has­n’t had a hit since Airport). It might get awk­ward if Hank says what he really thinks about the Coens tran­ish­ing True Grit, but Franco should be able to restrain him (noth­ing says classy restraint like Jess Franco).

  • jbryant says:
    November 30, 2010 at 3:53 am

    S. Porath: Had no idea Hathaway did uncred­ited work on some out­door stuff in George Seaton’s AIRPORT until your joke.
    I think the most awk­ward aspect of a Jess Franco/Henry Hathaway dual host­ing gig is that Franco is far less dead than Hathaway.

  • Griff says:
    November 30, 2010 at 8:27 am

    Glenn, this post typ­i­fies why I feel com­pelled to vis­it the site every day…

  • MovieMan0283 says:
    November 30, 2010 at 10:16 am

    Well, he’s got good taste at least (the actu­al host): http://www.criterion.com/explore/63-james-francos-top-10. Even to the point of men­tion­ing La Cotta – kudos.
    Now if they rein­stated the hon­or­ary Oscars (you know, the one time the Academy actu­ally gets it right) as part of the actu­al broad­cast and stopped thumb­ing their nose at their own his­tory, maybe I’d actu­ally watch the damn broad­cast this year.

  • The Siren says:
    November 30, 2010 at 11:28 am

    A loud amen for MovieMan’s second graf.

  • Pete Apruzzese says:
    November 30, 2010 at 12:13 pm

    Damn, I thought it was Franco Nero and Henry Hathaway…

  • otherbill says:
    November 30, 2010 at 5:57 pm

    If Jess is host­ing, I say we start the push to give Howard Vernon a posthum­ous Thalberg right here.