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2010s in Review: The Best Movie Moments
Of the hundreds of movies I watched this decade, these moments were the ones that I remember the most. 22 Jump Street – Slam poetry Annihilation – Bear attack Baby Driver – Opening chase The Big Sick – The 9/11 … Continue reading
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2010s in Review: The Best Film Music
Like cinematography, it seemed like there was more great film music than ever this decade. That made picking these Top 5’s harder than usual. I already wrote at length about how great Hans Zimmer’s Interstellar score was, so I’m setting … Continue reading
2010s in Review: The Best Albums, Part 2
This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Read Part 1 here. The National – High Violet The Cincinnati band’s best album of the decade – sorry, fans of Trouble Will Find Me – meshed all their gifts into one … Continue reading
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Tagged baby driver, book of mormon, corinne bailey rae, frank ocean, hamilton, hans zimmer, josh t pearson, kanye west, national, radiohead, rihanna, robyn, seryn, shutter island, spoon, st vincent, sturgill simpson, sufjan stevens, tame impala, todd terje, vampire weekend, war on drugs
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My Dream Oscar Ballot 2018
For the first time ever, I’d seen every nominee in all eight major categories by the time of awards ceremony. But as per usual, I was way behind on documentaries, foreign language films and animated features (not to mention shorts), … Continue reading
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Tagged baby driver, big sick, blade runner 2049, call me by your name, darkest hour, disaster artist, dunkirk, florida project, get out, good time, greatest showman, guardians of the galaxy, i tonya, kong skull island, lady bird, logan, lost city of z, molly's game, mother, mudbound, patti cakes, phantom thread, post, shape of water, star wars, three billboards outside ebbing missouri, victoria and abdul, war for the planet of the apes, wonder woman, wonderstruck
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Final Oscar Picks 2018
It’s been a crazy year in every regard, but especially in awards season. There’s really been no consensus on the best movie of the year from the critics’ groups or guilds. That’s kind of exciting, but makes this guesswork particularly … Continue reading
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Tagged baby driver, beauty and the beast, beguiled, big sick, blade runner 2049, boss baby, breadwinner, call me by your name, chasing coral, city of ghosts, coco, darkest hour, disaster artist, downsizing, dunkirk, fantastic woman, fifty shades of grey, florida project, foxtrot, get out, greatest showman, i tonya, icarus, in the fade, jane, lady bird, lego batman, loveless, loving vincent, marshall, molly's game, mudbound, murder on the orient express, phantom thread, post, shape of water, star wars, strong island, three billboards outside ebbing missouri, victoria and abdul, war for the planet of the apes, wonder, wound
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2017 in Review: Box Office Report
Another year, a few more record-setting films and still fewer tickets sold than any time since the 1990s. It’s only going to get worse, but it seems audiences may finally be wising up: rejecting some tired franchises and championing original … Continue reading
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Tagged alien, annabelle, baby driver, beauty and the beast, big sick, despicable me 3, emoji movie, get out, ghost in the shell, girls trip, great wall, happy death day, it, justice league, king arthur, mummy, pirates of the caribbean, star wars, transformers, valerian, war for the planet of the apes, wind river, wolf warrior 2, wonder, wonder woman
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2017 in Review: The Best Albums
Last year I vowed not to overdo it in 2017. Yet, with so many albums available to me, catching up with just the “Important” stuff proved daunting. So my top 10 feels a little bit like a blur. You could … Continue reading
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The Optimist’s Summer Movie Preview 2017
The real world has given us plenty of reasons to be cynical, so I’m going to try to keep that from creeping into my take on the summer movies we’re getting. As always, it’s dominated by sequels and comic book … Continue reading
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Tagged alien, atomic blonde, baby driver, big sick, dark tower, detroit, dunkirk, guardians of the galaxy, planet of the apes, spiderman, valerian
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