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Oscar Re-Do 2013
BEST PICTURE12 Years a SlaveAmerican HustleCaptain PhillipsDallas Buyers ClubGravityHerNebraskaPhilomenaThe Wolf of Wall Street Should have won: No complaints hereNot even nominated: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 12 Years a Slave won Best Picture, is the most recent movie inducted into … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 years a slave, before midnight, blue jasmine, captain phillips, gravity, her, hunt, wolf of wall street
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Best of the Decade… So Far – Film
It’s hard to believe the decade is half gone already. In these five years, I’ve graduated from college, moved back in with my parents, struck out on my own, and gotten married. And I’ve consumed a ridiculous amount of pop … Continue reading
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Tagged 50/50, about time, before midnight, beginners, boyhood, cloud atlas, drive, grand budapest hotel, gravity, her, hugo, inception, intouchables, looper, scott pilgrim, silver linings playbook, social network, toy story 3, tree of life, true grit
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Oscar Guide 2014
And that’ll do it. While many races are close, I feel very confident in these picks, more than I ever have before. I would, however, love to be wrong on some of these predictions. BEST PICTURE 12 Years a Slave … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 years a slave, 20 feet from stardom, act of killing, all is lost, american hustle, august, august: osage county, bad grandpa, before midnight, blue jasmine, book thief, broken circle breakdown, captain phillips, croods, cutie and the boxer, dallas buyers club, desolation of smaug, despicable me 2, dirty wars, ernest and celestine, frozen, grandmaster, gravity, great beauty, great gatsby, her, hobbit, hunt, inside llewyn davis, invisible woman, iron man 3, jackass, lone ranger, lone survivor, long walk to freedom, mandela, missing picture, nebraska, omar, philomena, prisoners, saving mr banks, square, star trek into darkness, wind rises, wolf of wall street
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My Dream Oscar Ballot 2014
I’ll stick with the Academy’s format for this, which means I have to refrain from listing Best Animated Feature, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Documentary Feature. I simply didn’t see enough films to fill up those categories. I’m skipping … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 years a slave, about time, american hustle, before midnight, butler, captain phillips, catching fire, dallas buyers club, desolation of smaug, despicable me 2, elysium, fruit vale station, gravity, her, hobbit, hunger games, iron man 3, kings of summer, long walk to freedom, mandela, monsters university, pacific rim, post tenebras lux, prisoners, rush, side effects, spectacular now, star trek into darkness, trance, way way back, wolf of wall street, world's end
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2013 in Review: The Best Films
It took me a long time to get to it, but I’ve finally narrowed down my top 10 films of the year. There was plenty I never got to see, thanks to a schedule where almost everything great came out … Continue reading
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Tagged about time, american hustle, angels share, before midnight, captain phillips, catching fire, frances ha, gravity, her, hunger games, kings of summer, monsters university, prisoners, rush, side effects, spectacular now, terms and conditions may apply, trance, upstream color, way way back, world's end
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Oscar Picks: 15 Dec 2013
BEST PICTURE 12 Years a Slave American Hustle August: Osage County The Butler Captain Phillips Dallas Buyers Club Gravity Her Inside Llewyn Davis Nebraska Falling off: Saving Mr. Banks Rising star: Philomena The skinny: While Banks is still firmly in … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 years a slave, american hustle, august, august: osage county, before midnight, blue jasmine, butler, captain phillips, croods, dallas buyers club, enough said, epic, frozen, gravity, her, inside llewyn davis, monsters university, nebraska, philomena, rush, saving mr banks, wind rises, wolf of wall street
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Too Early for This: Oscar Picks – 15 October 2013
BEST PICTURE 12 Years a Slave American Hustle August: Osage County Captain Phillips Fruitvale Station Gravity Inside Llewyn Davis The Monuments Men The Wolf of Wall Street Falling off: The Counselor, Labor Day Rising star: Nebraska The skinny: The Counselor … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 years a slave, all is lost, american hustle, august, august: osage county, before midnight, blue jasmine, butler, captain phillips, dallas buyers club, epic, ernest and celestine, frozen, fruitvale station, gravity, inside llewyn davis, monsters university, monuments men, nebraska, philomena, rush, wind rises, wolf of wall street
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Too Early for This: Oscar Picks – 15 August 2013
BEST PICTURE American Hustle August: Osage County Captain Phillips The Counselor Fruitvale Station Gravity Inside Llewyn Davis Labor Day The Monuments Men The Wolf of Wall Street The skinny: This looks to be the first year since the rule change … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 years a slave, american hustle, august, august: osage county, before midnight, blue jasmine, butler, captain phillips, counselor, dallas buyers club, despicable me 2, epic, ernest and celestine, fifth estate, frozen, fruitvale station, gravity, great gatsby, hobbit, inside llewyn davis, labor day, monsters university, monuments men, mud, pacific rim, philomena, rush, wolf of wall street
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The Best of 2013… So Far – Film
It’s been a rough year for movies thus far. Much of what’s been offered has been reheated crap. But a few movies have shone through in what’s always the weakest time of year for film. Oscar season can’t get here … Continue reading
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Tagged before midnight, frances ha, kings of summer, monsters u, monsters university, pixar, upstream color
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The Weekender: After ‘Midnight,’ we gonna let it all hang out
IN THEATERS: The Internship (PG-13) Starring Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rose Byrne Story by Vince Vaughn Screenplay by Vince Vaughn and Jared Stern Directed by Shawn Levy Product placement reaches its inevitable nadir as Shawn Levy directs its two former … Continue reading