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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: Box Office Report
Even if no one reads this thing, this is one of my favorite parts of my yearly wrap-up. All numbers come from Box Office Mojo through December 31, 2013. SURE-FIRE HITS – The Kings of the Box Office Iron Man … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Film
Tagged after earth, catching fire, despicable me 2, ender's game, good day to die hard, great gatsby, grown ups 2, hunger games, incredible burt wonderstone, insidious chapter 2, instructions not included, internship, iron man 3, jack the giant slayer, kevin hart, kings of summer, let me explain, lone ranger, mama, man of steel, now you see me, oblivion, pacific rim, purge, ripd, we're the millers, white house down, wolverine
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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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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 List: Ultimate Summer Movies
There are summer movies—your big blockbusters and early awards contenders—and then there are movies that are really about the season and how it affects people. That’s what I’m after with this list, films that follow a group of folks over … Continue reading
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