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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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Tagged 22 jump street, amazon, annihilation, baby driver, big sick, blindspotting, call me by your name, captain america, captain phillips, climax, crazy stupid love, deadpool 2, deepwater horizon, drive, flight, get out, gone girl, grand budapest hotel, hail caesar, harry potter, hateful eight, incredibles 2, inside llewyn davis, inside out, intouchables, iron man 3, la la land, manchester by the sea, martian, master, mission impossible, molly's game, netflix, nice guys, phoenix, pitch perfect, prime, roma, sicario, skeleton twins, social network, star is born, star wars, Suspiria, toy story 3, what we do in the shadows, wind river, wolf of wall street, wonder woman, x-men
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Oscar Guide 2017
BEST PICTURE Arrival Fences Hacksaw Ridge Hell or High Water Hidden Figures La La Land Lion Manchester by the Sea Moonlight Will win: La La Land Could win: Hidden Figures Should win: Moonlight Should have been here: Silence The skinny: … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 hours, 13th, allied, arrival, captain fantastic, deepwater horizon, doctor strange, elle, fantastic beasts and where to find them, fences, fire at sea, florence foster jenkins, hacksaw ridge, hail caesar, hell or high water, hidden figures, i am not your negro, jackie, jim, jungle book, kubo and the two strings, la la land, land of mine, life animated, lion, loving, man called ove, manchester by the sea, moana, moonlight, my life as a zucchini, netflix, nocturnal animals, oj simpson, passengers, red turtle, rogue one, salesman, star trek beyond, suicide squad, sully, toni erdmann, trolls, wanna, zootopia
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My Dream Oscar Ballot 2017
Of the nine Best Picture nominees this year, the only one I didn’t get around to was Fences, which I’m sure I’ll catch once it hits home video. This year, I’m including my picks for Documentary Feature, but I’ll abstain … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 cloverfield lane, 13 hours, 20th century women, allied, arrival, captain america, certain women, christine, de palma, deadpool, deepwater horizon, doctor strange, edge of seventeen, everybody wants some, hacksaw ridge, hail caesar, hell or high water, high-rise, i am not your negro, jackie, la la land, lion, lobster, manchester by the sea, moonlight, nice guys, oj simpson, paterson, popstar, rogue one, sausage party, silence, sing street, sully, swiss army man, tower, weiner
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Final Oscar Picks 2017
Just like 2016 was a year of unease, I am not very uneasy about these picks. Several of these picks haven’t picked up the precursor nods that would typically foretell a sure-fire Oscar nomination. This is likely to be a … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century women, arrival, cameraperson, captain america, captain fantastic, civil war, deepwater horizon, doctor strange, dressmaker, elle, fences, finding dory, fire at sea, florence foster jenkins, hacksaw ridge, hell or high water, hidden figures, i am not your negro, jackie, jungle book, kubo and the two strings, la la land, land of mine, lion, lobster, man called ove, manchester by the sea, moana, moonlight, my life as a zucchini, nocturnal animals, oj simpson, paradise, rogue one, salesman, silence, sing street, star trek, star trek beyond, star wars, toni erdmann, weiner, zootopia
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2016 in Review: The Best Performances – Film
As I mentioned in a similar post for the year’s best TV performances, I have forgotten about honoring the best acting in film. This post should remedy that. I decided to take the Golden Globes approach and honor musical or … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 cloverfield lane, certain women, christine, ghostbusters, la la land, lobster, love and friendship, manchester by the sea, moonlight
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2016 in Review: The Best + Worst Films
Thanks to my membership in GALECA, I got to see a lot more movies than I ever have before in my years as a critic. There were lots of hidden gems (Blue Jay) and pleasant surprises (Swiss Army Man), but … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century women, arrival, blue jay, captain america, christine, civil war, de palma, deadpool, deepwater horizon, doctor strange, don't think twice, edge of seventeen, everybody wants some, free state of jones, green room, hail caesar, hell or high water, high-rise, hunt for the wilderpeople, i am not your negro, jackie, la la land, lobster, manchester by the sea, meddler, moonlight, nice guys, paterson, popstar, rogue one, silence, sing street, swiss army man, tower, weiner, witch
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2016 in Review: The Best Songs
As I mentioned in the intro to my list of the best albums of the year, I listened to an obscene amount of music this year, which made deciding on my 10 favorite LPs was a herculean task. One upside … Continue reading
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Tagged aesop rock, anderson paak, anhoni, ashanti, baaba maal, band of horses, batman v superman, beck, bruno mars, car seat headrest, carly rae jepson, chance the rapper, childish gambino, conor oberst, corinne bailey rae, crowder, david bowie, de la soul, emma stone, father john misty, frank ocean, gallant, game of thrones, hamilton, hans zimmer, hbo, islands, ja rule, james vincent mcmorrow, japandroids, jimmy eat world, junkie xl, kanye west, knocks, kyle dixon, la la land, lake street dive, lizzo, local natives, lonely island, lucre, m83, mai lan, merchandise, michael kiwanuka, michael stein, mike adams, modern baseball, mumford and sons, netflix, pink, popstar, propaganda, radiohead, ramin djawani, ray lamontagne, regina spektor, rihanna, ryan gosling, saint motel, schoolboy q, sing street, snoop dogg, solange, stranger things, struts, swet shop boys, tim heidecker, two door cinema club
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Oscar Picks: 15 Dec 2016
BEST PICTURE Arrival Fences Hidden Figures Jackie La La Land Manchester by the Sea Moonlight Silence Falling off: Live by Night, Loving, Sully Rising star: Hell or High Water The skinny: With the precursors out of the way, the window … Continue reading
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Tagged arrival, captain fantastic, elle, fences, florence foster jenkins, hell or high water, hidden figures, jackie, kubo and the two strings, la la land, lion, love and friendship, manchester by the sea, moana, moonlight, my life as a zucchini, red turtle, silence, sully, zootopia
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Oscar Picks: 15 Nov 2016
BEST PICTURE Fences Jackie La La Land Live by Night Loving Manchester by the Sea Moonlight Silence Sully Falling off: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, The Birth of a Nation Rising star: Hidden Figures The skinny: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century women, arrival, fences, finding dory, florence foster jenkins, hell or high water, jackie, kubo and the two strings, la la land, lion, live by night, lobster, loving, manchester by the sea, moana, moonlight, queen of katwe, red turtle, silence, sully, zootopia
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