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2010s in Review: The Best Movies, Part 2

This is Part 2 of a three-part series. Read Part 1 here. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015, George Miller) Still jaw-dropping years later, this is gold standard for action movies. And if you want to read more into it, there’s … Continue reading

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The Weekender: ‘Most’ Wanted

Movie of the Week A Most Violent Year Though it came up empty at the Oscars, JC Chandor’s third film might be his best yet, expanding his scope to 1981 New York and the dirt that gets on everyone hands … Continue reading

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Oscar Picks: 15 Dec 2014

BEST PICTURE American Sniper Birdman Boyhood Foxcatcher Gone Girl The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Into the Woods A Most Violent Year Selma Falling off: Inherent Vice, Interstellar, Unbroken Rising star: Whiplash The skinny: Well, that was an interesting … Continue reading

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Too Early for This: Oscar Picks — 15 August 2014

BEST PICTURE Birdman Boyhood Foxcatcher Gone Girl The Grand Budapest Hotel Inherent Vice Interstellar Into the Woods The Theory of Everything Unbroken The skinny: As always, we start with ten, even though there have been only nine nominees since the … Continue reading

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