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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
Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars
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
Posted in Best Of, Film
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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Reactionary Tale: Oscar Nominations 2014
I did better than I thought I would have in terms of predictions. There will always be surprises, but there were more bad than good. Read on for my reactions. Biggest Snubs (in order from most to least egregious) 1. … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Reviews
Tagged blackfish, blue umbrella, butler, captain phillips, catching fire, dirty wars, frances ha, great gatsby, her, hunger games, long walk to freedom, mandela, monsters university, pacific rim, prisoners, rush, spectacular now
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The Weekender: ‘Spectacular’ Spectacular
IN THEATERS: Kick-Ass 2* (R) Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jim Carrey Screenplay by Jeff Wadlow Directed by Jeff Wadlow It’s just a hair off the nut-punch of the first one, but for my money this is the summer’s … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews, Reviews
Tagged apple, ashton kutcher, butler, chloe moretz, girls, iceberg slim, jobs, kick-ass 2, liam hemsworth, oprah, paranoia, paul rudd, prince avalanche, shailene woodley, spectacular now
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