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2010s in Review: The Best Film Performances, Part 2
This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Read Part 1 here. DUOS Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Melissa McCarthy & Richard E. Grant Gay and lesbian friendships are so rarely portrayed on-screen, but McCarthy and Grant gave career-best … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Film
Tagged can you ever forgive me, certified copy, cloud atlas, easy a, game night, master, moonlight, nice guys, silver linings playbook, widows
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2010s in Review: The Best Film Performances, Part 1
This was a nearly impossible task, picking between lead and supporting turns, comedic and dramatic. But here are my top 5 male and female performances of the decade. MEN Moonlight – Mahershala Ali The platonic ideal of a supporting performance, … Continue reading
2010s in Review: The Worst Movies
Being a semi-professional film critic meant seeing a lot of garbage, in addition to the many fine films I got to see. Some of these I paid good money for though, and more than the cost of the ticket, I’d … Continue reading
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Tagged alice in wonderland, assholes, battleship, breaking dawn, brooklyn's finest, canyons, collateral beauty, crave, death wish, exodus, greenberg, hannah has a ho-phase, host, huntsman, killers, mojave, peppermint, project x, runner runner, savages, serena, suicide squad, twilight, vampires suck, white girl, winter's war, wonder wheel
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2010s in Review: The Best Film Music
Like cinematography, it seemed like there was more great film music than ever this decade. That made picking these Top 5’s harder than usual. I already wrote at length about how great Hans Zimmer’s Interstellar score was, so I’m setting … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Film, Music
Tagged baby driver, call me by your name, drive, guardians of the galaxy, hateful eight, hearts beat loud, if beale street could talk, phantom thread, popstar, shutter island, sing street, skyfall, social network, star is born, upstream color
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What I Watched This Week: 8 Dec 2019
NEW SHOWS Watchmen – “A God Walks into Abar” (B+) Corny as hell, and I fell for it hook, line and sinker. Such an embrace of naked sentimentality will probably rub some viewers the wrong way, but it absolutely worked … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Television
Tagged hbo, netflix, seth meyers, silicon valley, watchmen
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Oscar Picks: 13 Dec 2019
We’ve only had the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild announce their nominees so far, and they have a tendency to highlight showier things, which may mean some performances are getting a little more shine than they’ll actually get. But … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews
Tagged 1917, beautiful day in the neighborhood, bombshell, farewell, frozen, harriet, how to train your dragon, hustlers, i lost my body, irishman, jojo rabbit, joker, judy, just mercy, knives out, little women, marriage story, missing link, netflix, once upon a time in hollywood, pain and glory, parasite, rocketman, toy story 4, two popes, us
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2010s in Review: The Best Television Performances, Part 2
This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Read Part 1 here. DUOS The Americans – Matthew Rhys & Keri Russell Two people devoted to each other but with loyalties to different countries, it ripped them apart but kept them … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Television
Tagged americans, big little lies, community, friday night lights, good place, happy endings, hbo, key and peele, killing eve, terriers, veep
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2010s in Review: The Best Television Episodes of the Decade
This list may contain spoilers. You’ve been warned. Breaking Bad – “Ozymandias” (Season 5, Episode 14) Director: Rian Johnson One of the most brutal, devastating hours of television ever, with one gut-punch after another. Every actor on the show is … Continue reading
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Tagged breaking bad, community, crown, curb your enthusiasm, friday night lights, good place, hbo, master of none, netflix, newsroom, office, twin peaks, veep
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