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The Weekender: Here Comes the Flood
Movie of the Week Noah Darren Aronofsky is not interested in making a perfectly accurate telling of the Biblical story. Sorry, boycotters. He’s after the untold emotional aspects of being a man who’s hearing directly from God, taking on a … Continue reading
The Weekender: Hosts with the ‘Most’
Movie of the Week Muppets Most Wanted* This self-aware sequel knows its not as good as The Muppets. It doesn’t know it’s about 20 minutes too long. Still, it’s an enjoyable mash-up of a heist and a prison break movie. … Continue reading
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Tagged bad words, big men, birder's guide to everything, divergent, enemy, god's not dead, lunchbox, muppets most wanted, stranger by the lake
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The Weekender: ‘Grand’ Ole Party
Movie of the Week The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson’s latest confectionary masterpiece finds Ralph Fiennes stepping out of character, playing a lascivious concierge of the ritual lodging. Yes, there’s also some business involving a painting and a few daring … Continue reading
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Tagged grand budapest hotel, need for speed, single moms club, veronica mars
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The Weekender: ‘Sherman’ March
Movie of the Week Mr. Peabody & Sherman* Starring the voices of Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Ariel Winter Screenplay by Craig Wright Directed by Rob Minkoff It’s certainly not in the upper echelon of animated films, but it’s refreshing to … Continue reading
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Tagged 300, after tiller, elaine stritch, mr peabody and sherman, rise of an empire, shoot me, visitors
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Oscar Guide 2014
And that’ll do it. While many races are close, I feel very confident in these picks, more than I ever have before. I would, however, love to be wrong on some of these predictions. BEST PICTURE 12 Years a Slave … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews
Tagged 12 years a slave, 20 feet from stardom, act of killing, all is lost, american hustle, august, august: osage county, bad grandpa, before midnight, blue jasmine, book thief, broken circle breakdown, captain phillips, croods, cutie and the boxer, dallas buyers club, desolation of smaug, despicable me 2, dirty wars, ernest and celestine, frozen, grandmaster, gravity, great beauty, great gatsby, her, hobbit, hunt, inside llewyn davis, invisible woman, iron man 3, jackass, lone ranger, lone survivor, long walk to freedom, mandela, missing picture, nebraska, omar, philomena, prisoners, saving mr banks, square, star trek into darkness, wind rises, wolf of wall street
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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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Oscar Re-Do: 2003
As I have the last three years, I’ll look at the Oscars from a decade ago and see if the Academy really got it right (spoiler alert: usually not). Winners are in bold. BEST PICTURE The Lord of the Rings: … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Film, Oscars
Tagged american splendor, bill murray, charlize theron, cold mountain, djimon hounsou, finding nemo, in america, lost in translation, master and commander, monster, peter weir, renee zellweger
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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 Worst Films + Special Awards
As many wonderful films as I saw in 2013, there were plenty of terrible films, too. In something of a shock, more of these atrocities came from independent distributors. Just goes to show that greatness and dreck can come from … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 years a slave, after earth, canyons, crave, detour, don't stop believin, hannah has a ho-phase, highland park, host, journey, movie 43, only god forgives, post tenebras lux, roger ebert, runner runner, this is the 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
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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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