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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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Netflix Picks: November 2016
BEST BET – FILM Boyhood (2014) – 11/25 Richard Linklater’s magnum opus finally got the Criterion treatment earlier this year. But if you need to save some money, you can revisit his coming-of-age epic here. BEST BET – TV The … Continue reading
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Tagged 100, 3%, all hail king julien, beat bugs, boyhood, case, colin quinn, crown, dana carvey, danger mouse, dieter nuhr, divines, estocolmo, gilmore girls, ivory game, k-pop, lovesick, mercy, michael che, paranoid, penguins, reign of blood, roman empire, scrotal recall, tales by light, true memoirs of an international assassin, world of winx
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Too Early for This: Oscar Picks — 15 October 2016
BEST PICTURE Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk The Birth of a Nation Fences La La Land Live by Night Loving Manchester by the Sea Moonlight Silence Sully Falling off: Allied, Arrival, LBJ, Patriots Day Rising star: Jackie The skinny: With … Continue reading
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Tagged arrival, billy lynn's long halftime walk, birth of a nation, fences, finding dory, jackie, kubo and the two strings, la la land, little prince, live by night, lobster, loving, manchester by the sea, moana, moonlight, other people, patriots day, queen of katwe, rules don't apply, silence, sully, zootopia
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Netflix Picks: October 2016
BEST BET – FILM Mascots (2016) – 10/13 A new film from Christopher Guest is cause for celebration. Director of the most consistently, uproariously funny films in modern history, his mockumentaries are always side-splitting and endlessly rewatchable. BEST BET – … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th, 7 anos, american horror story, arrow, asperger's, black mirror, chewing gum, containment, dark matter, doctor foster, fall, flash, glitch, grinder, haters back off, i am the pretty thing that lives in the house, into the inferno, izombie, joe rogan, justin timberlake, kuromukuro, legends of tomorrow, mascots, midnight diner, mr peabody and sherman, netflix, oriented, originals, project mc2, ranch, russell peters, siege of jadotville, sky ladder, skylanders academy, supernatural, trailer park boys, vampire diaries, word party
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2016 Emmy Predictions: Limited Series and Specials
LIMITED SERIES American Crime (ABC) Fargo (FX) The Night Manager (AMC) The People v. O.J. Simpson (FX) Roots (History) Should and will win: The People v. O.J. Simpson Could win: Fargo Should have been nominated: Show Me a Hero (HBO) … Continue reading
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Tagged all the way, american crime, american horror story, confirmation, fargo, hbo, lady day, luther, netflix, night manager, oj simpson, roots, sherlock, very murray christmas
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2016 Emmy Predictions: Drama
DRAMA SERIES The Americans (FX) Better Call Saul (AMC) Downton Abbey (PBS) Game of Thrones (HBO) Homeland (Showtime) House of Cards (Netflix) Mr. Robot (USA) Should win: The Americans Could win: Mr. Robot Will win: Game of Thrones Should have … Continue reading
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Tagged affair, americans, better call saul, bloodline, downton abbey, empire, game of thrones, good wife, hbo, homeland, house of cards, how to get away with murder, knick, mr. robot, netflix, orphan black, ray donovan, showtime, unreal
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2016 Emmy Predictions: Comedy
COMEDY SERIES Black-ish (ABC) Master of None (Netflix) Modern Family (ABC) Silicon Valley (HBO) Transparent (Amazon) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Veep (HBO) Should and will win: Veep Could win: Black-ish Should have been nominated: Brooklyn Nine-Nine COMEDY ACTOR Anthony Anderson, … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, baskets, blackish, catastrophe, getting on, grace and frankie, hbo, inside amy schumer, key and peele, last man on earth, master of none, modern family, mom, netflix, saturday night live, shameless, silicon valley, transparent, unbreakable kimmy schmidt, veep
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Netflix Picks: September 2016
BEST BET – FILM High-Rise – 9/1 One of my favorite films of 2016 thus far isn’t for everyone. In fact, it’s not for most people. You have to be on its sadistic, pitch-black comic wavelength. I was, and found myself … Continue reading
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Tagged amanda knox, audrie and daisy, baby daddy, blacklist, call the midwife, cedric the entertainer, chef's table, crashing, extremis, family guy, fosters, galavant, game winning hit, goldie and bear, gotham, hawaii five-o, heartland, hellevator, high-rise, i am the ambassador, it crowd, kazoops, kulipari, last man standing, longmire, luke cage, luther, narcos, new girl, penny dreadful, portlandia, scream, shameless, supergirl, veggie tales, walking dead, white helmets, womanizer, year of love and happiness, young and hungry
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