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30 Before 30: The Recap
Last year, I had just turned 29, and I was realizing how much my film education was sorely lacking. Sure, I’ve probably seen far more films than many of my friends will ever see, even if I stopped seeing movies … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th, 400 blows, all about my mother, beau travail, blow-up, breathless, daughters of the dust, days of heaven, dead man, eight and a half, eve's bayou, fly, hard boiled, king of comedy, man with a movie camera, meek's cutoff, modern times, monsoon wedding, my neighbor totoro, near dark, new leaf, paths of glory, piano, red shoes, seventh seal, steamboat bill jr, uncle boonmee, virgin suicides, wings of desire, woman under the influence
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Things I Wrote: February and March 2018
So I failed to keep up with this two months in a row, so here’s a refresher on my published works for February and March. REVIEWS Entanglement – Fresh Fiction The Party – Fresh Fiction Gringo – College Movie Review A Wrinkle in … Continue reading
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Tagged entanglement, gringo, isle of dogs, love simon, pacific rim uprising, party, ready player one, wrinkle in time
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What I Watched This Week: 18 Mar 2018
NEW SHOWS Saturday Night Live – “Bill Hader/Arcade Fire” (B+) A couple sketches whiffed on the promise of their premise, but Hader is so good in all of them. Like much of the cast, I was in stitches pretty much … Continue reading
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Tagged ap bio, atlanta, brooklyn nine-nine, saturday night live, simpsons, snl
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What I Watched This Week: 11 Mar 2018
NEW SHOWS Saturday Night Live – “Sterling K. Brown/James Bay” (B+) Just two years ago, he was killing it among other well-established actors in The People v. O.J. Simpson. Now, the man has two Emmys and is giving it his all … Continue reading
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Tagged ap bio, atlanta, saturday night live, snl, this is us
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What I Watched This Week: 4 Mar 2018
NEW SHOWS Crashing – “Roast Battle” (A-) / season finale I knew exactly where it was going from the jump, yet it was still devastating when it got there. I hope Jamie Lee returns in Season 3, because she was … Continue reading
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Tagged ap bio, atlanta, crashing, hbo, this is us
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What I Watched This Week: 25 Feb 2018
NEW SHOWS Crashing – “NACA” (A) In just 30 minutes, it pulls off the extreme difficulty of making really bad jokes be really funny, as well as staging just an incredible fight between Pete and Ali about not just their … Continue reading
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Tagged ap bio, atlanta, crashing, hbo, this is us, waco
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Oscar Re-Do: 1997
Now that I’m far enough away from the years when I was growing up (*gulp*), I figured this would be a good year to stretch back from the years before 2000, when I started my annual re-do column. 1997 was the … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Reviews
Tagged apostle, as good as it gets, jackie brown, la confidential, titanic
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