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The List: Top 10 Summer Blockbusters
With no new summer movies on the horizon until at least July (if then), I decided to take a look back on my favorite blockbusters. Certainly, there are better movies to choose in some cases (including superior sequels), but I … Continue reading
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Tagged avengers, dark knight, harry potter, inglourious basterds, inside out, mad max, mission impossible, prometheus, snowpiercer, spider-man, spiderman
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2010s in Review: The Best Movie Moments
Of the hundreds of movies I watched this decade, these moments were the ones that I remember the most. 22 Jump Street – Slam poetry Annihilation – Bear attack Baby Driver – Opening chase The Big Sick – The 9/11 … Continue reading
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Tagged 22 jump street, amazon, annihilation, baby driver, big sick, blindspotting, call me by your name, captain america, captain phillips, climax, crazy stupid love, deadpool 2, deepwater horizon, drive, flight, get out, gone girl, grand budapest hotel, hail caesar, harry potter, hateful eight, incredibles 2, inside llewyn davis, inside out, intouchables, iron man 3, la la land, manchester by the sea, martian, master, mission impossible, molly's game, netflix, nice guys, phoenix, pitch perfect, prime, roma, sicario, skeleton twins, social network, star is born, star wars, Suspiria, toy story 3, what we do in the shadows, wind river, wolf of wall street, wonder woman, x-men
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2010s in Review: The Best Movies, Part 2
This is Part 2 of a three-part series. Read Part 1 here. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015, George Miller) Still jaw-dropping years later, this is gold standard for action movies. And if you want to read more into it, there’s … Continue reading
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Tagged hulu, into the spider-verse, mad max, marriage story, martian, master, minding the gap, mission impossible, moonlight, most violent year, mother, netflix, parasite, phoenix, portrait of a lady on fire, roma, scott pilgrim, selma, separation, silence, silver linings playbook, sing street, social network, spider-man, tower, toy story 3, tree of life, wind river, zero dark thirty
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My Dream Oscar Ballot 2019
This Oscar season has been crazy, and as I’ve covered before, there were a lot of egregious snubs this year. So here is how my nominations ballot would have looked. For the purposes of this, I’ve limited myself to the … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars
Tagged annihilation, at eternity's gate, avengers, ballad of buster scruggs, birds of passage, black panther, blindspotting, burning, can you ever forgive me, cold war, death of Stalin, eighth grade, favourite, first man, first reformed, free solo, game night, green book, hale county, hereditary, hulu, if beale street could talk, incredibles 2, infinity war, into the spider-verse, isle of dogs, leave no trace, mary queen of scots, minding the gap, mirai, mission impossible, netflix, prime, private war, quiet place, ralph breaks the internet, ready player one, roma, shoplifters, simple favor, solo, sorry to bother you, spider-man, star is born, star wars, Suspiria, three identical strangers, vice, widows, won't you be my neighbor, you were never really here
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Reactions to the 2019 Oscar Nominations
Biggest Snubs (in order from most to least egregious) 1. First Reformed – Actor The one to get angry about. Hawke, who’s been nominated as Supporting Actor twice, is giving the best performance of his career here. The film barely … Continue reading
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Tagged annihilation, blindspotting, burning, death of Stalin, eighth grade, first man, first reformed, free solo, game night, hereditary, if beale street could talk, leave no trace, mission impossible, private war, sorry to bother you, support the girls, Suspiria, three identical strangers, widows, won't you be my neighbor
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Final Oscar Picks 2019
BEST PICTURE Black Klansman Black Panther Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite Green Book Roma A Star Is Born Vice Dark Horse: Crazy Rich Asians Long Shot: First Man Total Shock: If Beale Street Could Talk The skinny: This season has been … Continue reading
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Tagged avengers, ballad of buster scruggs, beautiful boy, black klansman, black panther, bohemian rhapsody, can you ever forgive me, capernaum, cold war, dumplin, eighth grade, fantastic beasts, favourite, first man, first reformed, free solo, green book, if beale street could talk, incredibles 2, infinity war, into the spider-verse, isle of dogs, mary poppins returns, mary queen of scots, minding the gap, mirai, mission impossible, never look away, nutcracker, quiet place, ralph breaks the internet, rbg, ready player one, roma, shoplifters, spiderman, stan and ollie, star is born, three identical strangers, vice, wife, won't you be my neighbor
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2018 in Review: The Best and Worst Movies
Another incredible year for film, even if there’s a lot more “very good” and less “great” than years past. If there was an overarching theme in 2018’s movies, it was the struggle to hold onto one’s identity. Your surroundings might … Continue reading
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Tagged annihilation, ballad of buster scruggs, black klansman, black panther, blindspotting, burning, can you ever, deadpool 2, death of Stalin, eighth grade, favourite, first man, first reformed, game night, hate u give, hereditary, hulu, if beale street could talk, incredibles 2, into the spider-verse, isle of dogs, leave no trace, Mandy, minding the gap, mission impossible, netflix, old man and the gun, private war, roma, sorry to bother you, spider-man, star is born, support the girls, Suspiria, three identical strangers, tully, widows, won't you be my neighbor, you were never really here
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