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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
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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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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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Reactionary Tale: Oscar Nominations 2014
I did better than I thought I would have in terms of predictions. There will always be surprises, but there were more bad than good. Read on for my reactions. Biggest Snubs (in order from most to least egregious) 1. … Continue reading
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Tagged blackfish, blue umbrella, butler, captain phillips, catching fire, dirty wars, frances ha, great gatsby, her, hunger games, long walk to freedom, mandela, monsters university, pacific rim, prisoners, rush, spectacular now
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The Weekender: ‘Thanks’ but no thanks
IN THEATERS: Prisoners (R) Starring Hugh Jackman, Terrence Howard, Jake Gyllenhaal Written by Aaron Guzikowski Directed by Denis Villeneuve This is the first movie of the fall that even looks worth a damn. If it’s on the right side of … Continue reading