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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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Streaming Picks: April 2019
Sorry for the delay. March was a crazy month that involved a lot of travel. The Criterion Channel launches on my birthday (April 8) and I’m hoping that’s one of my gifts. Might eventually add that to the list of … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews, Television
Tagged addams family, addams family values, amazon, anthony jeselnik, arcadia, attack on titan, baki, beast of the water, black summer, bob hope, bonding, bonnie and clyde, book club, border, bosch, brene brown, bug diaries, buried alive, burning, carol burnett, chambers, chilling adventures of sabrina, chio's school road, cuckoo, diablo guardian, don't go, fairy tail, fortunate man, grass is greener, hateful eight, how not to summon a demon lord, huge in france, hulu, humans, i am the night, i daniel blake, i think you should leave, ingress, into the dark, kevin hart, land imagined, last ship, legacies, luis miguel, mid90s, mighty little bheem, murder she wrote, music teacher, my first first love, netflix, new girl, one punch man, our planet, overboard, perfect date, persona, pinky malinky, pledge, prime, protector, quake, quiet place, ramy, red skelton, remastered, rick steves, rilakkuma and kaoru, roman empire, samantha, selection day, señora acero, she-ra, silence, sisters brothers, someone great, special, spirit, stargate universe, street food, super monsters, suzzanna, tick, tijuana, tim robinson, trolls, tyrel, ultraman, unicorn store, vikings, we are columbine, who would you take to a deserted island, yankee, you vs wild
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My Dream Oscar Ballot 2017
Of the nine Best Picture nominees this year, the only one I didn’t get around to was Fences, which I’m sure I’ll catch once it hits home video. This year, I’m including my picks for Documentary Feature, but I’ll abstain … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars
Tagged 10 cloverfield lane, 13 hours, 20th century women, allied, arrival, captain america, certain women, christine, de palma, deadpool, deepwater horizon, doctor strange, edge of seventeen, everybody wants some, hacksaw ridge, hail caesar, hell or high water, high-rise, i am not your negro, jackie, la la land, lion, lobster, manchester by the sea, moonlight, nice guys, oj simpson, paterson, popstar, rogue one, sausage party, silence, sing street, sully, swiss army man, tower, weiner
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Reactionary Tale: Oscar Nominations 2017
Biggest Snubs (in order from most to least egregious) 1. Arrival – Actress Arrival really could not have done better among this year’s nominees. It had the highest gross of any Best Picture nominee, and its director Denis Villeneuve got … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Reviews
Tagged 10 cloverfield lane, 20th century women, arrival, certain women, christine, hail caesar, jackie, kubo and the two strings, popstar, silence, sing street, suicide squad, tower, weiner
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Final Oscar Picks 2017
Just like 2016 was a year of unease, I am not very uneasy about these picks. Several of these picks haven’t picked up the precursor nods that would typically foretell a sure-fire Oscar nomination. This is likely to be a … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews
Tagged 20th century women, arrival, cameraperson, captain america, captain fantastic, civil war, deepwater horizon, doctor strange, dressmaker, elle, fences, finding dory, fire at sea, florence foster jenkins, hacksaw ridge, hell or high water, hidden figures, i am not your negro, jackie, jungle book, kubo and the two strings, la la land, land of mine, lion, lobster, man called ove, manchester by the sea, moana, moonlight, my life as a zucchini, nocturnal animals, oj simpson, paradise, rogue one, salesman, silence, sing street, star trek, star trek beyond, star wars, toni erdmann, weiner, zootopia
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2016 in Review: The Best + Worst Films
Thanks to my membership in GALECA, I got to see a lot more movies than I ever have before in my years as a critic. There were lots of hidden gems (Blue Jay) and pleasant surprises (Swiss Army Man), but … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century women, arrival, blue jay, captain america, christine, civil war, de palma, deadpool, deepwater horizon, doctor strange, don't think twice, edge of seventeen, everybody wants some, free state of jones, green room, hail caesar, hell or high water, high-rise, hunt for the wilderpeople, i am not your negro, jackie, la la land, lobster, manchester by the sea, meddler, moonlight, nice guys, paterson, popstar, rogue one, silence, sing street, swiss army man, tower, weiner, witch
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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
Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews
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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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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Too Early for This: Oscar Picks — 15 August 2016
BEST PICTURE Allied Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk The Birth of a Nation Fences La La Land LBJ Loving Manchester by the Sea Patriots Day Silence The skinny: A total shot in the dark, since exactly zero of these movies … Continue reading
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Tagged allied, billy lynn's long halftime walk, birth of a nation, bleed for this, christine, collateral beauty, fences, finding dory, girl on the train, indignation, jason bourne, jungle book, kubo and the two strings, la la land, lbj, light between oceans, little prince, lobster, loving, manchester by the sea, moana, patriots day, rogue one, rules don't apply, silence, star trek, star trek beyond, star wars, zootopia
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