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| The Rules of the Game is one of my new favorites. |
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Monday, December 30, 2013
Blind Spot: Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
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| Gong Li's performance is only one reason to love this film. |
Friday, December 27, 2013
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Monday, December 23, 2013
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Friday, December 20, 2013
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Narrowing Down the Makeup and Music Oscar Categories
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| Is American Hustle bound for a Makeup and Hairstyling nod? |
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Five Films in Five Words #12
Here are some more 2013 releases. I especially love the last three, which I give 4 stars.
Monday, December 9, 2013
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Monday, December 2, 2013
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Friday, November 29, 2013
Thursday, November 28, 2013
10 Underrated Performances from 2013 That I'm Thankful For
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| Selena Gomez gives my favorite underrated performance of 2013. |
Monday, November 25, 2013
Blind Spot: King of Devil's Island (2011)
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| Nilssen and Helstad are fantastic. |
Directed by Marius Holst
Produced by Karin Julsrud
Written by Mette M. Bølstad, Lars Saabe Christensen, Eric Schmid and Dennis Magnusson
Starring Stellan Skarsgård, Benjamin Helstad, Trond Nilssen
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Review: About Time (2013)
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| More lead roles for Domhnall Gleeson, please. |
Directed by Richard Curtis
Produced by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner
Written by Richard Curtis
Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lydia Wilson and Tom Hollander
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Monday, November 18, 2013
Review: Frances Ha (2013)
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| Gerwig (r) and Sumner (l) are wonderful together. |
Directed by Noah Baumbach
Produced by Noah Baumbach, Scott Rudin, Lila Yacoub, Rodrigo Teixeira
Written by Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig
Starring Greta Gerwig and Mickey Sumner
Friday, November 15, 2013
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Top 25 Underrated Movie Songs
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| Tom Waits makes the list twice. |
Most of these songs were eligible for the Best Original Song Oscar, but none of them were nominated. By the way, I tried to go with less popular picks.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Five Films in Five Words #11
Here are some 2013 releases, all of which I loved. Expect to see some of these on my year-end top 10 list.
Friday, November 8, 2013
Thursday, November 7, 2013
The Story Behind These Birthday Beauties (Guest Post by Spencer Blohm)
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| Vivien Leigh |
The first part of November marks two milestones for Old Hollywood icons. On November 5, Vivien Leigh would have turned 100 and on the 9th, Hedy Lamarr would have been 99. Both women were stars in their own right having excelled on screen and earned the praise of critics and fans alike. So in honor of these iconic women’s birthdays, let’s take a look back at their lives and careers.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Monday, November 4, 2013
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Friday, November 1, 2013
Thursday, October 31, 2013
20 Reasons Why Halloween is My Favorite Horror Film
Happy Halloween! Here's a special list (in no particular order) on John Carpenter's 1978 classic. (SPOILERS)
Monday, October 28, 2013
Blind Spot: Come and See (1985)
Directed by Elem Klimov
Produced by Elem Klimov
Written by Ales Adamovich and Elem Klimov
Starring Aleksey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova and Liubomiras Lauciavicius
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Friday, October 25, 2013
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Review: Carrie (2013)
Directed by Kimberly Peirce
Produced by Kevin Misher
Written by Lawrence D. Cohen & Roberto Aguirre-Sacasta (screenplay); Stephen King (novel)
Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Judy Greer, Portia Doubleday and Julianne Moore
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Top 100 List Updated
My list has changed a lot since I last updated it six months ago. I've removed twenty films and added some new ones, along with a few titles that've spent some time on my list in the past. Also, I have a new film at #1, but it shouldn't be a surprising choice.
Can The Wolf of Wall Street Benefit from The Monuments Men's Move to 2014?
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| "Another one bites the dust!" |
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
October Oscar Predictions
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| Gravity will be one of the finest winners or losers of the Best Picture Oscar. |
Friday, October 18, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
10 Acting Contenders We Might Be Overlooking for Oscar
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| How will actors respond to The Book Thief? |
Will any of the following fringe contenders be nominated? Probably not, but they could make some noise in the precursor awards.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Monday, October 14, 2013
Review: Captain Phillips (2013)
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| Hanks gives an Oscar-worthy performance. |
Directed by Paul Greengrass
Produced by Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Scott Rudin
Written by Billy Ray (screenplay); Richard Phillips/Stephan Talty (book)
Starring Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi and Catherine Keener