Sunday, February 1, 2015

Virunga - 2015 Oscar Nominee for Best Documentary

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Heartbreaking, world-impacting, hopeful. It's what is happening now, as you read these words. Which way will it go? I spent three day...

Birdman - 2015 Oscar Nominee for Best 1) Picture, 2) Actor, 3) Supporting Actor, 4) Supporting Actress, 5) Director, 6) Original Screenplay, 7) Cinematography, 8) Sound Mixing, 9) Sound Editing

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Deeply textured and fiercely layered magical realism. They should definitely tip the drummer. Opening with a tighty whitey-clad Michael K...
Saturday, January 31, 2015

American Sniper - 2015 Oscar Nominee for Best 1) Picture, 2) Actor, 3) Adapted Screenplay, 4) Sound Mixing, 5) Sound Editing, 6) Film Editing

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Would those of you who are using American Sniper as a launching pad for your self-serving political views please put away your big egos a...
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Saturday, February 23, 2013

The Master - 2013 Oscar Nominee for Best 1) Actor, 2) Supporting Actor, and 3) Supporting Actress

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" The Master  made me feel the greatest relief I've ever experienced at the end of a movie to read  that all characters were fi...

Chasing Ice - 2013 Oscar Nominee for Best Original Song

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Time-lapse devastation, beautifully captured National Geographic photographer James Balog was a skeptic about global warming—until he ...

A Royal Affair - 2013 Oscar Nominee for Best Foreign Film (Denmark)

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Danish Game of Thrones  slowed to a sodden pace A late 17th-century historical drama with beautiful costumes, hot adultery, and a mad ...
Friday, February 22, 2013

The Gatekeepers - 2013 Oscar Nominee for Best Documentary Feature

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"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter ." -Yuval Diskin, former head of Shin Bet The premise of The Ga...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

No - 2013 Oscar Nominee for Best Foreign Film (Chile)

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Just say... I expected to like this movie, maybe even to be be wildly enthusiastic about it. Instead I watched what could have been an ex...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Hitchcock - 2013 Oscar Nominee for Best Make-up & Hairstyling

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"But they can't stop looking. Can they?"  -Alfred Hitchcock On both the large and small screens, Alfred Hitchcock's l...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Moonrise Kingdom - 2013 Oscar Nominee for Best Original Screenplay

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"Remember, this isn't just a search party. It's a chance to do some first-class scouting."  -Scoutmaster Ward Directo...

Kon-Tiki - 2013 Oscar Nominee for Best Foreign Film (Norway)

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Life of Pi with no tiger and something to prove The 2013 Oscar-nominated film, Kon-Tiki (Norway), will not be released to U.S. theat...

War Witch - 2013 Oscar Nominee for Best Foreign Film (Canada)

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For the second consecutive year, Canada's Oscar-nominated foreign language film will not be released in US theaters before the Academy...