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12 Years a Slave

Get Out movie review: yes all white people

Thu, Mar 16, 2017
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Shattering and deep-down bone-chilling. A viciously unsettling nightmare of race and privilege that carves out a much-needed paradigm shift for genre film.

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female gazing at: Scoot McNairy

Wed, Aug 27, 2014
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I’m almost loathe to share Scoot McNairy, cuz he’s been my secret boyfriend since Monsters and I kinda don’t want all your lascivious eyes all over him.

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Lee Daniels’ The Butler (aka The Butler) review: civil-rights servant

Mon, Mar 10, 2014
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A deeply moving melodrama about a subtly subversive black butler at the heart of the White House. You will need Kleenex.

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OFCS names The Godfather the best Oscar Best Picture ever

Fri, Mar 07, 2014
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The members of the Online Film Critics Society — of which I am one — have jointly ranked the 86 movies that have won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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my guesses for Sunday night’s 86th Academy Awards

Mon, Mar 03, 2014
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Winners are indicated. I got 16/24. Pretty good, if I may say so myself.

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Oscar Best Picture nominee marathon at AMC multiplexes around the U.S. starts today

Sat, Feb 22, 2014
1 comment

Here’s a great way to catch up on the film you missed…

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Inside Llewyn Davis review: trying of the human spirit

Fri, Jan 24, 2014
17 comments

Hilarious in the Coens’ weird, askew way, but also absolutely crushing. This movie breaks my heart in a hundred different ways.

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evening clickbait: Gravity is a British film; Inspector Lestrade and Mrs. Hudson share clothes; how the Twilight Zone reflects 2010s paranoia

Wed, Jan 08, 2014
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Stuff I found on the Net today.

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the Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2013 EDA Award winners

Fri, Dec 20, 2013
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12 Years a Slave and Gravity win big…

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the Online Film Critics Society 2013 film awards winners

Tue, Dec 17, 2013
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12 Years a Slave is our big winner…

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