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Al Pacino

my picks for tonight’s 92nd Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2019’s films) (winners indicated)

Mon, Feb 10, 2020
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I correctly guessed 10 out of the 24 categories, which is at least a little better than last year.

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AWFJ 2019 EDA Awards winners announced

Mon, Jan 13, 2020
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And we have winners!

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OFCS 2019 awards winners announced

Wed, Jan 08, 2020
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And we have winners!

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AWFJ 2015 EDA Awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 12, 2016
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Spotlight takes four awards, including Best Film…

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Ricki and the Flash movie review: rocking (down and) out

Wed, Sep 09, 2015
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There’s some good stuff here, like the prickly relationships between women at odds with one another, but too much feels too contrived to fully satisfy.

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Danny Collins movie review: the tragedy of the filthy rich rock star

Mon, Aug 03, 2015
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Listen as the world’s tiniest violin plays on the soundtrack of this utterly obvious and clichéd three-quarter-life crisis dramedy.

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Manglehorn movie review: old man bitter

Thu, Jun 18, 2015
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Al Pacino fully arrives at old-coot-dom, ushered in by David Gordon Green in an apparent self-parody of his usual elegiacal visual style.

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Her movie review: manic pixel dream girl

Mon, Jan 06, 2014
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It’s the rise of the machines as romantic dramedy, and the Singularity as romantic tragedy. It’s the nicest, gentlest sci-fi horror film ever.

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Stand Up Guys review: best exotic mobster parole day

Fri, Jun 28, 2013
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Even when Walken, Pacino, and Arkin are phoning it in — on a rotary phone — they still earn their status as icons.

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question of the day: What’s the most inexplicable appearance by a big star in a crappy movie?

Wed, Jan 30, 2013
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Inspired by Movie 43, which distinguishes itself in this regard merely by the sheer number of incomprehensible movie-star appearances in a single film…

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