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Descendants

The Artist will have a good night (and other Oscar predictions)

Sat, Feb 25, 2012
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Here’s an at-a-glance look at my picks for tomorrow night’s Academy Awards…

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question of the day: Are the Oscars an ever clearer indication that Hollywood *knows* it makes crap?

Wed, Feb 22, 2012
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Because the divide between the movies Hollywood makes for popular consumption are increasingly not the ones Hollywood honors as quality work…

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question of the day: How many things can you find wrong with the cover of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue?

Fri, Feb 03, 2012
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Too white, too thin, too interchangeable: the traditional cover featuring young talent on the rise always comes under massive scrutiny, and the ritual is now in full swing…

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AWFJ announces 2011 awards

Wed, Jan 11, 2012
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So happy that The Artist is Best Film for us…

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The Descendants (review)

Wed, Nov 23, 2011
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One of the very best movies of 2011. It is the movie of the year, in many ways beyond its simple superlative overall excellence.

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The Descendants (trailer)

Fri, Oct 21, 2011
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Saw this yesterday at the London Film Festival, and it is inexpressibly wonderful…

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