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The Two Faces of January trailer: so I can finish falling in love with Oscar Isaac

Wed, Mar 12, 2014
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Ooo. Sleek 60s style, intrigue in foreign lands, maybe some illicit romance? I’m in.

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British Film Bloggers Circle announces 2012 awards

Wed, Feb 29, 2012
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The British Film Bloggers Circle — a new organization of which I am a member — has announced the winners our first annual awards…

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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: What is the most egregious snub among the Oscar nominations for 2011’s films?

Wed, Jan 25, 2012
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Michael Fassbender? Tilda Swinton? Michael Shannon? Elizabeth Olsen? But Jonah Hill gets a nom… *sigh*

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question of the day: How do you find the right balance between knowing too much about a movie before you see it, and too little?

Thu, Jan 19, 2012
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Because apparently some folks are asking for refunds when they discover — once they’re in the cinema! — that The Artist is silent…

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OFCS announces nominees for 15th annual awards

Thu, Dec 29, 2011
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The Tree of Life and Drive lead the slate with, respectively, seven and six nominations apiece…

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question of the day: What makes a movie star a movie star, and has this changed over the Hollywood century?

Wed, Nov 30, 2011
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Dave Beauchene at PopTometry suggests that movie stars should only be movie stars if there can be unanimous agreement on their objectively superior talent. What’s more, this was once true, and has been lost. I couldn’t disagree more.

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Metropolis Film Critics Circle moves year-end awards announcement to April; 2011 winners will was on-nameding via quantum tunneling

Mon, Oct 24, 2011
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In a shock move that is rocking the Hollywood awards season, the Metropolis Film Critics Circle today revealed that it will haved on-announced its 2011 Best-Ofs on April 1, 2011.

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Paranormal Activity 3 (review)

Fri, Oct 21, 2011
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When the only mildly creepy thing a horror film trailer has to offer doesn’t appear in the actual film, that’s bad.

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things you need to know: if you don’t like a movie, you can just sue the people who made you go see it

Sun, Oct 09, 2011
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It’s true! Amazingly, no one realized this until Sarah Deming of Michigan — who is suing the distributors of Drive — let us know this was the deal.

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