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Inception

an imaginary conversation about the movie ‘Unknown’

Thu, Feb 17, 2011
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Liam Neeson is in an accident, and all of a sudden his wife January Jones doesn’t know him. I bet she totally wishes she could do that to Don Draper…

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Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2010 EDA Award winners

Mon, Jan 10, 2011
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Lots of love for The Social Network, Black Swan, and The Kids Are All Right…

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question of the day: O Hollywood, where art thou?

Mon, Jan 03, 2011
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Does Hollywood truly intend to be more creative, more original… or is this just a clever new marketing tactic?

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question of the day: What was the most unforgettable movie moment 2010?

Wed, Dec 29, 2010
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Easy question… until you start to think about it…

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Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2010 EDA Awards nominees

Tue, Dec 28, 2010
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The AWFJ is one of the critics’ groups I belong to; my input helped determine these nominees, and I will vote in the final balloting to narrow it down to the winners. I still have to watch a few of these nominees…

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Online Film Critics Society 2010 Award nominees

Tue, Dec 28, 2010
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The OFCS is one of the critics’ groups I belong to; my input helped determine these nominees, and I will vote in the final balloting to narrow it down to the winners. I still have to watch a few of these nominees…

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how ‘Caprica’ should end; why Roger Ebert hates lists; what the frak is Roland Emmerich up to?; more: leftover links

Sat, Oct 30, 2010
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And: John Landis disses Inception; Foursquare in space; Benedict Cumberbatch is a monster; more…

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question of the day: Is ‘South Park’s plagiarism apology plausible?

Tue, Oct 26, 2010
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Could this really have been be an honest mistake? It’s hard to see how Stone and Parker ever imagined they’d get away with no one noticing, but it’s also hard not to see their actions here as sheer laziness and stupidity. But apparently they’re fine with us thinking they’re stupid…

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question of the day: Who is the greatest British filmmaker working today?

Tue, Sep 28, 2010
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It’s the obvious followup to Friday’s QOTD — about great American filmmakers — and corollary to the Guardian’s new list of most powerful people in British film…

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trailer break: ‘The Hole in 3D’

Tue, Sep 21, 2010
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From Joe Dante, the director of Gremlins… and it looks like it’s leftover from the 1980s, too.

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