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Inside Llewyn Davis

La La Land movie review: city of stars, shining just for us

Fri, Jan 13, 2017
18 comments

A marvel. Funny and exuberant and bittersweet and cliché-busting and unexpected as hell. We are going to need more movies like this one.

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from Facebook: “Inside Poe Dameron”

Wed, Dec 09, 2015
1 comment

[This post is not behind the paywall.]

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female gazing at: Oscar Isaac (again)

Wed, May 21, 2014
3 comments

It’s been three and a half years since we first gazed at Oscar Isaac, and in that interim, his star has risen considerably.

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spoiler alert: what’s really going on in Inside Llewyn Davis

Thu, May 08, 2014
45 comments

We need to talk about Llewyn Davis. Cuz there’s a thing that no one else has been talking about when trying to interpret this film…

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my guesses for Sunday night’s 86th Academy Awards

Mon, Mar 03, 2014
4 comments

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

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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: critics thanked for loving Inside Llewyn Davis; Benedict Cumberbatch’s real parents cameo as Sherlock’s

Wed, Jan 08, 2014
3 comments

Stuff I found on the Net today.

| 3 Comments

evening clickbait: are time travelers on the Net?; the He-man Hollywood woman haters club; the burden of glorious purpose; the Inside Llewyn Davis tweet ad controversy

Mon, Jan 06, 2014
1 comment

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
3 comments

12 Years a Slave and Gravity win big…

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evening clickbait: do women prefer films by women?; why the only original song in Inside Llewyn Davis isn’t eligible for an Oscar; James Bond’s drinking problem

Wed, Dec 18, 2013
2 comments

Stuff I found on the Net today.

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