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Oscars

Weinstein Co moves Populaire’s North American release to September

Thu, Jun 06, 2013
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I’m guessing that Weinstein Co. suddenly realizes they have a potential Oscar contender on their hands…

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the Telegraph slut-shames Kate Winslet

Thu, Jun 06, 2013
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Were you were suffering under the delusion that a respected actress was safe from having her morality decried because she has slept with more than one man?

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Ender’s Game trailer: children’s crusade

Wed, May 22, 2013
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They’ve really front-loaded the film with actors the Academy loves. Are they thinking this is a contender?

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The Gatekeepers documentary review: secret police speak out

Thu, Apr 11, 2013
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The Oscar-nominated documentary in which the six living former heads of Israel’s ultrasecretive domestic security agency talk about their antiterrorism work…

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Kon-Tiki (trailer)

Fri, Mar 22, 2013
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English-language audiences won’t see quite the same film that was nominated for that Foreign Language Oscar…

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QOTD: What is your most memorable movie poster ever?

Tue, Mar 05, 2013
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Mine is the one for Schindler’s List, because what it actually depicts is the complete opposite of how my initial perception read it…

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a feminist film critic defends the Onion’s Quvenzhané Wallis tweet

Mon, Feb 25, 2013
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Yeah, I’m going there.

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QOTD: What did you love and hate about the Oscars?

Mon, Feb 25, 2013
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Seth MacFarlane sang about boobs, but Argo won Best Picture — yay! Meanwhile Joaquin Phoenix is not amused…

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Oscar Oscar Oscar (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun, Feb 24, 2013
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Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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have a geekgasm over Sherlock as an animated series (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Feb 22, 2013
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Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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