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my picks for tonight’s 94th Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2021-ish’s films) (winners indicated)

Mon, Mar 28, 2022
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I correctly guessed 11 out of the 23 categories, which is exactly as well as I did last year.

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weekend watchlist: where to stream (almost) every Oscar nominee

Sun, Mar 20, 2022
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In the run-up to the ceremony on Sunday, March 27th, you can watch almost every film that’s been nominated from the comfort of your sofa. Very handy if you’re participating in an Oscar pool.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Mar 08

Fri, Mar 08, 2019
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Anna Boden codirects and cowrites Captain Marvel, starring Brie Larson; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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Everybody Knows (Todos lo saben) movie review: weak wedding whodunnit

Mon, Mar 04, 2019
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Asghar Farhadi attempts to meld melodramatic mystery with his usual humanistic drama, but leaves little space for either impulse to be satisfied. Disappointing and strangely anticlimactic.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 08

Fri, Feb 08, 2019
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Tina Gordon and Jas Waters cowrite fantasy comedy What Men Want, starring Taraji P. Henson; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Wed Oct 03

Fri, Oct 05, 2018
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Marta Prus directs a documentary about Olympic gymnast Margarita Mamun; Theresa Rebeck directs feuding-siblings dramedy Trouble; more…

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Murder on the Orient Express movie review: strangers on a train

Mon, Nov 06, 2017
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Doubly dated, lacking in humor and subtext, its impressive cast deliberately underutilized, this is little more than an exercise in gorgeous production design.

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Zoolander 2 movie review: fashionably foolish

Fri, Feb 12, 2016
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A tad dated and scattershot, but the messy package is inventively absurd… and unlike many Hollywood comedies, able to carry that absurdity to a silly end.

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The Counsellor review

Fri, Nov 15, 2013
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Almost, but not quite, hilariously demented — if accidentally so — drama about sex and death, and why not to get involved with drug cartels.

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blame Twitter for Wil Wheaton’s nonblogging; ‘Shit My Dad Says’ shitcanned; Catherine Tate may take over ‘The Office’; more: leftover links

Sun, May 22, 2011
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Plus: Cannes shocked by We Need to Talk About Kevin and Lars von Trier; family values robot from the future Arnold Schwarzenegger turns out to be a hypocrite…

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