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Robert Downey Jr

my picks for tonight’s 96th Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2023’s films) (winners indicated)

Mon, Mar 11, 2024
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I correctly guessed 12 out of the 23 categories, which is a little worse than how I did last year but better than the year before. So about par for the course for me.

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OFCS 2023 awards nominees announced (updated with winners)

Tue, Jan 23, 2024
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Oppenheimer takes eight awards, Barbie four…

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AWFJ 2023 EDA Awards winners announced

Thu, Jan 04, 2024
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The Zone of Interest, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie are the big winners.

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daily stream: why does a movie about depressed writers feel festive? I try to explain…

Fri, Dec 22, 2023
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2000’s Wonder Boys is on Paramount+ in the US (and other services, too), and exclusively on BBC iPlayer in the UK.

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daily stream: in case you need more dramatic Robert Downey Jr., post ‘Oppenheimer’

Thu, Aug 31, 2023
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2014’s The Judge is available to rent or buy on Prime and Apple TV on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Oppenheimer movie review: a particle of concern, a wave of complicity

Thu, Aug 24, 2023
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With human paradoxes at its nucleus, this is a riveting portrait, both intimate and epic, of the self-involved men who think they make the world go round… and too often, tragically, do.

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Avengers: Endgame movie review: with a bang *and* a whimper

Wed, May 01, 2019
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A miraculous blend of grief and humor. Big, bold, brash, then sneakily meta. I am only starting to get my head around the emotional and creative right-hook of it. A fitting end (for now) to the MCU.

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Avengers: Infinity War movie review: it’s all been leading to this

Fri, Apr 27, 2018
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Ten years of Marvel superheroism culminates in a battle for the universe itself. Exhausting, bitterly humorous, and gripped in a stunning finality, it’s almost too much to take in, yet somehow not enough.

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Spider-Man: Homecoming movie review: boys and their alien toys

Fri, Jul 07, 2017
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Thoroughly charming. Spider-Man’s signature light comedy works surprisingly well even as this story is uniquely steeped in the darker Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Captain America: Civil War movie review: the consequences of superpowers

Fri, Apr 29, 2016
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Tough, unanswerable human questions frame spectacular, innovative action sequences that are like superhero ballets. This series just keeps getting better.

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