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Film Preview: Omar (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: February 21, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A young Palestinian freedom fighter agrees to work as an informant after he’s tricked into an admission of guilt by association in the wake of an Israeli soldier’s killing.” Poster: B- Review: Sometimes simplistic can be overdone, but here it makes a quick comment…
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5 Favorites #166: 5 Favorite Oscar-Nominated Fantasy Films
Every week, we’ll pose a new “five favorites” question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you’re welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. If you want to take a look…
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The DVD Report #345
New This Week With most of this year’s Oscar nominations coming from films released in October 2013 or later, home video releases of the major contenders have been non-existent until now. Finally we have Captain Phillips, nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture and Blue Jasmine, nominated for three, released to home video. In…
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Review: Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Dallas Buyers Club Rating Director Jean-Marc Vallée Screenplay Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack Length 117 min. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Denis O’Hare, Steve Zahn, Dallas Roberts, Kevin Rankin MPAA Rating R for pervasive language, some strong sexual content, nudity and drug use
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This Day in Oscar History: January 28 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “I, Frankenstein”
Return Links Poll Archives Now That You’ve Seen I, Frankenstein…? Cinema Sight Asks: Now that you’ve seen “I, Frankenstein,” which Aaron Eckhart performance is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Film Preview: Run & Jump (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: January 24, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “An American doctor travels to Ireland to study the Casey family after 38-year-old Conor suffers a stroke which changes his personality, leaving dynamo wife and mother Vanetia to run the show.” Poster: C- Review: I’ll bet you couldn’t tell this was an indie film.…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jan. 24-26, 2014
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Visitors Koyaanisqatsi has a reputation for being an evocative documentary that wasn’t well rewarded at the time of its release in 1982. Since then, director Godfrey Reggio has teamed with Phillip Glass on a handful of documentaries, each using music to…
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The Morning After: Jan. 27, 2014
Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what I’ve seen over the past week either in film or television. On the film side, if I have written a full length review already, I will post a link to that review. Otherwise, I’ll give a brief snippet of my thoughts on the film…
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Review: American Hustle (2013)
American Hustle Rating Director David O. Russell Screenplay Eric Singer, David O. Russell Length 138 min. Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Louis C.K., Jack Huston, Michael Pena, Shea Whigham, Alessandro Nivola, Elisabeth Rohm, Paul Herman MPAA Rating R for pervasive language, some sexual content and brief violence
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 9
As the precursor awards continue unabated through the month of December, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (this will be in place of my prior weekly article “Oscar Preview”. This week saw few precursors, but a major one did announce.…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 27 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Ceremonies
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Poll: What Are You Most Anticipating? (February 2014, Limited)
Return Links Poll Archives What Are You Most Anticipating? (February 2014, Limited) Cinema Sight Asks: Which February 2014 limited release film are you most anticipating? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Precursor: 56th Grammy Awards (2013)
With the weird eligibility period of the Grammys, they often regress with their selections. This time, they chose last year’s winner for Best Original Song at the Oscars for this year’s win, “Skyfall” and then gave the same prize to the score soundtrack. Sound City wasn’t nominated for anything at the Oscars this year, so…
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The Inbox (Jan. 18-24, 2014)
Every week, I get several press releases, screening invitations and other notifications from a handful of studio contacts. While I won’t be sharing any information regarding my screening invites, some of the press releases might be of interest to my readers, so I thought I’d start sharing them in toto with all of you. These…
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