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Looking at the Weekend: Jan. 20-22, 2012
It’s going to be a tight race between Haywire and Red Tails with the better marketing strategy winning out. I think Haywire has a slight edge tapping into the genre enthusiasts who make films like last weekend’s champ Contraband hits. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on.…
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Trailer Watch: American Reunion
A franchise sequel I wouldn’t mind seeing. I may need to visit a neurologist. American Reunion Plot Summary: 13 years after the high school comedy became a household name, the cast is back together and heading back to high school for their reunion. Release Date: April 6, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: C Commentary: It’s as…
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5 Favorites #61: 5 Favorite Oscar Nomination Snubs
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 #239
New This Week One of the pleasures of home video is the discovery of TV shows you may have missed in their initial run and getting to watch not just one episode, but an entire season over the period of a couple of days. Such is my experience with the newly released first season of…
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Precursor: 53rd British Academy Award Nominations (2011)
Leave it to the British Academy to throw a few curve balls into the Oscar proceedings. And by curve balls, I don’t mean Moneyball actor Jonah Hill. After three years of 5-for-5 accuracy with Best Film, the BAFTA group is flirting with a bad year. Apart from Oscar guarantees The Artist, The Descendants and The…
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Poll: Now That You’ve Seen Contraband…
Return Link Now That You’ve Seen… Poll Archive Now That You’ve Seen Contraband… Now that you’ve seen Contraband, what’s your favorite Mark Wahlberg performance? Public OpinionView Results
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Trailer Watch: Moonrise Kingdom
I never would have expected a Wes Anderson film to lead off a Trailer Watch week. Moonrise Kingdom Plot Summary: Two kids have a clandestine meeting, running away from their respective summar locales to be together while sending the adults that were watching over them into a panic to try and find them. Release Date:…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 7
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”. Today, we look back at the results of the New York…
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Precursor: 51st American Cinema Editors Nominations (2011)
The ACE, not known for their Oscar accuracy (even when picking 16 nominees across four categories), have made a few unusual choices (like the very dramatic My Week with Marilyn for Comedy/Musical), but few of the choices are actual surprises. With this nod, The Descendants solidifies its place in the Oscar race as it wasn’t…
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The Morning After: Jan. 16, 2012
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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2012 Spring Preview: February
So far, February isn’t looking too exciting. The only film I’m excited to see is The Woman in Black and the rest are mostly films I will never watch with a handful I’ll have to go see with friends and a few that I am curious about, but probably won’t see in the theater. February,…
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Precursor: 69th Golden Globe Awards (2011)
The Golden Globes have now been awarded. There are some muddied waters and a lot of spread-the-word mentality. None of the award winners were especially unlikely, nor were any of them likely to give us a hint of who the Oscar winners will be. So much good this year makes for an interesting awards season,…
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