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The Teachings of Juli
Jose here. Why do I keep forgetting how funny Julianne Moore is? Perhaps because not counting 30 Rock and Maps to the Stars (yes, that is a funny performance) the movies always give us tragic, sad...
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Remains of the Globes: 9 Questions and Carrying On
It's all over... for this year. As you read this and if you happen to live in the States, Nathaniel (c'est moi) might well be flying over you en route to Los Angeles. There we leave the Globes behind...
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VES Nominees. Fun and Weird They Are.
I'm typing up my final predictions article so while I'm doing that why not peruse my final predictions in the Screenplay categories (my big risk is Ida there) and something completely different: the...
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BFCA "Critics Choice" Predictions
We'll do this quickly because the Oscar nominations are the important thing. I have arrived safely in Los Angeles and love my fake new apartment for the time being (thanks AirBnB). I was surprised to...
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Final Oscar Nomination Predictions
Refresh Your Screen For Updates As We Progress.I will be pulling down the charts to prep for the morning so the predictions will be right here. Best Picture1-5The big kahuna, the best picture category...
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10 years later: Elektra, the last female superhero
Tim here, with a palate cleanser. We’re all in hardcore Nominations Eve mode, of course, but the world of movies is broader than the couple dozen films that are about to be granted the right to put the...
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The 87th Academy Awards. Nominations Are Here!
Straight off the bat the happy shockers are Marion Cotillard for Two Days One Night (edging out Jennifer Aniston), Laura Dern for Wild (where many assumed Jessica Chastain would be), the weird surprise...
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The Five Stages of Grief via Oscar Nominations
Though Oscar nomination morning is my Christmas -- the day I anticipate so heavily each year when all the prezzies are ripped open -- it's not all happiness. Oscar also gives out lumps of coal on this...
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Why Wes, Why Now?
Michael C here. Wes Anderson’s films haven’t been ignored by awards season in the past, so much as they have been relegated to flitting around the edges. His films have received three total Oscar nods,...
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Best (Male) Directors - The Chart!
I wish I had time to sketch Wes Anderson riding to the Oscars on a bicycle made of antique tuba parts (thanks Tina & Amy) but alas. It's nomination day. No time for goofing around. Manly men and...
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Interesting Stats About The 87th Oscars
DuPont has something in common with those other sociopaths Lisbeth Salander and James BondDid you know... • The tiny grossing Foxcatcher is now tied with two blockbusters Skyfall and The Girl with the...
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Tim's Toons: The newly wide-open animation race
Tim here. As you’ve probably heard, unless this is literally the first thing you’ve read on the internet all day, the Best Animated Feature category at the Oscars got thrown for a loop when the...
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Up Close at the 20th Annual "Critics Choice" Awards
Goddess with regular person. But at least he's in a brand new expensive suit.Did you want the Critics Choice Movie Awards last night? That accounts for my radio silence. I had the extreme good fortune...
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David Fincher and Gillian Flynn Team Up for 'Strangers On a Train' Remake
Margaret here, recovering from yesterday's Oscars nominations and trying to process some upcoming movie news: David Fincher and Gillian Flynn are remaking Strangers On a Train. David Fincher and...
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Supporting Actress: The Chart, The Poll, The Stats
It's funny how little news coverage there is now each time Meryl Streep breaks her own Oscar records. With her 19th nomination she's just 5 more away from DOUBLING the previous record holders (Jack...
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Punk In The Suburbs
JA from MNPP here taking a look at some very exciting breaking news for those of us who've worn out our copies of Beginners -- director Mike Mills has finally announced his next project! I guess he...
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The Links
The Wrap Emily Blunt is joining Charlize Theron to double the evil sorceress perfection that terrorizes Chris Hemsworth in The Huntsman. Now I suddenly want to see it.MNPP Whatever happened to Sean...
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If you fused two Hulks together could they smash J.K. Simmons?
That's the question I keep asking myself about Best Supporting Actor. My Oscar-clogged brain works like that, taking flights of fancy when it finds true facts too boring to contemplate any further....
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Curio: The Babadook Book
Alexa here with your film curio of the week. Like Nathaniel, Jennifer Kent's The Babadook was one of my favorite films of 2014. I thought it a masterpiece on the horrors of isolation, a sibling to...
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Lensing Black Faces: Why the Bradford Young Snub Stings
Manuel here taking the MLK holiday to discuss the cinematography category in terms of its aversion to honor black faces. Young on the Selma set Amidst all the outrage surrounding Selma’s near-shutout...
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