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Martin Scorsese’s Silence Headed for Oscars 2016?
There has been some confusion as to whether Martin Scorsese’s Silence will be ready to screen in time for this year’s Osc...
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Oscarwatch: Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet in Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs
It was almost a Fincher/Sorkin/Rudin joint with a different actor (Leo, Christian) but now it’s here – Danny Boyle’...
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Best Actor Watch: Tom Hardy as Kray Two Ways
We might have our Best Actor frontrunner (sight unseen anyway) in Tom Hardy’s double performance in Legend. Hardy is one of tho...
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Anne Thompson Gives Boost to Diary of a Teenage Girl
One film directed by a woman has entered the talk for Best Picture all because Anne Thompson has put herself behind it. She’s g...
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Oscarwatch 2016: Paul Dano Takes Early Lead in What Will be Crowded Race for Best Actor
These days, when looking for Best Actor, follow Best Picture. Or rather, when looking for Best Picture, follow Best Actor. For most ...
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They’re in the Yahd not too Fah from the Cah – Why Jaws Still Resonates 40 Years Later
I try to imagine Jaws being released now and how Twitter would have responded to it. Would they complain about how fake the shark loo...
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The State of the Race: Best Picture for the First Half of the year
Hope springs eternal when there are so many options for Best Picture before the Big Oscar Movies hit. A recent discussion on Twitter ...
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Inside Out and Mad Max Are Two Good Reasons for Academy to Expand to 10 (but they won’t)
And here we are again. There are two films that were screened in Cannes that will very likely be named by many authorities as two of ...
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The Lemmings Have Spoken: Jurassic World just Became the Highest Grossing Opener of All Time
What do you get when you pair dazzling visual effects with branding and pre-awareness? Lotsa cash. As the summer movie season launche...
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Sorry, but it’s Kyle Smith who doesn’t “get” Goodfellas
Kyle Smith of the New York Post has written a piece declaring “women don’t get GoodfFellas.” He first cites his doo...
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The Dilemma of Paul Dano and John Cusack and the Best Actor Race
There are two brilliant performances in Love & Mercy, well, four if you add in Paul Giamatti and Elizabeth Banks in supporting ro...
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SIFF 2015 Golden Space Needle Audience Awards
SIFF celebrates its films and filmmakers with the Golden Space Needle Audience Awards. Selected by Festival audiences, awards are giv...
The Walk to Open the New York Film Festival
Sure to be on the top of the Oscar pile is Robert Zemeckis’ The Walk, just announced to open the New York Film Festival (Septem...
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Heroes and Villains: Brian Wilson’s Story Well Told in Love & Mercy
Wouldn’t it be nice if genius came with operating instructions, protective care, and safety would be guaranteed. All too often, thoug...
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Best Actress Watch: Brand New Suffragette Teaser
There were cars before women had the right to vote. Carey Mulligan looks to leap to the top of the pack for Best Actress based on thi...
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Jordan Ruimy Counts Down 10 of the Greatest Action Films Ever
by Jordan Ruimy “Mad Max: Fury Road” has single-handedly redefined what an action movie can do. George Miller worked on h...
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New Trailer for Frankly Feminist Felt
“Everything is qualified by the fact that you don’t have a dick.” This looks pretty hard core. Interesting. It will...
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Trailer Emerges for Diary of a Teenage Girl
I’m sure this will be great, or I hope so. What I also wish is that for once it didn’t have to be about sex and men for t...
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Best Actor Watch: Tobey Maguire in Pawn Sacrifice
Here is a film I can’t wait for, being a chess fan and especially a fan of poor crazy Bobby Fischer. Finally, a trailer and fir...