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Distant Relatives: The Apartment and Sideways
Robert here w/ Distant Relatives, exploring the connections between one classic and one contemporary film. Nice Guys Who Don't Finish At All Consider the Romantic Comedy as made for men. In this day...
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Yes, No, Maybe So: "The Three Stooges"
Andreas here. After over a decade in development, the Farrelly Brothers' tribute to their slapstick idols became its own sad punchline, swapping out the bizarro dream team of Sean Penn, Benicio Del...
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The No Longer Mighty Patty Jenkins
Hi folks, Glenn here wanting to discuss the troublesome case of Patty Jenkins. As you may have heard, the Monster director was all set to take over the director’s chair for Marvel’s Thor 2, but things...
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"Speak as you might to a small child or golden retriever"
This past week I've become concerned with the awards prospects of Shame (is Carey Mulligan going to win anything?) and Martha Marcy May Marlene (which I loved) on account of its loss of every...
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Occupy Q&A! Purposefully Bad Acting & Post-Movie Etiquette
Roughly one hundred years ago on November 18th, 2011 I took questions for the next Q&A and after what was meant to be a short diversion answering the oddly abundant small screen questions I am now...
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Blurb Whore Overachiever of the Year
Top Ten List O' the Day: Peter Travers.I don't know how many of you watch Rachel Maddow on MSNBC but during Herman Cain's brief presidential campaign she began to treat it, hilariously, as a piece of...
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Yes, No, Maybe So: "The Five-Year Engagement"
Amir here with a new edition of Yes, No, Maybe So. Today’s film is The Five-Year Engagement from the Apatow production machine, starring Emily Blunt and Jason Segel, who also co-wrote the film. Yes......
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Carpet Convo: New Years Eve & War Horse
Nathaniel: Readers. Welcome back to red carpet convos... It's been forever since we did one which you may interpret as Nathaniel tripping on his heels or stars not bringing it to events or, more...
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Burning Questions: How Much is "Overdue" Worth?
Michael C here to introduce my new column: Burning Questions. Every week I will tackle an issue of pressing importance to film lovers the world over - or I'll just let fly with whatevers on my mind...
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Oscar's FX Semi-Finalists: Superheroes, Aliens, Dinosaurs, Mermaids
Wouldn't it be weird if Oscar had finalist rounds for all categories and not just a few of them? Can you imagine a runway elimination for Costume Design or a Supporting Actress pre-nom bake-off? But,...
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Melissa Leo Talks Short Oscar Hopeful "The Sea Is All I Know"
Any day now -- perhaps any moment! -- the Academy will release the 10-wide finalist list for the Best Live Action Short category at this year's Oscars (prediction charts). Currently approximately 70...
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American Linko
Slant analyzes the new poster for Madonna's W.E. Empire Sacha Baron Cohen taking the Threnadier role we thought was going to Geoffrey Rush in Tom Hooper's adaptation of Les Miserables. In Contention...
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Q&A Crumbs: Best of Best Supporting Actor + Legendary Why?
If the Q&A column were a TV series it'd be one of those painfully confusing ones that goes off the air unexpectedly only to return with 2 hour specials and extra webisodes and then go on hiatus...
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Boston Society of Film Critics. Beantown Loves...
would you be so good as to participate in the bean lottery? Please submit your bid for the number of beans in the bottleBeantown critics have assembled today to announce their prizes. LAFCA and the...
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LAFCA & NYFCO Part Ways Over The Artist
Could Fassbender be eyeing Oscar?Andreas here. Want to see end-of-year craziness in action? Look at today: first, the Boston Society of Film Critics announces their awards, then before they've...
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20:11 Just Go With The Eagle. Never Say Never!
Year in Review Fun... Much more to come! Herewith the 20th minute and 11th second of the movies of 2011 in chronological order of US release date. It's like flipping channels for snapshots of the film...
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Naked Gold Man: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Competitive Season
I wish there were festive holiday songs for Oscar junkies. "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Steamroll", "All I Want for Oscars is You", "Let it Snub, Let it Snub, Let it Snub", "God Rest Ye Merry...
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Sally's Short Suspense
Sally sings a lullaby she wrote in "African Chelsea"A confession: I've never been this caught up in the drama of the short film categories before. But this year I await Oscar's finalist list on pins...
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'Attack of the 50 Foot Vanessa!' San Francisco Winners
I've long been saying that if Oscar voters actually see Ralph Fiennes Shakespearean adaptation Coriolanus -- it's an "if" because 80% of the contenders, even the teensy tiny ones, chose December as...
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Box Office: "New Year's Eve" Drops Its Ball & a Milestone for "The Help"
Despite overloading with stars, some more bankable than others, New Year's Eve didn't exactly get moviegoers partying. Might this be an end to Garry Marshall's holiday franchise. Since he's working...
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