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The Foreign Language Sweet Spot
Robert here, making no claims to predicting this year's Foreign Language Film category, or making any judgments based on quality. In the life of the mid-west movie lover, we're still waiting for all of...
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4 Days Till Oscar. Flashback to "A Dignified Superstar"
It's all right. You can get your cheap laughs. I shall remain the dignified superstar that moi am."-Miss Piggy to "Jonathan" at the 52nd Oscars What was Miss Piggy so miffed about in April 1980?
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Animated Weekend: Two Cats, Multiple Movie Homages
Jose here. Last weekend I decided to catch up with some Oscar nominated films and realized I was doing terribly in the Animated Feature department having only seen Rango when it came out last year....
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Distant Relatives: Kramer vs Kramer & The Descendants
Robert here w/ Distant Relatives, exploring the connections between one classic and one contemporary film. The final Oscar campaign push for The Descendants painted it in the grand tradition of much...
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Breakthroughs
"More please!" ...That's my chief criteria for nominating actors for Breakthrough prizes at this site's own annual gongs, the Film Bitch Awards. (For new readers the name is a long story. We're not so...
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3 Days Until Handsome Bludgeoning...
Oscar is an octogenarian so you know he's heard everything. He's been reviled, exalted, and called all sorts of things other than "Oscar" over the years. My favorite name-calling recently was from...
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Distant Relatives: Limelight and Hugo
Robert here with my second Distant Relatives of the week, making sure the series covers the major Oscar contenders before the big day (sorry The Help). Plus, Hugo arrives on DVD Tuesday for those of...
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Complete the (Shocker) Sentence...
"Everyone will be surprised when ____________ wins the ________ Oscar on Sunday except for me. He/she/they'll win because ____________________________." PssstFinal Oscar Predictions are coming tonight....
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The Girl With the CDG Statue
Awwwww, Clint Eastwood looks so happy at the Costume Design Guild Awards. They were honoring Deborah Hopper (second from left) and the man himself with their "Distinguished Collaborator" Award. (Many...
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2 Days Till Oscar. Speech! Speech! Speech!
If you've been wondering what sent me into such a flashback mode these past two weeks prior to Oscar night, the answer can now be revealed. I've been in my gold plated Oscar Laboratory crunching a ton...
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Final Oscar Predictions: Oui, It's "The Artist"
We'll talk more this weekend but I want to get this posted. I'll be applauding loudly when The Artist wins. Everyone always complains that Oscar doesn't appreciate comedies and then when they do,...
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Red Carpet Sans Chatter. And Michelle Williams.
So busy online with Oscar speeches, final predictions, and sprucing up the Oscar charts for posterity (ongoing though now you can see results of the reader's polls -- that's you! -- in the big six...
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Randomness: Oscars, Silents, Women Helmers, Loser Gifs
Salon on the reinvention of Brad Pitt. Good history piece / career overviewVulture Best Pictures as infographicsPajiba "interviews" Amanda Seyfried about her latest hacktress movie Gone. NPR Monkey See...
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Spirit Award Wins, Reaction Shots, and Opening Monologue
Since the Spirit Awards fancy themselves as Off Hollywood, let's do this one a little differently. I thought we'd just share the winners a sentence from their speech and only reaction shots. Just to...
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"Don't you dare loose another arrow..."
I forbid it!" Psssst. How great is the new Brave trailer? I wish all movies were confident enough to lead with an early scene instead of the traditional 'here are all the story beats' trailer. It was...
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It's Oscar Day. Are You Prepared For Guests?
The day has finally arrived! Have you finished all your last minute preparations? Made your final predictions? Bought all your party gifts and decor? Baked all your chocolate pies and other Best...
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Oscar Night is Here. Live-Tweeting
[Refresh your screen from time to time] Each year we stress ourselves out with live blogging of all the big events but for Oscar... Since it's my favorite holiday I usually throw a party and recap...
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The Morning After
We always need a bit of time to recuperate. We'll be wrapping this year's Oscars up tonight through Wednesday. But for now... chilling. It's the morning after. We've all seen this stone cold classic...
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Gold Thread, Crystal Host, Bronze Bragging (If We Must)
1. Open (Gold) Thread! What's one thing you most want to discuss in the post-mortem? Besides the [ahem] obvious. Here's the schedule... Tonight & TomorrowKey Moments, Internal Conflict, Good...
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Internal Conflict & Streep's Third Oscar
My own personal history with the Oscar stretches back to the early 80s but there's so much self-mythologizing about it that I sometimes get confused about when I finally figured out What It Was. I know...
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