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12 Word Reviews: "Brave", "Beasts of Southern Wild", "Moonrise Kingdom"
My 1000+ word review of Magic Mike will be up tomorrow but in the meantime, let's clear the cache with a few words, a dozen in point of fact, on movies I didn't review properly. Beasts of the Southern...
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June. It's a Wrap
The halfway mark. Gulp. What do we have to show for it? Perhaps a renewed sense of purpose? We're crawling our way back after a very difficult May/early June. Here were ten highlights from the month...
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Review: "Magic Mike"
An exhilarating all night double date is winding down on a bridge in Tampa, just before the sun rises. Mike (Channing Tatum) stands up on the railing, looks over his shoulder and dives gracefully...
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Yes, No, Maybe So: "Silver Linings Playbook"
I apologize ahead of time for not including the trailer we are about to discuss in the post but I have a firm policy against ads ON ads. So when movie trailers come with ads SAY NO. I will not watch a...
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Halfway House 2012. Lead Actress (Thus Far)
Don't you love to take stock every six months? At the very least it's a good excuse for list-making. Lists! Wheeee. If all Academy members did this before they sent in their nominee ballots in January,...
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"I said, 'What kind of link are YOU?' "
Lists and MiscellaniaComics Alliance 50 comic book characters that resonate with LGBT audiences. Very few of them have made the trek to the movies. Just sayin'. Hopefully some day some of them will.The...
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Curio: Posters by Daniel Norris
Alexa here. Daniel Norris is a graphic designer and illustrator out of the UK who is also a film buff. Lucky for us, in his free time from working on packaging for Kettle Chips and tomato sauce he...
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Take Three: Alfre Woodard
A great 1990s duet: PASSIONFISH with McDonnell & WoodardCraig here with Take Three. Today: Alfre Woodard Take One: Passion Fish (1992)After dismissing a string of unsuitable nurses, recently...
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Burning Questions: What's Wrong With An Instant Reboot?
Michael C here to get Spidey's back this Fourth of July. There used to be a natural life cycle for big movie franchises. It began with audiences thrilling to the sight of Christopher Reeve soaring over...
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Yes/No/Maybe So: The Sessions
Michael C here. “In my heart I feel that he will give you a free pass on this one” says kindly priest William H Macy to paralyzed John Hawkes. Hawkes is looking for a greenlight from the church to use...
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Red (& Blue) Carpet Convo: Andrew ♥ Emma
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! We return to Red Carpet Convos with a special Spidey edition starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone at premiere events with myself (Nathaniel) and Film Experience fan and Pajiba...
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Happy Fourth of July from The Film Experience
Happy Independence Day from Raquel Welch, Chris Evans, Matthew McConaughey, Holly Hunter and The Film Experience. xoxo Be safe. Enjoy the boom boom boom even brighter than the moon moon moon fireworks....
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Halfway House 2012. Best Picture (Thus Far)
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! We're taking stock and talking 2012 crop now that the year is half over. If you asked me to nominate for "Best Picture" right now, here are the titles I'd scribble in the air...
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Princess Naomi
It's the first official image of Naomi Watts as Princess Diana in Caught in Flight (2013) I don't think I could survive another British Icon Impersonation Oscar Win just yet. Not after The Queen (06)...
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Halfway House 2012. Lead Actor (Thus Far)
It's part three of our Halfway Mark rundown as we survey the film year thus far from January through June releases. It's been crickets thus far in terms of possible Oscar players (with the exception of...
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Hit Me With Your Best Shot: "Picnic"
In the Best Shot series we all watch a pre-selected movie and pick what we think of as its best shot. If watching Picnic (1955) taught me anything it's that you really need to exercize caution. Caution...
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Linkz, the Eight and Powerful
IndieWire a conversation about Steven Soderbergh, Oliver Stone and the auteur theoryVulture "Now that you've seen Magic Mike..." on anticipation mania in movie culture. The Daily Beast on Anderson...
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Halfway 2012. Supporting Actors (Thus Far)
We're surveying the "best" of the year thus far even if the pickings are slim. Previously we covered Actress, Actor and Picture. Now, the gentlemen in the sidelines. SUPPORTING ACTOR January through...
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Q&A Returns: Whoopi 3, Actressexual 5, Batman 8
Gee, it only took me a month to answer your questions. So on top of it am I! But, silver lining, the Q&A column is back. We'll do it again soon. I asked you to ask me questions and I choose a...
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Basic Link-stinct
Never Mind Pop Film lists "rules of the cinematic universe" and they're really so trueTom and Lorenzo Sharon Stone is still a starThe Oregonian theories as to why festival hits do such middling box...
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