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Better than you've heard: Firewall and The Pink Panther
[Author's Note: Andrew Sarris once ended a review of the Russell Crowe-Meg Ryan kidnap drama Proof of Life by telling his readers, "See it. It's better than you've heard." I felt the same way about...
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Oscar 2007 Nomination Predictions
Oscar trends continue to have shorter and shorter shelf lives as the award season calendar continues to pork up and as brand new guilds and critics' groups continue to sell their virgin reputations...
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Oscar 2007 Winner Predictions: Supporting Actor
Yes, when making our three-out-of-five predictions on who would be nominated here, we argued how refreshing it was to see a prospective category stocked with supporting performances, instead of...
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Links for the Day: Vulture Critics Poll, Lubezki on The Tree of Life, M.I.A....
Guess what film tops the Vulture Critics Poll this year? "It's very hard to talk about this movie because almost anything I say will reduce it and make it seem prosaic and simplistic," says a cagey...
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Oscar Prospects: Argo
[Editor's Note: Oscar Prospects is your weekly analysis of an awards contender and how it's likely to fare come Oscar nomination morning. The column is comprehensive, so beware of spoilers.] Ben...
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On Trend: Stallone, Schwarzenegger, and the Rise of the Over-50 Action Hero
[Editor's Note: In On Trend, the House glances over the film and pop culture landscape, and highlights a timely trend worthy of discussion.] You might have noticed that Hollywood's superhero well is...
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Oscar 2013 Nomination Predictions: Supporting Actor
With all due respect to the gentlemen in contention, this year's likely Supporting Actor crop has shaped up to be a snooze, filled with veterans who, however gifted, feel like obvious choices, and...
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Links for the Day: J.J. Abrams to Direct Next Star Wars, Slamdance Winners,...
J.J. Abrams to direct Star Wars: Episode VII. Andrew Bujalski wins a prize at Sundance. Manohla Dargis on the independent voices drowned out by the Sundance buzz. Slamdance announces jury and audience...
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Oscar 2013 Winner Predictions: Supporting Actor
All right, all right, all right. We should've known. As it turned out, Matthew McConaughey's still supple ass cheeks in Magic Mike were no match for AMPAS's preference for saggy old balls in this...
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Oscar 2013 Winner Predictions: Sound Mixing
It's at this point we had to ask ourselves, "Is Argo really going to end up a two-Oscar Best Picture winner?" Because while it seems almost certain to buck all sorts of precedent and take Best...
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Oscar 2013 Winner Predictions: Picture
Despite the hysteria, it may not be appropriate yet to call a time of death on the decades and decades' worth of precedent that will be shattered when Argo wins Best Picture despite very conspicuously...
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