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Category: Note

  • Oscar Predictions 2015

    Hello! Well, though I always find it difficult to nail down my Oscar selections pre-nomination day because I feel like I’m somehow cosmically jinxing  potential favorites, I’m once again taking part in The 2015 Oscar Contest over at Film Actually because…well…it’s just the right thing to do 🙂 This being a contest and all I

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  • Interview ~ Ira Sachs

      Love is Strange is the new film from director Ira Sachs and it’s one that’s been getting major buzz since premiering earlier in 2014 at the Sundance Film Festival.  In the last few weeks the film’s ridiculous R rating has come into question from groups claiming the MPAA’s decision reeked of homophobia.  With no

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  • Oscar Predictions 2014

    Hello! Well, though I always find it difficult to nail down my Oscar selections pre-nomination day because I feel like I’m somehow cosmically jinxing  potential favorites, I’m taking part in The 2014 Oscar Contest over at Film Actually because…well…it’s just the right thing to do 🙂 This being a contest and all I threw in

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  • 2013 – Best of the Best, Worst of the Worst, Grand Totals

    My my my, how time flies!  It’s hard to believe I’m just finished up my second year of reviewing movies for this blog.  I think I’ll look back on this year as the truly terrible twos as I found it difficult to carve out time in my schedule to write as many reviews as I

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  • Awards! Awards! More Awards!

    Yes…it’s that time of year again.  Time to get excited for end of the year awards and to pick and choose from the best of the best that 2013 had to offer.  I think we have a uniquely strong year for film so I’m interested to see what surprises (if any) the four major awards

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  • In Praise of Teasers ~ Psycho (1998)

    I have a serious problem with movie trailers lately. It seems like nearly every preview that’s released is about 2:30 minutes long and gives away almost every aspect of the movie, acting more like a Cliff Notes version of the movie being advertised rather than something to entice an audience into coming back and seeing

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  • In Praise of Teasers ~ The Game (1997)

    I have a serious problem with movie trailers lately. It seems like nearly every preview that’s released is about 2:30 minutes long and gives away almost every aspect of the movie, acting more like a Cliff Notes version of the movie being advertised rather than something to entice an audience into coming back and seeing

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  • In Praise of Teasers ~ In the Line of Fire (1993)

    I have a serious problem with movie trailers lately. It seems like nearly every preview that’s released is about 2:30 minutes long and gives away almost every aspect of the movie, acting more like a Cliff Notes version of the movie being advertised rather than something to entice an audience into coming back and seeing

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  • In Praise of Teasers ~ Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

    I have a serious problem with movie trailers lately. It seems like nearly every preview that’s released is about 2:30 minutes long and gives away almost every aspect of the movie, acting more like a Cliff Notes version of the movie being advertised rather than something to entice an audience into coming back and seeing

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  • In Praise of Teasers ~ Total Recall (1990)

    I have a serious problem with movie trailers lately.  It seems like nearly every preview that’s released is about 2:30 minutes long and gives away almost every aspect of the movie, acting more like a Cliff Notes version of the movie being advertised rather than something to entice an audience into coming back and seeing

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