The 90th Academy Awards are this Sunday, March 4, and they boast an unusually strong lineup of nominees. Like we do every year, we thought we’d go through the categories and predict who will...
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Every Best Picture: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Best Picture: Mutiny on the Bounty The Other Nominees: Les Miserables; Alice Adams; Naughty Marietta; Ruggles of Red Gap; David Copperfield; Broadway Melody of 1936; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Lives of a Bengal Lancer; Captain Blood; The Informer; Top Hat A man has been convicted...
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The Walking Dead: “Honor”
(Author’s Note: Sorry this is going up late. Very busy day yesterday.) Sadly, at this point, I (along with, I presume, a lot of viewers) approach The Walking Dead with something closer to obligation than anticipation....
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Black Panther – Review
In the massive, film-ending battle at the climax of Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther, Oscar nominee Daniel Kaluuya rides an armor-plated rhinoceros into a melee, but he does so with gravity, purpose, and no degree of self-consciousness....
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Every Best Picture: It Happened One Night (1934)
Best Picture: It Happened One Night The Other Nominees: The Barretts of Wimpole Street; Vila Villa!; The Thin Man; Here Comes the Navy; Flirtation Walk; The House of Rothschild; The Gay Divorcee; Cleopatra; One Night of Love; Imitation of Life; The White Parade Heading into 1934,...
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The 2018 Oscar Nominees Are…
The nominees for the 90th Academy Awards were announced this morning by Academy President John Bailey, Andy Serkis, and Tiffany Haddish. Honestly, it’s a pretty fantastic list, without any glaring omissions or outright duds....
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Here Are Our Oscar Nominee Predictions
The nominees for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23. So we thought we’d jump the gun a bit and offer some (probably very inaccurate) predictions on a few of...
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Phantom Thread – Review
Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson’s eighth film, is so far removed stylistically from his previous work that it’s hard to reconcile. It has none of the Altmanesque trappings of Magnolia or Boogie Nights, nor the epic sweep of There Will...
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12 Days of Crap-Mas: Ernest Saves Christmas
Trevor: I’m glad you recommended an Ernest movie for this column (especially one with the words “Saves Christmas” in the title). I had never seen an Ernest movie, and probably never would have, so...
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12 Days of Crap-Mas: A Christmas Prince
Of course Margaux and I had to watch A Christmas Prince. Trevor: I feel like for a while now the Internet has been abuzz talking about A Christmas Prince. I know I personally have seen words...
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12 Days of Crap-Mas: Black Christmas (2006)
Margaux and I take a look at the truly crazy remake of 1974’s Black Christmas. Trevor: Black Christmas is a crazy-ass movie in a lot of ways, not the least of which is its bright yellow...
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12 Days of Crap-Mas: Pottersville
Margaux and I continue to trudge through the holidays with the disappointing Pottersville. Trevor: So the elevator pitch for Pottersville is basically “Michael Shannon, a two-time Oscar nominee and one of the most intense actors alive,...
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