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OSCAR FORECAST: Best Picture 2013
Best Picture Predictions (as of 11-14-12): Argo Silver Linings Playbook Lincoln Les Misérables Life of Pi Django Unchained Moonrise Kingdom Hitchcock Considering all the great movies that have appeared...
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UPDATED: Oscars 2013 Predictions
Recent screenings of Les Misérables and Zero Dark Thirty have garnered positive buzz with each seeming to be declared locks for Best Picture nominations. The handful of people I know who have seen Les...
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UPDATED: Oscars 2013 Predictions
With the SAG nominations announced and the Golden Globes in place, the dust has settled on the majority of major precursor awards. While this season’s “Oscar movies” aren’t the best slate we’ve seen,...
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Foreign Film Oscar Race Narrows to Nine
I’m a little surprised by the exclusions of Barbara and Lore, but otherwise this list is about what was expected. Having recently seen War Witch and Kon-Tiki (both of which are quite good), I could...
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My Favorite Films of 2012
I don’t pretend to know what the best film of 2012 actually was (as though these things can be defined) and I’m not sure I even know that I had a favorite. This has been a peculiar year filled with...
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FINAL 2013 OSCAR NOMINATION PREDICTIONS
While this has been a particularly unpredictable Oscar season, now that the dust has all but settled on the nominations, a good amount of “locks” have surfaced in all categories. What makes this year...
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2013 Oscar Nominations
Performance by an actor in a leading role Bradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook” Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln” Hugh Jackman in “Les Misérables” Joaquin Phoenix in “The Master” Denzel Washington in...
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Oscar Noms Aftermath
Well, all told I didn’t do all that badly, nailing 73% of all categories not icluding shorts (those were a crapshoot) and 80% if you include my alternates. I whiffed on Emmanuelle Riva, and Amour in...
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Best Director & the Zeitgeist
This blog has become unexpectedly Oscar obsessed over the past month. Something I intend to rectify very soon. But, alas, here’s some more thoughts on this Oscar season. Part of the fun of the Academy...
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Final Oscar Predictions 2013
I hoped to post about each category individually, but alas, time and life intervened so I only got through a handful. This has been a crazy awards year. Ultimately, it’s been a positive one for movies...
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