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OSCAR PREDIX
Will this finally be the year Martin Scorsese wins his long overdue Academy Award for best director? |
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THE WARNER GANGSTERS COLLECTION
Warner Brothers Home Entertainment has done it again with yet another superb boxed set of great films from years gone by... |
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TROY(2004)
Remember that Academy Award Gladiator (2000) won for best picture? This film is the direct result of that. |
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HOTEL RWANDA
There is a dilemma in watching this film that I felt the moment I first screened it at this years’ Toronto International Film Festival. |
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THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON
Sam Bick (Sean Penn) reminds me a great deal of Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) in Taxi Driver (1976). There is that same sense of a lost soul struggling .... |
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SCREEN ACTOR NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
The nominations for the 11th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced early Tuesday morning, making it clear this is the year of Jamie Foxx. |
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DIRECTORS GUILD NOMINATIONS
The Directors Guild of America announced their awards for excellence in motion picture directing just an hour ago. As expect, both Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese were nominated for Million Dollar Baby and The Aviator |
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THE BEST ON DVD 2004
With DVD being a business onto itself, it seems only right that there be annual best list for the digital realm as well. |
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OSCAR PREDIX
This could be one of the most interesting years ever in the countdown for the Academy Awards, Hollywood’s biggest evening. Love them or hate them, |
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THE TEN WORST FILMS OF 2004
Being a film critic, my friends tell me is easy work.
What they do not realize, is that I see all the movies. Everything. The good, the bad and the very ugly. |
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THE TEN BEST FILMS OF 2004
Great films from world class directors such as Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Robert Zemeckis, Alexander Payne, Walter Salles, Mike Nichols and Mel Gibson |
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THE WOODSMAN
Being the father of two young daughters, reading the stories I come across in the newspapers about child predators and child molesters angers me. |
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LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
Though not a great work of fantasy on the level of The Lord of the Rings (2001-2002--2003) or Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2003), Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events |
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PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
With the enormous success of recent musicals such as Moulin Rouge (2001) and the Oscar winning Chicago(2002) it seems inevitable that the Broadway hits of Andrew Lloyd Webber would make a comeback |
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MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Clint Eastwood became one of the great American filmmakers patiently and slowly through the seventies and eighties. He made interesting deals with the studios, agreeing to act in one of their Dirty Harry |
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THE AVIATOR
At long last, director Martin Scorsese should finally win a long overdue Academy Award for best director. |
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SIDEWAYS CONTINUES TO DOMINATE; WINS NYFCC AWARDS
Sideways continues to dominate the critics’ awards, winning best picture from the prestigious New York Film Critics Circle earlier today. Sideways also earned the best screenplay awards for writers Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor.
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GLOBE NOMINEES ANNOUNCED!!
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their nominations for their annual Golden Globe Awards this morning, beginning the countdown to the move awards season which climaxes with the Oscars... |
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CLOSER
Mike Nichols is enjoying something of a career renaissance this past year with the enormous success of his television film for HBO Angels in America(2003) ... |
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ALEXANDER
Oliver Stone is no stranger to historical films. In fact Stone has made some of the finest biographical films... |
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KINSEY
Two of several new biographical films arrive in theatres this week, both with strong Oscar buzz surrounding them,... |
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BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON
I like Renee Zellweger. I think she is among the most talented actresses in film today, having broken through with a scene and heart stealing performance opposite |
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THE INCREDIBLES
The Incredibles is, in a word, well…. incredible.
Easily the finest film to emerge from Pixar Studios, the folks
behind the ......... |
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THE POLAR EXPRESS
Destined to become a holiday classic, The Polar Express is
based on the children's book by Chris Van Allsburg. This enchanting
story is ..... |
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RAY
He was a musical pioneer, combining elements of blues, country, gospel, jazz and rock to create one of the most distinctive sounds of the last century. His story is one of enormous triumph over adversity, overcoming extraordinary odds to become what and who he was. |
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BEING JULIA
The Opening Night Gala Presentation at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Being Julia was marred with late coming actors as Warren Beatty worked the line outside Roy Thomson Hall and audio troubles plagued the film. I saw the film again recently at a press screening free of audio issues. |
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SIDEWAYS
The character Miles, beautifully portrayed by the character actor Paul Giamatti is answering a question asked to him by Maya (Virginia Madsen) a fellow wine lover about why he so loves the Pinot grape |
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THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
After earning rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival, Walter Salles splendid film The Motorcycle Diaries played at the Toronto International Film Festival..... |
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BEING JULIA
Annette Bening dominates every frame of this film from beginning to end in a saucy performance that allows this fine actress to flex her considerable acting talents, delivering her finest performance since American Beauty (1999) |
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THE GREAT FILM PERFORMANCES – MALE
In this four part series I will explore the great film performances in four categories, best actor, best actress, best supporting actor and best supporting actress. I have named ten best for each category along with a list of runners-up who could have easily made the list and in years to come might bump those on the list as time strengthens the impact of their work. |
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