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Summer Movie Preview 2012: 40 Movies Worth Talking About
I’m not going to lie; 2012 has been a surprisingly good year for movies thus far. I’m behind on the indie and foreign critical darlings that may show up on a few best of the year lists come December,...
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Moonrise Kingdom ****
As “Moonrise Kingdom” begins, a boy is listening to a record of Benjamin Britton classical music compositions intended for children. A high-pitched, nonthreatening kid’s voice interrupts the song to...
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Off the Red Carpet: Week 3 (10/17 – 10/24)
Three weeks have passed since I started this column, we’re 18 weeks away, and I’ve seen yet another two major contenders thanks to the Chicago International Film Festival (I might’ve seen three if not...
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Off the Red Carpet: Weeks of 10/24 – 11/7
I took a week off last week, despite there being at least one piece of gigantic movie news, perhaps not Oscar relevant, but enough to make nerds on Twitter (myself included) flip out for better or...
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Off the Red Carpet: Week of 11/7 – 11/14
We’re at the point where there’s going to be a big movie opening every week until the end of the year now, so get excited. “Skyfall” has biggest Bond opening ever “Skyfall” earned $86.7 million at the...
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Off the Red Carpet: Weeks of 11/14 – 11/28
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving holiday. I took off last week so I would too, but I still saw plenty of movies, including “Life of Pi,” “Lincoln,” “Magic Mike,” “Arbitrage,” “The Deep Blue Sea”...
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The Best (And Worst) Movies of 2012
Didn’t anyone get the memo that cinema is dead? 2012 came into greatness notoriously late in the year (if not trickling into next year), but the amount of quality that came out of big budget...
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The 2nd Annual Anti-Oscars
Every year there are great performers and films that for whatever reason do not get the attention they deserve at the Oscars. Sometimes they’re underrated, sometimes they’re critical darlings and...
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Oscar Predictions 2013
What an Oscar race it’s been. I simply don’t know what’s going to happen Thursday morning when nominations are finally announced for the Academy Awards on February 24th. It’s because there have been...
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