TOP 20 FILMS OF 2012
[#1-10]
- 1. Oslo, August 31st [Review]
- 2. The Grey [Review]
- 3. The Master [Review]
- 4. Lincoln [Review]
- 5. Amour [Review]
- 6. The Turin Horse [Review]
- 7. Elena [Review]
- 8. Zero Dark Thirty [Review]
- 9. Tabu [Review]
- 10. Beasts of the Southern Wild [Review]
[#11-20]
- 11. The Snowtown Murders
- 12. Flight [Review]
- 13. Magic Mike [Review]
- 14. Holy Motors
- 15. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia [Review]
- 16. Rust and Bone [Review]
- 17. The Color Wheel
- 18. Looper [Review]
- 19. On the Road [Review]
- 20. The Loneliest Planet [Review]
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Tag Archives: J. Edgar
Movie Review: ‘Trouble with the Curve’
Director: Robert Lorenz | Writer: Randy Brown | Cast: Amy Adams, Clint Eastwood, John Goodman, Matthew Lillard, Joe Massingill, Justin Timberlake | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 111 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | Say what you want about Clint … Continue reading
Academy Cuts Best Makeup Field to Seven: ‘Iron Lady’ in, ‘J. Edgar’ Out
The Academy has recently been hard at work shaving the field of contenders over in the Best Visual Effects category — you’ll recall that the crop was initially cut to 15, and then, just last week, snipped even further to … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Nobbs, Anonymous, Armie Hammer, Awards, Best Makeup, Clint Eastwood, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, Green Lantern, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Hugo, J. Edgar, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard, Phyllida Lloyd, Roland Emmerich, The Artist, The Iron Lady
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Damon, Jónsi Carry Otherwise Forgettable ‘We Bought a Zoo’
Since I saw Cameron Crowe’s We Bought a Zoo in late-November on the night of those nationwide sneak-peek public screenings, I haven’t been able to gather enough desire to write a full-length review of the film. Usually, but not always, … Continue reading
National Board of Review Gives a Big Hug to Martin Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’
The National Board of Review has a thing for Clint Eastwood. Each one of the director’s films since 2002′s Blood Work has been included in the NBR’s compilation of the year’s top ten films — and now, with the inclusion … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Payne, Awards, Blood Work, Clint Eastwood, George Clooney, Hugo, J. Edgar, Jacques Tati, Jim Rash, Martin Scorsese, Michael Fassbender, Nat Faxon, National Board of Review, Rooney Mara, Shailene Woodley, Sylvain Chomet, The Descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Illusionist
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Oscar Predictions: ‘J. Edgar’ Opens to Intriguingly Cryptic Response
Like the film or not — and, despite some obviously confused work on the page from Dustin Lance Black, I do — I think it’s hard not to be at least somewhat interested in the mixed response that Clint Eastwood’s … Continue reading
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Tagged A Dangerous Method, Alexander Payne, Changeling, Charlize Theron, Clint Eastwood, David Cronenberg, Diablo Cody, Dustin Lance Black, Hereafter, Hugo, Invictus, J. Edgar, Jason Reitman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Michel Hazanavicius, Midnight in Paris, My Week with Marilyn, Olivia Colman, Oscar Predictions, Oscars, Paddy Considine, Patton Oswalt, Simon Curtis, Steven Spielberg, The Artist, The Descendants, Tyrannosaur, War Horse, Woody Allen, Young Adult
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Movie Review: ‘J. Edgar’ (2011)
In Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar, Leonardo DiCaprio gives a performance that will surprise a great many of people. His turn as J. Edgar Hoover is, by a substantial margin, his most ambitious undertaking to date, and — both impressively and … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, 3 stars, Armie Hammer, Clint Eastwood, Dustin Lance Black, J, J. Edgar, Judi Dench, Leonardo DiCaprio, Milk, Naomi Watts, Reviews, Sean Penn, The Social Network
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Oscar Predictions: Post-NYFF Assessment
Having seen a handful of films at this year’s New York Film Festival — including, among others, Steve McQueen’s Shame, Alexander Payne’s The Descendants, and Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist — I feel that my perspective of this year’s race, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Payne, An Education, Awards, Carey Mulligan, Clint Eastwood, Diablo Cody, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, George Clooney, Invictus, J. Edgar, Jason Reitman, Jean Dujardin, Jim Rash, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Fassbender, Michel Hazanavicius, Michelle Williams, Morgan Freeman, My Week with Marilyn, Nat Faxon, Oscar Predictions, Oscars, Shailene Woodley, Shame, Simon Curtis, Stephen Daldry, Steve McQueen, The Artist, The Descendants, The Help, Up in the Air, Viola Davis, Young Adult
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Trailer for Clint Eastwood’s ‘J. Edgar’
In terms of getting a glance at some kind of a trailer, Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar has been one of the year’s longest holdouts. (Still remaining, among a few others, are Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Jason … Continue reading
Oscar Predictions: Diving in Before the Festivals
Back in early March, I put together a preliminary set of Oscar predictions for the impending 2011-2012 awards season. Most of the films that made their way into my charts have still yet to be released theatrically, but trailers have … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Payne, Awards, Bennett Miller, Clint Eastwood, David Nicholls, J. Edgar, Jason Reitman, Lone Scherfig, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, One Day, Oscar Predictions, Oscars, Steven Spielberg, Terrence Malick, The Descendants, The Tree of Life, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tomas Alfredson, War Horse, Woody Allen, Young Adult
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Looking Ahead: Forecasting the 2011-2012 Oscar Contenders
Note: As this is my first time doing year-in-advance predictions, feel free to leave a comment below or send an e-mail if you think there are any particular films I’ve left out of my predictions. As of March 8, Best … Continue reading
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Tagged A Dangerous Method, Aaron Eckhart, Abi Morgan, Albert Brooks, Alexander Payne, Amber Heard, Amy Ryan, Anne Hathaway, Anton Yelchin, Armie Hammer, Bennett Miller, Brad Pitt, Bruce Robinson, Bryan Cranston, Burt Young, Cars 2, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Clint Eastwood, Contagion, David Cronenberg, David Fincher, David Nicholls, Diablo Cody, Drive, Dustin Lance Black, Evan Rachel Wood, George Clooney, Giovanni Ribisi, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hannah Ware, J. Edgar, J.J. Abrams, James Badge Dale, Jason Reitman, Jeffrey Tambor, Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Jim Sturgess, Jodie Foster, John Hawkes, Johnny Depp, Jonah Hill, Jude Law, Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, Keira Knightley, Kirsten Dunst, Lars von Trier, Laurence Fishburne, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lone Scherfig, Marion Cotillard, Marisa Tomei, Matt Damon, Mel Gibson, Melancholia, Melanie Lynskey, Michael Fassbender, Moneyball, Naomi Watts, Nicolas Winding Refn, One Day, Patricia Clarkson, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Robin Wright, Ron Perlman, Rooney Mara, Ryan Gosling, Scott Z. Burns, Sean Penn, Shame, Steve McQueen, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Zaillian, Super 8, Terrence Malick, The Beaver, The Descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Ides of March, The Rum Diary, The Tree of Life, Tom McCarthy, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel, Win Win, Young Adult
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