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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Oscar Predictions: Taking Stock of What We’ve Seen
With August approaching, and the summer movie season beginning to wind down a bit, it’s the time of year when speculation about the upcoming awards season begins to mount an increasing momentum — a momentum that’s no doubt been put … Continue reading
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Tagged Batman Begins, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin, Bernie, Brave, Brian De Palma, Christopher Nolan, Derek Cianfrance, Jack Black, John Madden, Magic Mike, Matthew McConaughey, Midnight in Paris, Moonrise Kingdom, Passion, Reid Carolin, Richard Linklater, Steven Soderbergh, Terrence Malick, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, The Place Beyond the Pines, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Tree of Life, To the Wonder, Wes Anderson, Woody Allen
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Movie Review: ‘To Rome with Love’
Director: Woody Allen | Writer: Woody Allen | Cast: Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Penélope Cruz, Judy Davis, Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig, Ellen Page | Rating: R | Runtime: 111 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | Following something … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 stars, 2012, Alec Baldwin, Alessandra Mastronardi, Alessandro Tiberian, Alison Pill, Antonio Albanese, Ellen Page, Fabio Armiliato, Flavio Parenti, Greta Gerwig, Inception, Jesse Eisenberg, Judy Davis, Life is Beautiful, Midnight in Paris, Owen Wilson, Penelope Cruz, Pierluigi Marchionne, Reviews, Roberto Benigni, Scoop, T, To Rome with Love, Woody Allen
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Movie Review: ‘The Woman in the Fifth’
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Writers: Douglas Kennedy (novel), Pawel Pawlikowski | Cast: Delphine Chuillot, Samir Guesmi, Ethan Hawke, Joanna Kulig, Julie Papillon, Kristin Scott Thomas | Rating: R | Runtime: 85 minutes | Year: 2012 | We need movies like … Continue reading
Oscar Recap: ‘Artist,’ ‘Hugo’ Take Five Statues Apiece
That Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter took home their second consecutive Best Film Editing Oscar — last year for The Social Network, this year for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, another hyper-kinetic David Fincher film — was an out-of-nowhere … Continue reading
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Tagged A Separation, Alexander Payne, Angus Wall, Asghar Farhadi, Awards, Beginners, Billy Crystal, Brian Grazer, Christopher Plummer, Emmanuel Lubezki, Harvey Weinstein, Hugo, Kirk Baxter, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Midnight in Paris, Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol, Moneyball, Oscars, Robert Richardson, The Artist, The Descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, The Iron Lady, The Master, The Social Network, Viola Davis, Woody Allen
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Recapping the Largely Uneventful Golden Globes: A Toned-Down Gervais Still the Highlight
When Ricky Gervais is on auto-pilot mode and he’s still the most watchable element of the Golden Globes, then you know it was a rocky broadcast. (“Rocky” meaning, well, boring.) Alright, maybe he wasn’t the absolute best part. Sidney Poitier’s … Continue reading
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Tagged A Separation, Angelina Jolie, Awards, Cecil B. DeMille, George Clooney, Golden Globes, Helen Mirren, Hugo, In the Land of Blood and Honey, Jean Dujardin, John Hughes, Madonna, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Michel Hazanavicius, Midnight in Paris, Morgan Freeman, Rango, Ricky Gervais, Sidney Poitier, The Adventures of Tintin, The Artist, The Descendants, The Help, The Iron Lady, Tilda Swinton, Viola Davis, W.E., We Need to Talk About Kevin, Woody Allen
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‘Midnight in Paris’ Headlines Quentin Tarantino’s Top 11 of 2011
Quentin Tarantino’s annual assortment of the year’s best films has arrived online today, and the number-three slotting of Moneyball — as well as a Best Director mention for Bennett Miller — obviously earned my affection with ease. I’m less on … Continue reading
DGA Surprises, Nominates Allen, Fincher
Well, at least Tate Taylor didn’t get in. I’ll take David Fincher — even so-so Fincher, like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — over the soap-brand flavoring of The Help any day of the week. That said, there were … Continue reading
‘Dragon Tattoo,’ ‘Young Adult’ Slide in with the WGA
In the wake of the PGA nominations announced yesterday, the Writers Guild of America has spoken up with their correlation of Original, Adapted, and Documentary Screenplay nominees. The flood of ineligibilities — The Artist, a conceivable Best Original Screenplay frontrunner … Continue reading
The Best Films of 2011
In terms of depth, the cinematic year of 2011 may have been somewhat slim — indeed, I noticed myself stretching just a bit when thinking of ten worthy honorable mentions — but, at the tip of the iceberg, it managed … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 in Review, A Separation, Certified Copy, Contagion, Drive, Hanna, Into the Abyss, Margaret, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, Rampart, Shame, Take Shelter, The Descendants, The Guard, The Tree of Life, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Top Tens, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Weekend, Win Win
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Satellite Awards Announce Their Oddball List of 2011 Nominees
The Satellite Awards have announced their list of 2011 nominees and they are, true to form, a mixed bag (in the most obscurely pleasing sense of the word). Unlike last year, however, they didn’t compile separate acting categories for comedy … Continue reading