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Movie Review: ‘To the Wonder’

Director: Terrence Malick | Writer: Terrence Malick | Cast: Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem, Tatiana Chiline, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams, Romina Mondello | Rating: R | Runtime: 112 minutes | Year (U.S. release date): 2013 | “What is this love that … Continue reading

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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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Movie Review: ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’

Director: Benh Zeitlin | Writers: Lucy Alibar (stage play and screenplay), Benh Zeitlin | Cast: Levy Easterly, Dwight Henry, Quvenzhané Wallis | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 91 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern … Continue reading

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Oscar Predictions: One Last Refinement Before Tuesday’s Announcement

Heading into tomorrow’s unveiling of this year’s Oscar nominations, the question remains, as it has all season, as to how the Academy’s freshly revised Best Picture regulations will affect the number of nominees in the category. It’s a fitting place … Continue reading

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Top Ten Most Anticipated Movies of 2012

With the end of the semester in sight, I’ve been swamped with school work during the past few days — final-exam preparation, putting together final essays, etc. That’s why I haven’t posted anything since Thursday. But things will be back … Continue reading

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Love for ‘The Artist’ Continues with Indiana Film Journalists Association

Another day, another precursor group, another show of love for The Artist. The film earned Michel Hazanavicius Best Director honors in addition to being named the year’s Best Film by the Indiana Film Journalists Association. (Though props to them for … Continue reading

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San Francisco Critics Also Announce Winners, Admirably Reward Malick’s ‘Tree of Life’

Any group that names Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life the best film of 2011 has an automatic supporter in yours truly, but the San Francisco Film Critics Circle also managed to devise a list of winners that was, from … Continue reading

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Precursor Roundup: Boston, Los Angeles, and New York Online Critics Chime In

As far as precursor awards goes, today has been an absolute whirlwind, with three major critics groups chiming in with their year-end winners: Boston Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and New York Film Critics Online. There’s … Continue reading

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Three Decades of Brad Pitt

I was glancing through some of the early TIFF reactions to Bennett Miller’s Moneyball — most of which were positive, by the way — and it really got me thinking about how interesting Brad Pitt’s choices as an actor tend … Continue reading

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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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