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: Viola Davis
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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Hazanavicius Wins DGA, ‘The Help’ Dominates SAG Awards
Over the past few days, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) have both voiced their opinion on the year in film, yet each organization has added so little to the conversation that they hardly … Continue reading
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Tagged Awards, Beginners, Christopher Plummer, Directors Guild of America, George Clooney, James Marsh, Jean Dujardin, Michel Hazanavicius, Nick Nolte, Octavia Spencer, Project Nim, Screen Actors Guild, Shailene Woodley, The Artist, The Help, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Viola Davis, Warrior
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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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Miscellaneous Awards 2011
This list of Miscellaneous Awards for 2011 will probably wrap up my year-in-review stuff here on the site. I don’t want to close the envelope completely, because an idea may pop into my head somewhere down the line, but, considering … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 in Review, Albert Nobbs, Bridesmaids, Bryan Cranston, Carnage, Chris Evans, Drive, Hanna, Margaret, Melissa McCarthy, Moneyball, Puncture, Source Code, The Artist, The Help, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tower Heist, Viola Davis, We Need to Talk About Kevin
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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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Tagged Amy Ryan, Awards, Coriolanus, Elizabeth Olsen, Indiana Film Journalists Association, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Michel Hazanavicius, Paul Giamatti, Ralph Fiennes, Terrence Malick, The Artist, The Help, The Tree of Life, Tilda Swinton, Viola Davis, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Win Win
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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 Stephen Daldry’s ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’
Everything about Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close screams Oscar, and this Apple trailer — the first footage we’ve seen from the film, mind you — really puts the nail in the coffin. Daldry is well-known for having received … Continue reading