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Poll: Which 2016 Oscar Nominated Movies Have You Seen?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:00:36 +0000

In case you hadn’t been paying attention, the Academy Awards will air this Sunday night. Often, many people use the last few days before the ceremony to catch up with the Oscar nominated movies they missed. How many of this year’s crop have you seen? The following poll contains all of the movies nominated for...

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Weekend Roundtable: Most Undeserving 2016 Oscar Nominees

Josh Zyber — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 20:00:35 +0000

The Oscars are just a week away. As happens most years, some of the nominees for this year’s Academy Awards are less deserving of awards and praise than others. Like some of these, for example. Mike Attebery I had high hopes for ‘Steve Jobs‘. Even after its somewhat tortured production, I thought the film stood...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of February 14th, 2016 – Oscar Nominations? There’s an App for That

Josh Zyber — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:00:51 +0000

As we return from the President’s Day weekend, it’s bio-pic week on Blu-ray. A bunch of last fall’s Oscar bait movies hit video to either remind Academy voters of their existence, or to sulk about getting snubbed. New Releases ‘Steve Jobs‘ – The failure of the 2013 Steve Jobs bio-pic starring Ashton Kutcher didn’t deter...

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‘Trumbo’ Review: Entertaining Bio-Swill

Philip Brown — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 15:00:41 +0000

‘Trumbo’ attempts to dive into the complicated life of an important figure in Hollywood history, while also serving up easy-to-swallow drama for the award-bait crowd and qualifying as a comedy too. That’s quite a bit for a movie that ultimately lands as light entertainment to pull off. Indeed, ‘Trumbo’ frequently sags under the weight of...

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Weekend Box Office: Double-0 Seventy Three Million

Luke Hickman — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 17:00:50 +0000

Following the critical and box office success of ‘Skyfall’, the James Bond franchise is still killing it. At that same time, Charlie Brown, Snoopy and company proved that they’re still relevant and bankable too. Although Daniel Craig’s fourth 007 film, ‘Spectre‘, opened to $15 million less than franchise-best ‘Skyfall’, it still had no problem topping...

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Weekend Movies: Peanuts, Popcorn, Cracker Jacks!

Luke Hickman — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 14:00:29 +0000

Alongside four mostly promising limited releases, this weekend offers two new entries to very old properties. James Bond is back in action this weekend with ‘Spectre‘. Daniel Craig reprises the iconic British spy role for the fourth time in this, the 24th movie in the franchise. Connecting the dots between his previous three Bond flicks...

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TIFF Journal: ‘Trumbo’

Philip Brown — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:00:00 +0000

Hey! Here’s a 2015 bio-pic about Hollywood overcoming adversity, so I guess we’re officially in awards season! Fortunately, this is actually a decent one thanks to a deft sense of humor from all involved. You just have to accept all the melodrama and cheese as inherent traits of the genre. Bryan Cranston stars as Dalton...

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