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Showing posts with label oscars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oscars. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Bridge of Spies

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Bridge of Spies ~ The Bride and I got to see this one on one of our Disney Cruise s a year or so back, a sneak preview the night we saw ...
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Thursday, January 12, 2017

La La Land

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La La Land ~ Already garnering awards and attention from critics since its soft release over the holidays, this is not only one of the b...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Pete's Dragon 1977

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Pete's Dragon ~ Even with my interest in Disney, I doubt I would have seen this one any time soon if it wasn't for the remake i...
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Monday, August 29, 2016

Gene Wilder 1933-2016

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I have a couple friends who say they learn of celebrity deaths from my blog, that I write about these things first. I don't want to...
Monday, August 15, 2016

Straight Outta Compton

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Straight Outta Compton ~ I find it hard to believe that this film was so ignored by the Oscars. The #OscarsSoWhite controversy becomes...
Monday, November 24, 2014

After the Thin Man

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After the Thin Man ~ The second of the Thin Man movies, and the sequel to The Thin Man , a terrific Dashiell Hammett novel (which I rec...
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Thursday, August 28, 2014

The Wind Rises

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The Wind Rises ~ Also known as Kaze Tachinu , written and directed by the great Hayao Miyazaki, is a masterpiece of phenomenal artisans...
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Monday, August 25, 2014

RIP Richard Attenborough

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Award winning actor, director, and producer Richard Attenborough died yesterday. He was only a few days short of his 91st birthday. ...
Monday, August 11, 2014

Remembering Robin Williams

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Robin Williams is no longer with us as of this afternoon. Authorities are suggesting it was apparently suicide, perhaps brought on by ye...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

RIP James Garner

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Actor James Garner passed away last night, he was 86. Whether you knew him as Bret Maverick or Jim Rockford, from The Notebook , or doze...
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Thursday, July 03, 2014

Gravity

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This is an Oscar nominated and winning film. Let me be clear, Gravity is a B-grade scifi thriller that got very lucky. It breaks tradi...
Thursday, June 12, 2014

Ruby Dee 1922-2014

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Monday, March 03, 2014

The Lego Movie

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The Lego Movie ~ Some have derided this flick as one long commercial for Lego, but I would strongly disagree. Lego is merely the mediu...
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Friday, January 17, 2014

Thank God It's Friday

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Thank God It's Friday ~ This movie is a long forgotten entry from the disco age, barely a footnote today, but when I was a teenager ...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Saving Mr. Banks

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Saving Mr. Banks ~ The twenty year quest of Walt Disney to gain the rights to P.L. Travers' "Mary Poppins" is the stuff o...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Wild Hogs

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Wild Hogs ~ Sometimes it's surprising what you'll watch when there's nothing else to watch or you have nothing better to do...
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Monday, August 26, 2013

Miley Gone Mad?

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With an impending birthday coming this week, after watching the opening number of this year's MTV VMAs, I had to ask myself two quest...
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Friday, August 23, 2013

Ben Affleck Is Batman!

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So Ben Affleck will play Batman in the upcoming sequel to Man of Steel , likely to be called Batman Vs. Superman . The announcement ...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

My Oscar Picks 2013

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My opinion really doesn't count for all that much this year as some personal issues have kept me from seeing many of the films this y...
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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Silver Linings Playbook

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Silver Linings Playbook ~ You might have noticed its been quite a while since I posted about any movies currently in theaters. Well, i...
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