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Showing posts with label 12 Years a Slave. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 12 Years a Slave. Show all posts
Sunday, August 30, 2020

Every Best Picture Nominee of the 2010's Ranked: The Top 5

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Scene from Mad Max: Fury Road As 2019 reached its end, another decade of cinema had passed. It's amazing to think about how things ...
Thursday, June 11, 2020

The Problematic Legacy of "Gone With the Wind"

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Scene from Gone With the Wind Earlier this week, the new streaming service HBO Max received scrutiny when they decided to pull Gone With the...
Thursday, November 15, 2018

Theory Thursday: Hans Zimmer's Score for "12 Years a Slave" was Unnecessary

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Scene from 12 Years a Slave Welcome to a weekly column called Theory Thursdays, which will be released every Thursday and discuss my ...
Monday, February 27, 2017

Why "Moonlight" Winning Best Picture is a Big Deal

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By all accounts, the 89th annual Academy Awards ceremony was going according to plan. Over the course of the evening through 24 categories,...
Thursday, February 11, 2016

Theory Thursday: Benedict Cumberbatch is Overrated

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Benedict Cumberbatch in Zoolander No. 2 Welcome to a weekly column called Theory Thursdays, which will be released every Thursday and d...
Sunday, November 8, 2015

Nothing But the Best: "12 Years a Slave" (2013)

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Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave Welcome to the series Nothing But the Best in which I chronicle all of the Academy Award Best Pict...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

Theory Thursday: Chiwetel Ejiofor Should've Won Best Actor for "12 Years a Slave" (2013)

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Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave Welcome to a weekly column called Theory Thursdays, which will be released every Thursday and disc...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

17 Pleasant Surprises on BBC's Greatest American Films

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Left to right: Lupita Nyong'o and Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave Today marks the release of the latest "Best Movies Ever...
Thursday, April 2, 2015

Birthday Take: Michael Fassbender in "12 Years a Slave" (2013)

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Michael Fassbender Welcome to The Birthday Take, a column dedicated to celebrating Oscar nominees and winners' birthdays by paying ...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Final Thoughts on This Year's Oscar Season

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With that, we say goodbye to another Oscar season. While there has been plenty of wrap-up for this year's program, I have chosen to b...
Thursday, February 12, 2015

A Theory on Why "Boyhood" Could Win Best Picture

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Ellar Coltrane As I wrote in the past with articles on Selma  and Birdman , I feel like there is a three way tie for Best Picture betwe...
Sunday, February 8, 2015

Why the BAFTAS Mean Nothing (To the Oscars, That Is)

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Scene from Boyhood This past afternoon saw the announcement for the winners of the annual BAFTA Awards. For many, it is the ultimate si...

Five Ways That "The Birth of a Nation" Shaped the Oscars

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Scene from The Birth of a Nation Today marks a revolutionary moment in cinematic culture. 100 years ago today, director D.W. Griffiths...
Tuesday, December 2, 2014

A Theory on Why "Selma" Could Win Best Picture

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Scene from Selma I know that I haven't necessarily been kind to director Ava Duvernay's Selma . After seeing an advanced screen...
Monday, March 3, 2014

A Few Thoughts on the 86th Academy Award Winners

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*NOTE: This is not a recap or highlight of the ceremony. This is a discussion of the films that won isolated from the ceremony. There...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

My Official Oscar Votes for 2014

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With the Oscar ceremony this upcoming weekend, the time to see all of the Oscar nominees is dwindling down. For me, there are many notabl...
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Monday, February 24, 2014

"12 Years a Slave" to be Taught as Curriculum in High Schools

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Left to right: Sarah Paulson and Lupita Nyong'o It may not actually be a marketing scheme, but for those placing money on director ...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

What Happened to "12 Years a Slave"?

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Chiwetel Ejiofor It seemed like since its debut director Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave  was bound to sweep the Oscars. It was a ...
Monday, February 17, 2014

A Closer Look at the Best Adapted Screenplay Nominees

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Closing out our dissection of the big Oscar categories, here is a look at the Best Adapted Screenplay nominees. Much like the Best Origin...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

A Closer Look at the Best Supporting Actress Nominees

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Continuing this year's sense of ragtag nominees in the supporting categories is the Best Supporting Actress category. Where the lead ...