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Showing posts with label David O. Russell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David O. Russell. Show all posts
Sunday, August 23, 2020

Every Best Picture Nominee of the 2010's Ranked: #11-14

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Scene from The Fighter  (2010) As 2019 reached its end, another decade of cinema had passed. It's amazing to think about how things...
Sunday, July 26, 2020

Every Best Picture Nominee of the 2010's Ranked: #50-54

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Scene from American Hustle As 2019 reached its end, another decade of cinema had passed. It's amazing to think about how things hav...
Saturday, August 20, 2016

Ranking Amy Adams' 5 Oscar Nominated Roles

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Amy Adams in Arrival Today marks actress Amy Adams' 42nd birthday. Over the course of an impressive career, she has played everythi...
Thursday, May 26, 2016

Theory Thursday: "Joy" is Jennifer Lawrence's Best Performance

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Jennifer Lawrence Welcome to a weekly column called Theory Thursdays, which will be released every Thursday and discuss my "cont...
Monday, December 28, 2015

A Ranking of Every Film By David O. Russel

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David O. Russell With this past weekend's release of Joy , director David O. Russell once again returns with a film that establishe...
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Saturday, December 26, 2015

Review: "Joy" Gives Lawrence One of Her Career Bests

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Jennifer Lawrence There's something intriguing about director David O. Russell's work since The Fighter . Where his earlier car...
Monday, November 30, 2015

Jennifer Lawrence to Work with David O. Russell Till He Dies

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Left to right: Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in Joy There is a good chance that if you're into The Oscars as much as I am, y...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Will David O. Russell Ever Win an Oscar?

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David O. Russell There are few people that are practically as synonymous nowadays with The Oscars as David O. Russell. Among the workin...
Saturday, August 15, 2015

Birthday Take: Jennifer Lawrence in "American Hustle" (2013)

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Jennifer Lawrence in American Hustle Welcome to The Birthday Take, a column dedicated to celebrating Oscar nominees and winners' b...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

The First "Joy" Trailer Shows Lawrence Gunning for an Oscar Nomination

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Jennifer Lawrence It has already been a rough 2015 for the cast of Silver Linings Playbook . First there was director David O. Russell...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

Failed Oscar Campaigns: "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012)

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Left to right: Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper As awards seasons pick up, so do the campaigns to make your film have the best chan...

Review: "Accidental Love" is Russell's Worst Film Despite Being Occasionally Ambitious

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Left to right: Jessica Biel and Jake Gyllenhaal A lot can be said of director David O. Russell's recent resurgence with his past th...
Tuesday, January 6, 2015

The First Trailer for "Accidental Love" Reminds Us How Much Better Russell Has Become in 7 Years

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Left to right: Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel After years of delays and long ago being disowned by the creator, director David O. Ru...
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

David O. Russell's "Nailed" Gets Renamed and a Release Date

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David O. Russell Nowadays, director David O. Russell is a mastermind of the modern drama. With his past three films (The Fighter , Silv...
Sunday, February 16, 2014

A Closer Look at the Best Original Screenplay Nominees

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Now that we have covered the acting fields, it is time to look at the constructs of what makes those performances pop. First up is the Be...
Monday, February 10, 2014

A Closer Look at the Best Director Nominees

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*Note: While I had previously publicized that I was covering all of the categories in a look at the Best Picture race , I have decided to...
Saturday, December 28, 2013

Review: "American Hustle" is a Great Looking Yet Empty Con

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Left to right: Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Christian Bale, and Jennifer Lawrence Originally published at CinemaBeach. ...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

The "American Hustle" Trailer is a Great Throwback Full of Wit and Snazzy Outfits

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Left to right: Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale All it took was a few hours for my recent post on upcoming Oscar contenders  to look a...
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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Review: "Silver Linings Playbook" Isn't Quite All There

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Left to right: Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro One of the great surprises of 2010 was watching director David O. Russell's boxer ...
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Saturday, September 22, 2012

Will "Silver Linings Playbook" Build on its TIFF Win?

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Left to right: Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper It wasn't long ago that a movie came onto my radar that could possibly get Osca...