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Showing posts with label Foxcatcher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Foxcatcher. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 7, 2018

"I, Tonya," "Molly's Game," and the Idea of the Modern Olympic Movie

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Scene from I, Tonya *Note: Spoilers for I, Tonya  and Molly's Game If a sports movie is supposed to be a triumphant vision of the...
Saturday, August 19, 2017

The Runner-Ups: Channing Tatum in "Foxcatcher" (2014)

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Channing Tatum in Foxcatcher Every Oscar season, there are a handful of actors who get tagged with the "snubbed" moniker. Whi...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Birthday Take: Steve Carell in "Foxcatcher" (2014)

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Scene from Foxcatcher Welcome to The Birthday Take, a column dedicated to celebrating Oscar nominees and winners' birthdays by pay...
Thursday, August 4, 2016

Theory Thursday: "Foxcatcher" is the Best Sports Film Since 2011

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Scene from Foxcatcher Welcome to a weekly column called Theory Thursdays, which will be released every Thursday and discuss my "co...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

A Look at this Year's Surprising Academy Award Nominations

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Scene from Boyhood After months of prognostication and other awards shows, the Academy Awards have finally announced all of their conte...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Predictions for the Oscars' Potential Best Picture Category

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Scene from Boyhood With the Oscar nominations only one week away, now seems like a good time to take into account the various categorie...
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Predictions for the Oscars' Potential Best Director Category

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Left to right: Ellar Coltrane and Richard Linklater With the Oscar nominations only one week away, now seems like a good time to take i...

Predictions for the Oscars' Potential Best Actor Category

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Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything With the Oscar nominations only one week away, now seems like a good time to take into accou...
Sunday, January 11, 2015

Predictions for the Oscars' Potential Best Supporting Actor Category

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J.K. Simmons in Whiplash With the Oscar nominations only one week away, now seems like a good time to take into account the various cat...
Friday, December 12, 2014

Review: "Foxcatcher" is a Dark Look at the American Dream, Greed and Family

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Left to right: Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo There have been few topics that have had as conflicting of a cinematic representation as...
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Thursday, December 11, 2014

A Rundown of This Year's Golden Globe Nominations

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Joaquin Phoenix in Inherent Vice Following the release of the SAG Award nominations yesterday, today marks the release of the Golden G...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

A Look at this Year's Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards Nominations

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Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything Awards season continues to roll along. After the Gotham Awards last week, the big ones are ...
Friday, September 12, 2014

My Top 10 Movie Scores to Look Out for in Fall 2014

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Jonny Greenwood Of every major category at the Oscars, one of the most difficult ones to predict months, possibly even weeks in advance...
Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Is the Success of "Foxcatcher" at Cannes Going to Help Its Oscar Chances?

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Left to right: Channing Tatum and Steve Carell It seems to be a running gag in Hollywood right now of highly anticipated films getting ...
Friday, September 27, 2013

The Release of "Foxcatcher" Gets Moved Back to 2014

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Steve Carell It has been quite a week for pushing back expectations on potential Oscar nominees. Earlier we wrote about how The Wolf of...
Monday, September 2, 2013

Pre-Oscar Season Predictions on the Big Categories

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Tom Hanks in Saving Mr. Banks We are officially in the Oscar Buzz zone! It is the exciting time that gave birth to this particular blog...