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Showing posts with label John C. Reilley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John C. Reilley. Show all posts
Monday, September 14, 2020

The Oscar Buzz Celebrates Its Eighth Anniversary!

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  Scene from Hard Eight Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to announce that the odometer has rolled over. We're entering my eighth year of...
Saturday, February 23, 2019

Failed Oscar Campaigns: "Walk Hard:: The Dewey Cox Story" (2007)

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Scene from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story As awards seasons pick up, so do the campaigns to make your film have the best chances at the...
Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Review: "Ralph Breaks the Internet" is a Smart Yet Overbearing Sequel

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Scene from Ralph Breaks the Internet As any of the countless studies have proven, the internet is a crucial tool to how we communicate ...
Monday, October 15, 2018

Review: "The Sisters Brothers" is One of the Smartest, Funnest Takes on the Western in Some Time

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John C. Reilley in The Sisters Brothers The world of director Jacques Audiard's English-language debut The Sisters Brothers  is one...
Friday, April 27, 2018

A24 A-to-Z: #34. "The Lobster" (2016)

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Scene from The Lobster In case you didn't know, A24 is one of the great purveyors of modern cinema. Since 2013, the studio has foun...
Saturday, September 9, 2017

A24 A-to-Z: #11. "Life After Beth" (2014)

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Scene from Life After Beth In case you didn't know, A24 is one of the great purveyors of modern cinema. Since 2013, the studio has ...
Sunday, November 27, 2016

Best Song: 50 Songs That Should've Been Nominated

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Scene from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Welcome to Best Song, a new weekly column released on Sunday dedicated to chronicling ...
Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Review: "The Lobster" is the Best Romantic Comedy in Years

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Scene from The Lobster There are few movie genres who are in as much of an existential crisis as the romantic comedy. With limited exce...
Saturday, April 23, 2016

The Runner-Ups: The Music of "Walk Hard" (2007)

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Scene from Walk Hard Every Oscar season, there are a handful of actors who get tagged with the "snubbed" moniker. While it is...
Sunday, December 27, 2015

Nothing But the Best: "Chicago" (2002)

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Scene from Chicago Welcome to the series Nothing But the Best in which I chronicle all of the Academy Award Best Picture winners as the...
Thursday, September 3, 2015

The First Trailer for Cannes Favorite "The Lobster" is Strangely Funny

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Continuing the release of trailers for movies that played at Cannes is the latest from director Giorgos Lanthimos called The Lobster . Th...
Monday, October 29, 2012

Can "Wreck-It Ralph" Convince the Old Voters that Video Games are Cool?

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Update: A review for the film has been posted here . With The Avengers  blowing up at the box office, I think it finally time that we a...