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Showing posts with label Mahershala Ali. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mahershala Ali. Show all posts
Sunday, December 29, 2019

Composing Greatness: #13. The Freshman Class of the 2010's - "Moonlight" (2016)

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Scene from Moonlight  (2016) Welcome to Composing Greatness: a column dedicated to exploring the work of film composers. This will spe...
Saturday, November 16, 2019

Nothing But the Best: "Green Book" (2018)

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Scene from Green Book Welcome to the series Nothing But the Best in which I chronicle all of the Academy Award Best Picture winners as ...
Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Review: "Green Book" is an Entertaining Ride Towards Empathy

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Scene from Green Book For many people watching director Peter Farrelly's latest Green Book , there's a certain familiarity that...
Monday, December 17, 2018

Review: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" Reinvents the Superhero Narrative Perfectly

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Scene from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse With over a half dozen superhero movies released annually, it does seem difficult to answe...
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

How "The Place Beyond the Pines" Turned Bradley Cooper Into a Serious Actor

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Bradley Cooper in The Place Beyond the Pines *NOTE: Spoilers It's something that can be taken for granted, especially given the...
Monday, July 16, 2018

A24 A-to-Z: #42. "Moonlight" (2016)

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Scene from  Moonlight In case you didn't know, A24 is one of the great purveyors of modern cinema. Since 2013, the studio h...
Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Nothing But the Best: "Moonlight" (2016)

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Scene from Moonlight Welcome to the series Nothing But the Best in which I chronicle all of the Academy Award Best Picture winners as t...
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,...
Monday, November 14, 2016

Review: "Moonlight" Embraces the Complex Beauty of Black Lives in Exciting New Ways

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Scene from Moonlight Director Barry Jenkins has produced something magnificent with his latest film Moonlight . In an era where cutting...
Monday, October 24, 2016

"Moonlight" Becomes a Box Office Hit with the Highest Per Screen Average of 2016

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Scene from Moonlight If you're one of the loyal Oscar fans, you'll know why you should be keeping an eye out for director Barry...