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Showing posts with label Michael Shannon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michael Shannon. Show all posts
Sunday, December 29, 2019

Review: How "Knives Out" Reinvents the Whodunit is a Clear Success

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Scene from Knives Out The world of Agatha Christie is alive and well in director Rian Johnson's Knives Out . This murder mystery is...
Friday, December 14, 2018

Nothing But the Best: "The Shape of Water" (2017)

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Scene from The Shape of Water Welcome to the series Nothing But the Best in which I chronicle all of the Academy Award Best Picture win...
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

"The Shape of Water" and the Three Forms of Loneliness

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Scene from The Shape of Water *Note: Spoilers for The Shape of Water It is a moment that comes between two phases of Eliza (Sally Haw...
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Saturday, December 23, 2017

Review: "The Shape of Water" Romanticizes Horror with Tenderness and Awe

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Scene from The Shape of Water Monsters are scary. It's a simple rule of life that all narrative forms have accepted as true. So why...
Monday, August 7, 2017

Birthday Take: Michael Shannon in "Nocturnal Animals" (2016)

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Scene from Nocturnal Animals Welcome to The Birthday Take, a column dedicated to celebrating Oscar nominees and winners' birthdays...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

The First "Freeheld" Trailer is Full of Promising Performances

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Left to right: Julianne Moore and Ellen Page With America currently living in an era where gay marriage is legal and LGBT culture has b...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Will "Mud" Help McConaughey Get Some Oscar Love?

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Matthew McConaughey One of the most surprising things about 2013 in movies was the transformation of Matthew McConaughey all the way fr...
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