So tonight is the big night. The official end to the 2012 movie season, which, most likely, will honor the middle ground of an otherwise fantastic movie year (except DDL and whoever wins the animated categories). We’ve all made our picks of who we think should win versus who we think will win, and...
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Movie news seemed to take a bit of a deep breath to catch up after the madness that is Cannes finally finished. To kill the time, I finally caught Men in Black III. Oh boy. Chalk up another victory for infamous Hollywood Braincloud. The most interesting thing to come out of that will have...
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A bit late this Sunday. I had woot canaw this week and needless to say I’ve been acting like a sick, hurt little baby all week, so I wasn’t as attentive as I usually am when it came to new hounding this week. It’s a bit of a thin link collection, and the best...
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So, depending on who you ask, this week’s big genre release, Drive, was either the greatest film since Citizen Kane or the worst film since The Hottie and the Nottie. I haven’t had a chance to see it yet, and I might wait until all of the jizzing/furor wears off to not feel compelled...
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As the crazy days of summer draw to a close, with the tentpole pictures mostly behind us, we’re starting to get a lot more choice in what to go see again. This weekend saw openings of Final Destination 5, The Help, Another Earth, The Devil’s Double, Glee 3D and 30 Minutes or Less not to...
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David Gordon Green was a breath of fresh air in the dwindling indie film scene when he broke through in 2000 with George Washington, a slow churning tragedy about a group of poor kids in rural North Carolina who have to clutch at the seams of their lives as it slowly rips apart after...
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Every year it seems to be that there is one movie nominated in this category that I haven’t seen, so I always feel weird saying “ should win!” I really thought Sally Hawkins was going to get nominated for Made in Dagenham just to throw a wrench into the works for me, but I’ve...
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This year, yours truly joined the Florida Film Critics Circle, and this week, my vote (among those from 18 colleagues from across the state) went towards declaring David Fincher’s The Social Network the very finest film of 2010. Fincher took Best Director, while Aaron Sorkin’s snappy script won Best Adapted Screenplay. With regards to...
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All dates are subject to change (especially the Christmas stuff). 12/3 – climate change documentary Cool It (Winter Park), the Allen Ginsberg biopic Howl (Enzian), the apparently awful The Nutcracker 3D (Oviedo/Pointe*Orlando), the James Gandolfini-Kristen Stewart drama Welcome to the Rileys (Winter Park) 12/4-5 – Brouhaha Film & Video Showcase (Enzian) 12/10 – Gemma...
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