While millions of people saw Bond this weekend, I had an odd little experience of being in an almost empty theater on a Saturday while finally seeing Cloud Atlas. I usually like to see movies during the day to avoid big crowds, but I had figured, being a Saturday, it would be packed and...
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Next weekend is memorial day weekend, and what better way to spend it than chilling with Wall-E and Eve? Or maybe Remy and Linguine are more your speed? Or Carl and Russell? Or Woody and Buzz? Or maybe all four? Pixar is trotting out their famous and Oscar winning films through AMC Cinemas for...
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Or Countdown to Oscars 2012 When We’ll Pretend Cars 2 Didn’t Suck Exhaust Pipe Cause At Least It’s Not Puss in Boots or Happy Feet 2. Cue the boos … I’m about to piss a bunch of people off. Here’s the deal: Even though I have two kids which forces me to watch more...
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Let’s get one of the big boys out of the way, shall we? Over the last decade or so, the Best Writing categories have both become something of the de facto “Best Indie Movie” category. It’s traditionally populated with titles like Sideways or Lost in Translation that just didn’t have the mainstream pop to...
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Check out OW‘s Top 10 Movies here. View William Goss’ Honorable Mentions here. Let me first say that this year has been an absolute pleasure at the movies. Not always, of course (*shakes fist* JOAQUIIIIIINNNN!!!!), but more often than not I found myself impressed with the state of things. Then again, I’m impressed any...
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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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So here we are, having made it through two-thirds of the year, only a day away from the official start of the Toronto International Film Festival and the unofficial starting gun for the 2010 awards season. Before the Finchers and the Weinsteins can go and shake up the ranks too much, here’s a look...
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