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Off the Red Carpet – Week of 10/10 – 10/17
With “Argo” now in tow (my 3.5 star review), the Oscar race is starting to flesh out. Only a handful of films that will be major contenders for any awards have not yet been screened at festivals or to...
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Off the Red Carpet: Weeks of 11/14 – 11/28
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving holiday. I took off last week so I would too, but I still saw plenty of movies, including “Life of Pi,” “Lincoln,” “Magic Mike,” “Arbitrage,” “The Deep Blue Sea”...
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Off The Red Carpet: Week of 11/28 – 12/5
I was tempted to just post this article on Tuesday, because this week has been HUGE for Oscar news. Three categories shortlisted and the first of the critics’ awards dropped; that’s a lot to cover. New...
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Off the Red Carpet: Week of 12/5 – 12/12
Ack! Oscar news AND I have to start juggling end of the year lists? Too much! But so much fun! Actually, most of the news this week surrounds those very Top 10 lists. God knows everyone has them, and I...
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Off the Red Carpet: Week of 12/12 – 12/19
‘Tis the awards season for many lists and nominations. I’ve had a lot of fun doing this column, but this is probably my last of this sort. Next week I’ll likely take off because of the holiday, and the...
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Is Movie Culture an Endangered Species?
Did you know that “Zero Dark Thirty” is already dead in the water in the Oscar race? It was news to me too, not only because it’s the new consensus title amongst critics as the best picture of the...
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Oscar Predictions 2013
What an Oscar race it’s been. I simply don’t know what’s going to happen Thursday morning when nominations are finally announced for the Academy Awards on February 24th. It’s because there have been...
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Oscars 2013: It’s Anyone’s Race
Last year when the Oscar nominations were announced, I couldn’t stop myself from yelling at the TV when “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” got nominated for Best Picture. This year, there were a lot...
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Review: Zero Dark Thirty ****
At the end of “The Hurt Locker,” Sergeant William James returned home from his tour of duty and stood in the aisle of a supermarket, overwhelmed and lost. After all he had seen and done, what more did...
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Off the Red Carpet: Week 1 Post Oscar Nominations
We’ve now had a week to digest the Oscar nominees, and although there are another five weeks to go (feels so far away!) people have already analyzed the nominations to death. Everyone’s had words about...
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