Picking Winners at the 85th Annual Academy Awards
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Supporting Actress: Amy Adams: The Master Sally Field: Lincoln Anne Hathaway: Les Misérables Helen Hunt: The Sessions Jacki Weaver: Silver Linings Playbook William Altreuter: It often seems to me that the Best Supporting categories are where the most interesting things are to be found in the Academy Award nominations, and this year is proving me right. What we often get—especially with Best Actress […]
Category essays, oscars · Tags Alan Arkin, Amour, Amy Adams, Andy Wachowski, Ang Lee, Animal Kingdom, Ann Dowd, Anne Hathaway, Annie Hall, Anthony Minghella, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beauty and the Beast, Ben Affleck, Benh Zeitlin, Bernardo Bertolucci, Billy Campbell, Blake Lively, Born on the Fourth of July, Bottle Rocket, Bradley Cooper, Bruce Cohen, Bruce Willis, Cameron Mackintosh, Chicago, Chris Terrio, Christoph Waltz, Cloud Atlas, Compliance, Crash, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Dan Janvey, Daniel Day Lewis, Danny Boyle, David Magee, David O. Russell, David Womark, Dead Poets Society, Debra Hayward, Denis Lavant, Denzel Washington, Django Unchained, Do the Right Thing, Donna Gigliotti, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Doubt, Driving Miss Daisy, Dwight Henry, Edgar Wright, Emma Watson, Emmanuelle Riva, End of Watch, Eric Fellner, Ewan McGregor, Ezra Miller, Field of Dreams, Flight, George Clooney, Gil Netter, Grand Hotel, Grant Heslov, Helen Hunt, Helen Mirren, Henry V, Hitchcock, Holy Motors, Hugh Jackman, Hulk, Irrfan Khan, Jacki Weaver, James D'Arcy, Jamie Foxx, Javier Bardem, Jaws, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Jim Sheridan, Joaquin Phoenix, John Gatins, John Goodman, John Hawkes, John Travolta, Jonathan Gordon, Josh Penn, Judi Dench, Jurassic Park, Kathleen Kennedy, Kathryn Bigelow, Kathyrn Bigelow, Kenneth Branagh, Killing Them Softly, Lana Wachowski, Leonardo DiCaprio, Leos Carax, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Little Miss Sunshine, Lost in Translation, Lucy Alibar, Maggie Smith, Magic Mike, Margaret Ménégoz, Marion Cotillard, Mark Boal, Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Quick, Meet the Fockers, Megan Ellison, Meryl Streep, Michael Gottwald, Michael Haneke, Michael Katz, Michael Peña, Michel Hazanavicius, Mike Tyson, Million Dollar Baby, Milos Forman, Moonrise Kingdom, Moulin Rouge!, Munich, My Left Foot, Naomi Watts, Nicole Kidman, Nora Ephron, Oliver Stone, Paul Thomas Anderson, Peter Jackson, Peter O'Toole, Peter Weir, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pilar Savone, Quentin Tarantino, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rachel Getting Married, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Reginald Hudlin, Rian Johnson, Richard Attenborough, Robert De Niro, Robert Zemeckis, Roman Coppola, Roman Polanski, Rushmore, Rust and Bone, Sally Field, Savages, Scoot McNairy, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, sex lies and videotape, Shakespeare in Love, Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall, Slumdog Milionare, Spike Lee, Stacey Sher, Stefan Arndt, Stephen Chbosky, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Take Shelter, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The English Patient, The Fighter, The Flying Nun, The Fountain, The Help, The Hunger Games, The Hurt Locker, The Impossible, The Incredible Hulk, The Intouchables, The Master, The Paperboy, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Return of the King, The Sessions, The Sugarland Express, There Will Be Blood, Tim Bevan, Tom Cruise, Tom Hooper, Tom Tykwer, Tommy Lee Jones, Tony Kushner, Veit Heiduschka, Walk the Line, Wes Anderson, When Harry Met Sally, Wings, Winter’s Bone, Woody Allen, Zero Dark Thirty
REVIEW: Lincoln [2012]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 8, 2012 · 1 Comment
“This isn’t usual, Mr. Pendleton. This is history.” Images of brother fighting brother, President Lincoln orating the Emancipation Proclamation, and his tragic demise at the end of John Wilkes Booth’s gun are conjured when most think about the Civil War. For many the abolition of slavery was merely one of the resulting terms of surrender […]
Category biography, drama, film reviews · Tags Amistad, Boris McGiver, Daniel Day Lewis, David Costabile, David Strathairn, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Gloria Reuben, Hal Holbrook, Jackie Earle Haley, James Spader, Jared Harris, John Hawkes, John Williams, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lee Pace, Lincoln, Michael Stuhlbarg, Peter McRobbie, Sally Field, Saving Private Ryan, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Steven Spielberg, Tim Blake Nelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Tony Kushner, Walton Goggins
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