Tom Hooper, The Damned United
I was hesitant to spend the little money I had left post-Black Friday on a movie I didn’t know too much about. Sports movies are typically hit-or-miss, and except for The Big Green (which isn’t exactly a masterpiece), I hadn’t seen or even known of too many other films centered around soccer. And yet, Athens’ Cine theatre was only showing the film for one more night, and I decided to bite the bullet. I’m glad I did. Very glad indeed.
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James Cameron, AvatarFYI: On DVD/Blu-ray This Week – February 2, 2010
This week on DVD, we’ve got a few pretty forgettable titles about love, an indie drama about a disorder akin to autism, and Woody Harrelson leading a bunch of armed kids around the town.
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GOLDEN GLOBES 2010: Predicting the Nominees
Tuesday, December 15, the nominees will be announced for the Golden Globe awards. I'm never up-to-date with television, and there's way too many shows to watch, so I won't even bother with those nominees. Instead, I'll focus on who I think will get nominated in the motion picture categories, which is what the awards show is really about anyway.[read more...] Lone Scherfig, An Education
Anybody who’s been following awards buzz all year long has no doubt heard good things of Carey Mulligan. And those high marks are not unfounded. It’s something when an actor can almost single-handedly pull you into a story with seemingly little effort. It’s even more impressive when they can do it at a relatively young age.
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TV Blogby Anna Beaver 05.15.2009 It is the second week in May 2009 and I am back at the Cannes Film Festival. Yes, I said back
at the Festival. Go ahead ...
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04.12.2009
We come to it at last. The final episode for the third season of what is, unquestionably, the best
show on television. If you’re one of ...
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04.06.2009
Chances are, if you own a TV, a computer, an ipod, a newspaper subscription or any type of access
to the primetime television world, you knew ...
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04.06.2009
The penultimate episode for the third season of Friday Night Lights begins in the complete opposite
way the previous episode ended. All are gathered in the ...
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Anybody who’s been following awards buzz all year long has no doubt heard good things of Carey Mulligan. And those high marks are not unfounded. It’s something when an actor can almost single-handedly... dvd releases
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Tuesday, December 15, the nominees will be announced for the Golden Globe awards. I'm never up-to-date with television, and there's way too many shows to watch, so I won't even bother with those nomin...
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It’s breathtaking. Thought-provoking. Imaginative. Brilliant. Wholly original. Sharply funny. Tragic. Unparalleled. Unforgettable. And I’m just talking about the pilot episode. American Beauty creator... Growing up in the boy band-riddled, teenybopper heaven of the late 90’s doesn’t exactly arm me with the nostalgic credibility to say this, but I’m going to anyway. What the hell happened to MTV?
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