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All posts by Zac Oldenburg
Critic Speak: The Oscars Have Problems, but Ten Nominees Ain’t One
A couple of articles popped up this week crying for the end of the expanded Best Picture field at the Academy Awards, I'm not convinced.
Mark Harris at Grantland and Jen Chaney at The Dissolve are the writers calling for the conservative roll back of the Os...
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Looking Back: ‘Perfume: The Story of a Murderer’
Looking back at my history with Perfume: The Story of a Murderer started about as well as it did for everyone in the United States, with a “huh”? I can remember seeing the little screen number placard at the theater and being intrigued by the title, but like m...
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Director Ben Affleck’s Mondo Series of Posters
Many movie fans adore the Mondo line of posters and even fewer people actually own one (I have one, The Master). Well it turns out that Ben Affleck is a big fan of Mondo as well and they have commissioned a series of posters based on his directorial efforts. A...
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2014 Sundance Film Festival Lineups Announced
Just as the 2013 Best of Lists start rolling in, the Sundance Institute is announcing the first wave of contenders for 2014. Below you will find the press release for the U.S. And World Competitions, but at a quick glance nothing pops out at me. I know I have ...
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Critic Speak: Sight & Sound Name Their Top 10 of 2013
The first major Top 10 poll for 2013 is out and it is from the folks over at BFI/Sight & Sound. The list is a pretty diverse set of films from all around the world and is voted on by a just as diverse set of film lovers. From BFI:
"Our new issue looks bac...
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Birthday Wishes: Garret Dillahunt
Garret Dillahunt is known to many mainstream audiences for his work on the sitcom Raising Hope, Terminator: The Sarah Conor Chronicles and HBO's Deadwood (still need to see it!), but for us movie fans he has been a character actor for many years popping up in ...
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Critic Speak: Thinking About ‘Thor’
Thor: The Dark World rolled out into theaters this weekend, dominated the box office and is proving to be more successful than the first Thor in a post Avengers world. Marvel films tend to spur more critical talk back than most big tent pole films and Thor: Th...
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Birthday Wishes: Roland Emmerich
Today we are sending out those Birthday Wishes to Roland Emmerich! Emmerich made a name for himself with Universal Soldier in 1992, but became a staple and helped usher in the modern summer blockbuster with Independence Day.
From the iconic teaser trailer I...
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Critic Speak: Conflicting Over The Counselor
The latest from Ridley Scott, The Counselor, came out this weekend and it almost immediately became a hot topic in the critical community. I was one of the many critics who gave the film an unfavorable review, but before even Sunday night there was a growing s...
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Birthday Wishes: Ivan Reitman (67)
Director Ivan Reitman turns 67 today, and while his filmography hasn't grown a whole lot in recent years he will always be the director of Ghostbusters. Ghostbusters is, arguably, the best comedy of all-time. The comedy is a touchstone of comedy nerds everywhe...
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