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Critic Speak (10 posts found)
When Awards Hurt The Films
In the snark-heavy world of awards blogging, we've forgotten what this time of year should be about.
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’12 Years’ Wins Over Las Vegas Film Critics
'12 Years A Slave' has been winning a rash of critics awards the last week, and today the Las Vegas Film Critics Society joined in the fun also awarding top prize to the Fox Searchlight film along with Steve McQueen for directing and Lupita N'yongo for Support...
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’12 Years’ Dominates Online Film Critics Society Awards
More than two weeks into December and the awards season has fallen into a lull with many critics groups building a consensus behind 12 Years A Slave. 12 Years A Slave is not alone in its multitude of wins however, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Jared Let...
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AFI Announces Their Top 10 Films and TV Shows for 2013
The American Film Institute has announced their choices for the best in Film and Television for 2013. 12 Years A Slave, Gravity, and Her continue their dominance in the inclusion on best of lists. Surprisingly neither Dallas Buyers Club or The Butler made the ...
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Boston, Los Angeles and New York Online Critics Announce Their Winners
Today three critics groups announce their batch of selections for the best of film in 2013 with Boston, Los Angeles and New York's second critics group all chipping in before the end of the day. The National Board of Review and NYFCC made separate stands going...
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American Hustle Tops New York Film Critics Circle Awards Despite Stiff Competition
It looks like everything David O Russell and Jennifer Lawrence touch turns to gold.
The New York Film Critics Circle awarded the ensemble pic, American Hustle, the 2013 awards for Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Lawrence. But acco...
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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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Grantland’s Mark Harris Touches on Screenplay Category Confusion
What makes something original? Mark Harris suggests Oscar screenplay categories need tweaking.
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Kristin Thompson Argues ‘Gravity’ Is In Fact A Game-Changer
Gravity was easily one of 2014's most anticipated films coming into fall, but Alfonso Cuarón's sci-fi took most critics by surprise when it took the number one spot at the box-office several weeks in a row. It is rare that a film with experimental roots takes ...
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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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