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Tag: Academy Awards

  • 2006 Academy Awards Review

    With little time remaining in the run-up to the Academy Awards and the film industry currently in the throes of its worst season, filled with movies not big enough for summer and not good enough for end-of-year releases, I wanted to try writing sort of a fun post looking back at a past Oscar year.…

  • Movie Review: “Argo” (Ben Affleck, USA 2012)

    Let’s start with something that everyone should understand before going in: This film is a political film. It is 100% intended to help Barack Obama win re-election. It’s a jingoistic film meant to say, “Oh, look how awesome the USA is! And how peaceful solutions work! And how Muslims are capable of self-sacrifice and bravery…

  • 2013 Oscar Predictions

                This is my post predicting the Oscar winners for the year. Please note that these are predictions of who will win the awards, not analyses of who should win.   Best Picture Predicted Winner: Lincoln (Steven Spielberg, USA 2012)             Lincoln is a lock here. The Best Picture Oscar, like sports MVPs, is determined…