tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40661313906518820542024-03-05T15:49:57.450-08:00OnelinereviewOnelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.comBlogger653125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-46368174804879864952019-07-15T21:51:00.002-07:002019-07-15T21:54:31.895-07:00Best of the Year So Far: Mid-Year Top 5 2019Another ugh year, mostly due to the less-than-stellar summer movie season. When I bemoan the summer films, everyone says: but <i>Lion King</i>! Problem is, it's not out yet. Will it be good? My personal summer movie hopeful is the Tarantino. So, with what I've got to work with, here are my top five films so far, with no real frontrunner, but if I had to pick one it just might be <i>Ask Dr. Ruth</i>!<br />
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My top 5 2019 so far (listed alphabetically)<br />
<i>Ask Dr. Ruth</i><br />
<i>Avengers: Endgame</i><br />
<i>Captain Marvel</i><br />
<i>Rocketman</i><br />
<i>Spider-Man: Far From Home</i>Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-74309108807020112232018-05-10T18:04:00.001-07:002018-05-10T18:30:47.711-07:00<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4066131390651882054" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Image result for entertainment weekly summer movie preview 2018" border="0" 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style="cursor: move;" title="" /></a>Summer begins with the <i>Entertainment Weekly </i>Summer Movie Preview! I've been back to school so the blogging has been slow and this post has been delayed until after finals. Thus, I've already seen <i>Tully</i> and it won't (unnecessarily) appear on my annual list of....<br />
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<u>Top Ten Movies I'm Most Looking Forward to Seeing this Summer</u><br />
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(1.) <b style="font-style: italic;">Ant-Man and the Wasp</b> (opening: 7/6). Peyton Reed is back. The original was the surprise hit for me of summer 2015 and I sooooooo want lightning to strike twice.<br />
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(2.)<b style="font-style: italic;"> Solo: A Star Wars Story</b> (opening: 5/25, duh). It's <i>Star Wars!</i> And the trailers look good. And it's <i>Star Wars</i>! Nice to see Lawrence Kasdan in on the writing. And of course cutie Emilia Clarke is in it. Admittedly, I'm jut as worried as everyone about Alden Ehrenreich, so we'll see.<br />
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(3.) <b style="font-style: italic;">Action Point</b> (opening: 6/1). I seriously can't wait, I fear there is something wrong with me.<br />
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(4.) <b style="font-style: italic;">Mission Impossible: Fallout</b> (opening 7/27). It's been 22 years since Cruise launched this franchise playing Ethan Hunt, which is a long time --wow! I loved <i>Ghost Protocol</i> (2011) but <i>Rogue Nation</i> (2015) did not keep up the momentum and this new movie is from the same director (Christopher McQuarrie, mostly a writer, who has almost exclusively done Tom Cruise movies for the last several years). Has a flashy trailer; seems to have a lot of Paris in it.<br />
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(5.) <b style="font-style: italic;">Puzzle</b> (opening: 7/13). <i>Puzzle</i> is by Marc Turtletaub, king of the quirky indie, so there's that plus I love puzzles and there's something <i>Wordplay</i>-esque about the trailer.<br />
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(6.) <b style="font-style: italic;">Deadpool 2</b> (opening: 5/18). I wasn't gaga about the first one but I <i>did</i> like it for its wise-assery and the opening titles alone made it worthy of a thumbs-up. This sequel could go either way, let's hope they didn't screw it up.<br />
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(7.) <i style="font-weight: bold;">Don't Worry He Won't Get Far on Foot </i>(opening: 7/13). Interestingly, this movie opens on the same day as <i>Puzzle</i>. Well who can say on this one, but Jonah Hill's performance is touted and I like everything he does, Joaquin not so much, but maybe it'll be a much-needed comeback for him. Gus Van Sant has had big critical successes and big critical failures, but at least he has the <i>potential</i> for greatness.<br />
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(8.) <b style="font-style: italic;">Ocean's 8</b> (opening: 6/8). Sure it's a stunt (just like me putting it at #8!), but it seems to have the right ingredients. Another good trailer. Wonder if the "boys" will cameo?<br />
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(9.) <b style="font-style: italic;">Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom</b> (opening: 6/22). <i>Jurassic World</i> was just alright, and I think I'm on board for this sequel mostly based on inertia, but there's Chris Pratt and the return of Goldblum (even if reportedly just in a glorified cameo).<br />
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(10.) <b style="font-style: italic;">The Wife</b> (opening: 8/3). Did they consult Woody Allen on the title for nail-on-the-head blandness? Nonetheless, I like Pryce and the critics are already talking up Oscar bridesmaid Glenn Close. I don't recognize the director (from Sweden).<br />
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Honorable Mention: <i style="font-weight: bold;">Hotel Artemis</i> (opening; 6/8). OK, it's a possible disaster with a good cast, but I have my fingers crossed-- however, I'll want to see what the reviews are like first.<br />
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And a few question marks that are on my radar: <b><i>Under the Silver Lake</i></b> (opening: 6/22; maybe it's impossible to create a trailer for it; but <i>It Follows</i> was interesting and it's the same director); <b><i>Skyscraper</i></b> (opening: 7/13; the Rock in a <i>Towering Inferno</i> dealy, with Neve Campbell still looking pretty cute); <b><i>Like Father </i></b>(opening 8/3; with Kelsey Grammer and Kristen Bell as father-daughter).<br />
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Note: I haven't seen <i>The Avengers: Infinity Wars,</i> but <i>EW</i> deemed it <i><u>before</u></i> the summer movie season (i.e. it came out in April) so I've stuck to that, will be seeing it this weekend though.Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-88997250841020386492015-12-31T10:39:00.000-08:002017-11-24T19:00:48.574-08:00One Line Review's Top Ten Movies and Noteworthy Achievements 2015<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCCcv-DbFhMGPBrpYwIPjaaiu_zrD86_ljQyKox9LBlDNdhFY91R2xZSCDAwa1lxalKQPJnfh94UxsTbidvczMFrGusSj4Y1e3CN9ItXDv0zTurAvAMa9mNB5FvZoHp3r5LnyWX9tI78/s1600/MadMAxPoster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="1024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCCcv-DbFhMGPBrpYwIPjaaiu_zrD86_ljQyKox9LBlDNdhFY91R2xZSCDAwa1lxalKQPJnfh94UxsTbidvczMFrGusSj4Y1e3CN9ItXDv0zTurAvAMa9mNB5FvZoHp3r5LnyWX9tI78/s200/MadMAxPoster.jpg" width="135" /></a>TOP TEN 2015 (alphabetical)<br />
Ant-Man (d. Peyton Reed)<br />
The Avengers: Age of Ultron (d. Joss Whedon)<br />
The Big Short (d. Adam McKay)<br />
The Hateful Eight (d. Quentin Tarantino)<br />
Mad Max: Fury Road (d. George Miller)<br />
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (d. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon)<br />
Mr. Holmes (d. Bill Condon)<br />
People Places Things (d. Jim Strouse)<br />
Spotlight (d. Tom McCarthy)<br />
Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens (d. J. J. Abrams)<br />
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Best Film: <i>Mad Max: Fury Road</i><br />
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Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio in <i>The Revenant</i><br />
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Best Actress: Charlize Theron in <i>Mad Max: Fury Road</i><br />
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Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Jason Leigh in <i>The Hateful Eight</i><br />
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Best Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone in <i>Creed</i><br />
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Best Original Screenplay: <i>Bridge of Spies</i><br />
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Best Adapted Screenplay: <i>Me and Earl and the Dying Girl</i><br />
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Best Director: George Miller for <i>Mad Max: Fury Road</i><br />
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Honorable Mentions:<br />
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Best Film: <i>Ant-Man.</i><br />
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Best Actor: Michael Fassbender in <i>Steve Jobs</i>; Michael Keaton in <i>Spotlight</i>; Jason Mitchell in <i>Straight Outta Compton</i>; Jason Segel in <i>The End of the Tour</i>.<br />
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Best Actress: Juliette Binoche in <i>Clouds of Sils Maria</i>; Bel Powley in <i>Diary of a Teenage Girl</i>; Kate Winslet in <i>Steve Jobs</i>.<br />
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Best Supporting Actress: n/a<br />
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Best Supporting Actor: BB-8 in <i>Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens</i>; Steve Carrell in <i>The Big Short</i>; Walter Goggins in <i>The Hateful Eight</i>; Tom Hardy in <i>The Revenant</i>; Samual L. Jackson in <i>The Hateful Eight</i>; Michael Pena in <i>Ant-Man</i>; Seth Rogen in <i>Steve Jobs</i>; Stanley Tucci in <i>Spotlight</i>.<br />
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Best Original Screenplay: <i>The Hateful Eight</i>, <i>People Places Things</i>.<br />
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Ant-Man. The best summer movie, a surprise hit that gets
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Mad Max: Fury Road. I’d love to see the storyboards!<br />
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Avengers, The: The Age of Ultron. Exciting start to the
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Big Short, The. Well-paced and well-acted.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bridge of Spies. Good story, good production all around.</div>
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Clouds of Sils Maria. Pretentious as all out, but
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Creed. A solid shot for a sentimental Oscar for Sly.</div>
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Danish Girl, The. Sensitively acted and told, if just
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Diary of a Teenage Girl. Evocative of its time: the era
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The End of the Tour. Easy to overrate but nonetheless
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Get Hard. Hart and Farrell make a good team and Ferrell’s
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Hateful Eight, The. Violent western-cum-mystery, with a great Morricone score, is exactly the kind of Christmas present you'd expect from Tarantino.</div>
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Hunger Games, The: Mockingjay, Part 2. Slick, if not too frequently inspired.</div>
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Intern, The. Surprisingly enjoyable; perfect ending.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Listen to Me Marlon. Illustrates that Marlon was full of
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Maggie. Somber and depressing and not much happens but
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Martian, The. A plotline that’s a string of
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Me and Earl and The Dying Girl. Quirkier than thou, but still, enjoyable.</div>
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Mr. Holmes. Pleasant mystery befitting both Sirs
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Paddington. Wes Andersonesque: colorful, funny, diverting.<o:p></o:p></div>
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People Places Things. Sweet, character-driven comedy
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Revenant, The. A decidedly guy movie, is a showcase for
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Room. Of the “see once” variety; takes the story just far
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San Andreas. Unabashed, campy, crazy action from start to
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Second Best Marigold Hotel, The. Soapy; mild; lovingly
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Sicario. Buoyed by its trio of stars.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Spotlight. Engrossing if not very originally told; some
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Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Mostly nostalgic trip is a good show, if somewhat lacking in very many 'wow' moments.</div>
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Straight Outta Compton. Lengthy, engrossing; however the
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Trainwreck. Wobbly and too conventional, but with
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Carol. Doesn’t engage you enough emotionally.</div>
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Cinderella. Beautiful costumes, but not much more then the
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Daddy’s Home. A few chuckles and a lot of product
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Furious 7. Loss of co-star Paul Walker is handled
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Trumbo. A bit light dramatically, but a good survey of the
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Anomalsia. Terrible no matter what the critics say; an audio
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SPECTRE. Derivative; and a waste of its cast; the
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As is tradition, it's time for me to reveal my votes for this year's National Film Registry, due to be announced in about a month's time by the Library of Congress. We'll see how many of mine they pick! </div>
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Last year's list spanned the years 1913-2004, and included: <i>The Dragon Painter</i> (1919), <i>Down Argentine Way</i> (1940), <i>House of Wax</i> (1953), <i>Rio Bravo</i> (1959), <i>Rosemary's Baby</i> (1968), <i>Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory</i> (1971), <i>The Big Lebowski</i> (1998), and <i>Saving Private Ryan</i> (1998). Also included were the usual selection of obscurer, but no-less-deserving picks such as <i>Please Don't Bury Me Alive!</i> (1976) considered to be the first Chicano feature film. A link to the <i>Hollywood Reporter</i> article from last year can be found <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-moores-roger-me-enters-666357">here</a>.</div>
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The National Film Registry started in 1989, and there are currently <a href="http://www.loc.gov/film/registry_titles.php">650 films</a> on the list. Although there does seem to be less of a push for <span style="font-style: italic;">great films</span> these days over those of "cultural" importance (Librarian of Congress James M. Billington has been quoted to say: "These films are not selected as the best American films of all time, but rather as works of enduring importance to American culture"), there is still at least an unconscious push for inclusion of those considered works of art. If the selections were based entirely on cultural "endurance" over that of a quality assessment, why would such narrative films that made the list last year as <i>The Power and the Glory</i> (1933), <i>Ruggles of Red Gap</i> (1935), and <i>The Gang's All Here</i> (1943) [films hardly part of the contemporary zeitgeist] make it in over such perennial shut-outs as <i>The Seven Year Itch</i> (1955), <i>The Birds</i> (1963), and <i>Grease</i> (1978)?</div>
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Below are my picks for what should be on this year's list (I only do well-known narrative feature films: I'll let the Library of Congress decide on the obscure works). To me, the film that most needs to be added above all (my choice now SIX years running!) is <span style="font-style: italic;">Blue Velvet</span>. Last year three of my picks made the list: <i>Rosemary's Baby</i> (1968), <i>Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory </i>(1971), and <i>The Big Lebowski</i> (1998). </div>
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The Little Foxes (1941)</div>
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Lifeboat (1944)</div>
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)</div>
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The Lady From Shanghai (1948)</div>
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Harvey (1950)</div>
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The Red Badge of Courage (1951)</div>
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Strangers on a Train (1951)</div>
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Limelight (1952)</div>
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Stalag 17 (1953)</div>
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The Seven Year Itch (1955)</div>
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The Killing (1956)</div>
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The King and I (1956)</div>
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Auntie Mame (1958)</div>
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The Guns of Navarone (1961)</div>
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101 Dalmatians (1961)</div>
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The Misfits (1961)</div>
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Lolita (1962)</div>
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The Birds (1963)</div>
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The Great Escape (1963)</div>
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Cheyenne Autumn (1964)</div>
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The Naked Kiss (1964)</div>
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A Patch of Blue (1965)</div>
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Seconds (1966)</div>
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Love Story (1970)</div>
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Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)</div>
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Carnal Knowledge (1971)</div>
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The Poseidon Adventure (1971)</div>
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)</div>
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The Sunshine Boys (1975)</div>
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The Front (1976)</div>
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Grease (1978)</div>
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The Jerk (1979)</div>
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Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)</div>
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Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)</div>
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Arthur (1981)</div>
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The World According to Garp (1982)</div>
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Terms of Endearment (1983)</div>
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Aliens (1986)</div>
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Blue Velvet (1986)</div>
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Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)</div>
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Raising Arizona (1987)</div>
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Wall Street (1987)</div>
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Die Hard (1988)</div>
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<u>1990s (2 titles)</u></div>
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Apollo 13 (1995)</div>
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Titanic (1997)</div>
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Bad Santa (2003)</div>
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Million Dollar Baby (2004)</div>
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Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-1824203928964815522015-07-15T17:55:00.000-07:002015-12-22T17:57:30.592-08:00Best of the Year So Far: Mid-Year Top 5 2015<br />
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Time to post my top 5 of the year and it's slim pickings again: seems to be a trend in recent years. Here it is, with Mad Max way out in front, although I liked Avengers better than most:</div>
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My top 5 2015 so far (listed alphabetically)</div>
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<i>The Avengers: The Age of Ultron</i></div>
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<i>Ex Machina</i></div>
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<i>Mad Max: Fury Road</i></div>
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<i>Paddington</i></div>
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<i>The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel</i></div>
Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-35204353145537514522015-03-08T09:00:00.000-07:002015-03-08T18:36:54.186-07:00One Line Review's Top Ten Movies and Noteworthy Achievements 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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TOP TEN 2014 (alphabetical)<br />
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Edge of Tomorrow (d. Doug Liman)</div>
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Ida (d. Pawel Pawlikowski)</div>
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Interstellar (d. Christopher Nolan)</div>
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Locke (d. Steven Knight)</div>
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Nightcrawler (d. Dan Gilroy)<br />
Only Lovers Left Alive (d. Jim Jarmusch)</div>
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Selma (d. Ava DuVernay)</div>
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The Skeleton Twins (d. Craig Johnson)</div>
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Whiplash (d. Damien Chazelle)</div>
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X-Men: Days of Future Past (d. Bryan Singer)</div>
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NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS:</div>
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Best Film:</div>
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<i>Whiplash</i></div>
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Best Actor:</div>
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J. K. Simmons in <i>Whiplash</i></div>
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Best Actress:</div>
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Best Supporting Actress:</div>
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Rene Russo in <i>Nightcrawler</i></div>
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Best Supporting Actor:</div>
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Ethan Hawke in <i>Boyhood</i></div>
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Best Original Screenplay:</div>
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Dan Gilroy for <i>Nightcrawler</i><br />
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Best Adapted Screenplay:</div>
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Christopher McQuarrie and Jez & John-Henry Butterworth for <i>Edge of Tomorrow</i></div>
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Best Director:</div>
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Damien Chazelle for <i>Whiplash</i></div>
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Best Film:<i> </i>n/a (!)</div>
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Best Actor: Bradley Cooper in <i>American Sniper</i>; Michael Keaton in <i>Birdman</i>; David Oyelowo in <i>Selma</i>; Ralph Fiennes in <i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>; Jake Gyllenhaal in <i>Nightcrawler</i>; Bill Hader in <i>The Skeleton Twins</i>; Tom Middleton in <i>Only Lovers Left Alive</i>; Eddie Redmayne in <i>The Theory of Everything</i>; Miles Teller in <i>Whiplash</i>. </div>
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Best Actress: Felicity Jones in <i>The Theory of Everything</i>; Tilda Swinton in <i>Only Lovers Left Alive</i>; Agata Trzebuchowska in <i>Ida</i>.</div>
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Best Supporting Actor: Marco Perella in <i>Boyhood</i>; Tyler Perry in <i>Gone Girl</i>; Tom Wilkinson in <i>Selma</i>.</div>
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Best Supporting Actress: Sofia Vergara in <i>Chef</i>; Tilda Swinton in <i>Snowpiercer</i>; Jennifer Lawrence for <i>X-Men: Days of Future Past</i>; Mia Wasikowska in <i>Only Loves Left Alive.</i></div>
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Best Original Screenplay: Paul Webb for <i>Selma</i><i>.</i></div>
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Best Adapted Screenplay: Damien Chazelle for <i>Whiplash.</i></div>
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Best Director: Dan Gilroy for <i>Nightcrawler.</i></div>
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Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-55768781786419467342015-03-07T20:23:00.000-08:002015-03-08T00:16:02.371-08:002014 Movie Year-End Wrap-Up<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;">30 films vie for my top ten of 2014, which I'll announce tomorrow. As I didn't have over ten films in my "must-sees" this constitutes a weak year (in my opinion a VERY weak year).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;">As always, I've viewed 60 films this year; below are my one-line commentaries on each:</span><br />
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Edge of Tomorrow. Rare film where you enjoy the ride while
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Ida. Beautifully
shot film that gets more interesting and complex as it goes along.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Interstellar. Slow
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Nightcrawler.
Kooky, creepy character piece.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Only Lovers Left Alive. Tonally fine and quite funny at times.</div>
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Selma. Excellent
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Whiplash. Composed brilliantly in multiple senses of the
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American Sniper.
Solid filmmaking, if much seems to be left out of what is clearly supposed to
be a character study.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Big Hero 6. Nice
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Birdman. Worth it
for the way it captures theater life/art, but the material is well-worn.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Boyhood. Ambitious
and unique, although it misses the bullseye and often seems forced
(particularly with the cultural references).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Chef. Formulaic,
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Fury. Never dull
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Imitation Game,
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John Wick. Loved
the reloading, which you never see; decent actioner was overrated because no
one expected it to be anything.<o:p></o:p></div>
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LEGO Movie, The.
Multilayered (but not deep) enjoyment, with many cute moments.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Locke. Artistically
satisfying.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lucy. Sure the
science is nonsense, but it's an easily palatable ride with a modest running
time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Machine, The. Lead
actress Caity Lotz distinguishes this little film that, to its credit, packs a
lot into 90 minutes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Maleficent.
Well-mounted Disney production.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Neighbors. Pretty
funny but basically a 30-minute movie replayed three times.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Non-Stop.
Surprisingly entertaining high concept film.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Obvious Child. Nice
to have on in the background while you read your Sunday New York Times.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Raid 2, The.
Ambitious, with two solid action sequences at the end, but pretty gory and less
organic than the first.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sin City: A Dame to
Kill For. As with the 300 sequel, Eva Green supplies the goods (in more ways
than one), but unlike the 300 sequel the style here still has a freshness if
the film itself gets repetetive.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Skeleton Twins,
The. Slight dramedy with two actors who are brilliantly compatible; and quite a
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Snowpiercer.
Farfetched, but one of the easiest movies to recommend this year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Theory of
Everything, The. Beautifully shot and scored, with fine performances, but lacks
in creating enough dramatic tension.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Under the Skin.
Handled less "artistically" it might have been more effective, as it
does have merit.<o:p></o:p></div>
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X-Men: Days of
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22 Jump Street.
Summer movie fun.<o:p></o:p></div>
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300: Rise of an
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Bad Words. Mostly a
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Captain America:
The Winter Soldier. I counted two great action sequences and far too many
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of the Apes. Great effects, but straightforward, with quite a few treacly
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Divergent. A
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Fault in Our Stars,
The. Slavishly adapted from the novel, it's appealing, but no classic.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Godzilla. Good
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Gone Girl. A much
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Grand Budapest
Hotel, The. Weakly plotted with an amateurish lead performance in the young
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Guardians of the
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Hunger Games:
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Into the Woods.
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Maze Runner, The.
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Monuments Men, The.
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Night at the
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November Man, The.
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Other Woman, The.
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Ride Along. Grows
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Robocop.
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St. Vincent. Cute
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Wild. Sincere, but
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Foxcatcher. Goes
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Magic in the
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Still Alice. Barely
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UPDATE: I'll announce on 3/8 (wow, has this year been delayed for me!)Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-63275816625014893512015-01-15T08:31:00.001-08:002015-01-15T09:24:37.700-08:00Dick Poop's Oscar NominationLast year after the Oscar nominations were announced I blogged the following: "As for the reading of the nominations? When will the Academy ever learn NEVER ever ever to have the Academy president be a part of the broadcast. Love that reading of "you may know them better as U2"-- what <i>feeling</i>!"<br />
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Now we have the <a href="http://www.hollywoodtake.com/dick-poop-oscar-nomination-watch-video-cinematographer-dick-pope-called-wrong-name-during-69264">Dick Poop dealy</a>. Let me guess: next year the Academy Pres will still read the nominations-- prepped this time like crazy-- and will STILL flub something.<br />
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My favorite wise-ass online comment was the person who said: "Honestly this wasn't Dick Poop's best work. Feels like a career nomination." HILARIOUS!<br />
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Close second, the Twitter comment: "Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Dick Poop."<br />
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Honorable mention: "Richard Poop seems overly dignified."Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-31489126776139606722015-01-15T07:06:00.000-08:002015-01-15T07:09:05.806-08:00Oscar Nominations 2014: My ThoughtsYesterday, I put together a list of my predictions for Best Picture nominations and I thought that Into the Woods might find its way on the list (it didn't and I'm glad) and that Mr. Turner might also make it (would have been a nice "surprise," although I haven't seen it and can't actually judge if it ought to have been [someone I know who saw it deemed it "boring"]). I predicted that The Theory of Everything and Foxcatcher, both widely predicted to be nominated but movies no one seemed to be satisfied with would get the boot-- was right about Foxcatcher. I also predicted that Nightcrawler would be deemed too "creepy" for a Best Picture nomination-- was right about that too. Was at least expecting some acting nominations for it though.<br />
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The "really lame" award goes to nominating Meryl Streep for Into the Woods. Please compare Rene Russo's performance in Nightcrawler to Streep. Even Meryl would tell you it should have been Rene in there. In fact that whole category is a joke except for Patricia Arquette who is a SLAM DUNK to win. Start writing your speech Patricia. Actually the entire acting race is wrapped up: Michael Keaton, Julianne Moore, J.K. Simmons. They should all write their speeches today, it's over.<br />
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The bad decision to expand the Best Picture nominees to up-to-ten strikes again: Selma nominated for Best Picture and Best Song. Which would suggest it's Best Picture nomination makes absolutely no sense. Except it <i>is</i> supposed to be really good.<br />
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Yesterday, I was also thinking that Birdman would take home Best Picture and Boyhood would get Best Director and that's looking a little more solid after the nominations. I thought American Sniper had a chance at maybe a Best Picture upset if Bradley Cooper got a nomination-- he did, but Clint was out, making that possibility highly improbable.<br />
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I haven't seen Whiplash but by all accounts it's the one to see. I hope to have my top ten movies and noteworthy achievements out soon, but can't guarantee a date because I need to at least see American Sniper, The Imitation Game, and Whiplash (and for acting: The Theory of Everything and Still Alice) before I can post it. Only American Sniper appears to be opening in town this week.Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-47151050133466613692014-12-31T13:59:00.002-08:002014-12-31T14:00:25.722-08:00Luise Rainer Has DiedFor as many years as I can remember, Rainer was the reigning chronologically and longest-lived competitive Oscar-winner, having won Best Actress for the films of 1936 and again the next year for films 1937. I thought for sure Shirley Temple would be the last Oscar winner left from the 1930s, but Rainer outlasted her. Rainer was to be 105 in just two weeks, she died Dec. 30 (her birthday is January 12th). 98-year-old Olivia de Havilland remains the very last Oscar nominee of the 1930s— apt since <i>Gone With the Wind</i> is one of the most famous of all '30s movies. Below is Rainer's (staged-for-the-newsreels) acceptance of the '36 Oscar.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/34q1Ukm26sU?rel=0" width="420"></iframe>Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-29583458461901231382014-12-24T14:27:00.000-08:002015-01-01T14:29:33.728-08:00National Film Registry Picks 2015The National Film Registry picks this year featured quite a few popular/ cult films, even if, yet again, they failed to add a single Oscar-winning Best Picture. Most, but not all, of the Best Picture winners are American films, so if they added one a year they would at some point catch up. Let's face it they all eventually have to be on the list, so better sooner than later. And I say again, what exactly is the hold up on Titanic (1997; eligible since 2007), do we need more time to consider the fact that it was a worldwide phenomenon? The addition of Ruggles of Red Gap strengthens the overall picks of 1935, but where is the terrific Mutiny on the Bounty if you're gonna pick a Charles Laughton? (With the addition of Ruggles, going forward: Mutiny plus The Informer would pretty much sew up '35.)<br />
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Despite my Best Picture gripe, however, I think this year's list is among the strongest I've seen in recent years, and fills in quite a few gaps, particularly in the area of genre (western, musical, horror). As the western is the "American" movie genre, it should always be represented, and this year's choices of Little Big Man and, especially, Rio Bravo are a well-chosen duo.<br />
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A much-higher-than-usual amount of my picks made it this year—3 (it's usually 1!)— as follows: Rosemary's Baby, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (at LONG last), and The Big Lebowski.<br />
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The full list can be found <a href="http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2014/14-210.html">here</a>.<br />
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Curious one day to see two silent films that made the list this year: Lois Weber's Shoes (1916) and The Dragon Painter (1919). A couple of minutes of the opening of the later is on YouTube:<br />
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Last year's list spanned the years 1919-2002, and included: <i>King of Jazz</i> (1930), <i>Forbidden Planet</i> (1956), <i>Judgment at Nuremberg</i> (1961), <i>Mary Poppins</i> (1964), <i>The Right Stuff</i> (1983), <i>Roger & Me</i> (1992), and <i>Pulp Fiction</i> (1994). Also included were the usual selection of obscurer, but no-less-deserving picks such as <i>Daughter of the Dawn</i> (1920) featuring an all-Native-American cast. A link to the <i>Hollywood Reporter</i> article from last year can be found <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-moores-roger-me-enters-666357">here</a>.</div>
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The National Film Registry started in 1989, and there are currently <a href="http://www.loc.gov/film/registry_titles.php">625 films</a> on the list. Although there does seem to be less of a push for <span style="font-style: italic;">great films</span> these days over those of "cultural" importance (Librarian of Congress James M. Billington has been quoted to say: "These films are not selected as the best American films of all time, but rather as works of enduring importance to American culture"), there is still at least an unconscious push for inclusion of those considered works of art. If the selections were based entirely on cultural "endurance" over that of a quality assessment, why would such narrative films that made the list last year as <i>Ella Cinders</i> (1926), <i>Midnight</i> (1939), and <i>Gilda</i> (1946) [films hardly part of the contemporary zeitgeist] make it in over such perennial shut-outs as <i>The Seven Year Itch</i> (1955), <i>The Birds</i> (1963), and <i>Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory</i> (1971)?</div>
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Below are my picks for what should be on this year's list (I only do well-known narrative feature films: I'll let the Library of Congress decide on the obscure works). To me, the film that most needs to be added above all (my choice now FIVE years running!) is <span style="font-style: italic;">Blue Velvet</span>. Last year three of my picks made the list: <i>The Quiet Man</i> (1952), <i>Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</i> (1966), and <i>Pulp Fiction</i> (1994). </div>
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The Sheik (1921)</div>
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1934)</div>
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The Little Foxes (1941)</div>
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Lifeboat (1944)</div>
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)</div>
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The Lady From Shanghai (1948)</div>
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<u>1950s (10 titles)</u></div>
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Father of the Bride (1950)</div>
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Harvey (1950)</div>
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The Red Badge of Courage (1951)</div>
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Strangers on a Train (1951)</div>
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Limelight (1952)</div>
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Stalag 17 (1953)</div>
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The Seven Year Itch (1955)</div>
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The Killing (1956)</div>
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The King and I (1956)</div>
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Auntie Mame (1958)</div>
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The Guns of Navarone (1961)</div>
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101 Dalmatians (1961)</div>
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The Misfits (1961)</div>
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Lolita (1962)</div>
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The Birds (1963)</div>
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The Great Escape (1963)</div>
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Cheyenne Autumn (1964)</div>
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The Naked Kiss (1964)</div>
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Seconds (1966)</div>
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Rosemary's Baby (1968)</div>
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Love Story (1970)</div>
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Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)</div>
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Carnal Knowledge (1971)</div>
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The Poseidon Adventure (1971)</div>
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)</div>
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The Sunshine Boys (1975)</div>
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The Front (1976)</div>
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Grease (1978)</div>
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Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)</div>
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Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)</div>
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Arthur (1981)</div>
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The World According to Garp (1982)</div>
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Terms of Endearment (1983)</div>
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Aliens (1986)</div>
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Blue Velvet (1986)</div>
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Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)</div>
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Raising Arizona (1987)</div>
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Wall Street (1987)</div>
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Die Hard (1988)</div>
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Titanic (1997)</div>
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Bad Santa (2003)</div>
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The Library of Congress is accepting recommendations from the public for the National Film Registry. The National Film Registry started in 1989, and there are currently <a href="http://www.loc.gov/film/registry_titles.php">625 films</a> on the list. <br />
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For a description of the National Film Registry and how to vote, click <a href="http://www.loc.gov/film/filmnfr.html">here</a>. The deadline is September 12, 2014.<br />
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I will reveal my personal picks, as is my tradition, on Thanksgiving Day. The Library of Congress reveals their new slate of 25 film additions each year sometime between mid-to-late December.Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-12881510874394782162014-07-15T13:53:00.000-07:002014-07-18T00:18:45.055-07:00Best of the Year So Far: Mid-Year Top 5 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Time to post my top 5 of the year and I have just four contenders! Ha! And I thought last year was bad at this time. The only movie that might have had a good shot at my top 5 that got past me was <i>Edge of Tomorrow</i>, which despite good reviews, didn't make it a month in theaters near me. But I've thrown together a list anyhow for tradition's sake, as follows:<br />
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My top 5 2014 so far (listed alphabetically)<br />
<i>The Amazing Spider-Man 2</i><br />
<i>Chef</i><br />
<i>The LEGO Movie</i><br />
<i>Non-Stop</i><br />
<i>X-Men: Days of Future Past</i>Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-71048531483508152292014-03-03T16:58:00.000-08:002014-12-31T13:39:02.003-08:0086th Annual Academy Awards: A Review<br />
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Ellen DeGeneres, in wrapping up her monologue suggested that if 12 Years A Slave didn’t win, “you’re all racists”— funny, cynical. Well Hollywood is off the hook and can breathe a sigh of relief: 12 Years a Slave won. In my annual defense of the Academy Awards, I always say: look at the whole. On the whole, I think they get it right. I loved Her: it didn’t get a lot of nominations, but it won for screenplay; same with Blue Jasmine: another fav of mine, got just one award, but the one it absolutely had to win: Best Actress. The bottom line is, the Oscars can only deviate so much from the acclaimed movies of the year, and if they weren’t exclusive what good would they be? It’s bad enough they expanded the Best Picture nominees, but it seems no one will be satisfied unless every single movie and performance gets a nomination.<br />
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Onto the 86th Annual Oscars. First, kudos to Ellen DeGeneres. The Oscars have become so prognosticated to death that EVERYONE knew what was going to win this year. Everyone I know got 21-22 right out of 24 on their Oscar ballot. The audience seemed downright bored through most of the ceremony. The only bright spot was Ellen’s little moments of mixing things up. She was gracious, she was funny, and she was polite to the stars and didn’t make jokes at their expense (OK, with two exceptions perhaps: June Squibb got the old person-gag; Liza got a good-natured jab). Ellen’s whole monologue was pretty good. Loved the line that people who don’t get the most important things in life: love, friendship, and family— get into show business. Also her gag to Bruce Dern, following a description of his stellar career background, “what went wrong?”<br />
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Ellen’s pizza bit was not terribly clever per se, but she pulled it off and made it seem much funnier than it was. The celebs all pitched in well. I liked Harrison Ford’s tapping her for a napkin. Then Ellen asks for a tip for the pizza guy, and later passes the hat around—hilarious (“Your stock just went up, you’ve got some money Lupita.”). Ellen’s most genius off-the-cuff moment was when she surprised Leonardo DiCaprio and Sandra Bullock, popping up between them to do a commercial break. Running out after the Wizard of Oz bit, dressed as Glinda was pretty good too. The Twitter picture, also with the help of some game celebs (especially Bradley Cooper) made for a funny moment (and a great picture). I liked Ellen’s call back to Lupita’s lip balm as well.<br />
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The speeches were all good, particularly by the four acting winners. Leto had the audience in the palm of his hand talking about his mother then went off on some weird pseudo-political tangent. Lupita wins the award for rattling off as many names as possible hitting all the right people and hitting all the right notes. I liked that they played that “True Imagination” song from Willy Wonka on her exit. Of the non-actors I liked best the whacky Best Song winners.<br />
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Many presenters did well— my favorites: Bill Murray (for his Harold Ramis ad lib and also his apology to the cinematography nominees) and his “Amy, tell ‘em whose up for best shooter”; Whoopi Goldberg’s ruby slippers; Jim Carrey’s very funny, spot-on Bruce Dern impression; Sally Field, for being radiant but not plastic-surgeried-out like a shocking number of older female presenters this year; Jamie Foxx, from his flub (“… your mind.”) to his back-up music for Jessica Biel; Robert DeNiro selling the funny writing award copy.<br />
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The set design was pretty spectacular: they outdid themselves this year. Should be an art direction win at the Emmys: everyone at my Oscar party oooed and ahhhed, especially at the typewriters in the background during the writing awards [<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">UPDATE: Yep, it won.</span>]. The death reel, normally a “favorite” part of the show for me (if you can call it that) was just not this year. It was dragged out (“Wind Beneath My Wings”— I like Bette, but it was pointless and she was over the top) and the reel itself featured no “sound-ups” of famous movie clips and the Academy trying to be all PC and giving in to the pressure of including just far too many people no one’s ever heard of, sorry. It was dull, and not much of a tribute to a lot of really, really talented people— Peter O’Toole for example, zips by in 2 seconds. You just need the sound-ups and you have to drop the second unit directors, OK.<br />
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The “heroes” theme, like all Oscar “themes” made no sense and fell on its face. The clip packages were entertaining, but let’s face it, they just showed a random bunch of clips that vaguely fit into the “heroes” theme.<br />
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All-in-all a “safe” Oscars, and a safe, but particularly entertaining, host in Ellen DeGeneres.<br />
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• Leonardo DiCaprio was pretty dour when Gatsy won awards; Kristen Bell was downright beaming when Frozen picked up it’s awards. (Although Leo might have been nervous as a nominee; Kristen was just there having fun.)<br />
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• Like Kirk Douglas a couple years back, Kim Novak was the risky, a little too elderly presenter. I gotta tell you, I think they should do this every year. You never get to see these former stars otherwise and these oldsters are the only ones willing to go off script. And it usually ends up OK. I loved Novak’s comment that she was so pleased to be there as it had been so long. Make an old-timer happy and risk perhaps a slightly awkward moment.<br />
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• I adore Goldie Hawn, but I hardly recognized her on stage. When they cut to her in the audience during Kate Hudson’s presentation though I did: so, a lighting thing? Kate Hudson looked pretty hot by the way. <br />
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• Giving out Best short and animated feature together should be an annual tradition.<br />
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Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-27433534719661502992014-01-23T08:45:00.000-08:002014-01-23T08:45:00.129-08:00One Line Review's Top Ten Movies and Noteworthy Achievements 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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TOP TEN 2013 (alphabetical)<br />
American Hustle (d. David O. Russell)<br />
Before Midnight (d. Richard Linklater)<br />
Blue Jasmine (d. Woody Allen)<br />
Enough Said (d. Nicole Holofcener)<br />
Fruitvale Station (d. Ryan Coogler)<br />
Gravity (d. Alfonso Cuaron)<br />
Her (d. Spike Jonze)<br />
Hunger Games, The: Catching Fire (d. Francis Lawrence)<br />
Hunt, The (d. Thomas Vinterberg)<br />
This Is the End (d. Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen)<br />
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<i>Her</i><br />
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Best Actor:<br />
Christian Bale in <i>American Hustle</i><br />
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Cate Blanchett in <i>Blue Jasmine</i><br />
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Best Supporting Actress:<br />
Scarlett Johansson in <i>Her</i><br />
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Best Supporting Actor:<br />
Alec Baldwin in <i>Blue Jasmine</i><br />
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Best Original Screenplay:<br />
Spike Jonze for <i>Her</i><br />
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Best Adapted Screenplay:<br />
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, and Richard Linklater for <i>Before Midnight</i><br />
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Best Director:<br />
Woody Allen for <i>Blue Jasmine</i><br />
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Honorable Mentions:<br />
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Best Film: <i>American Hustle</i>; <i>Blue Jasmine</i>; <i>The Hunt.</i><br />
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Best Actor: Barkhad Abdi in <i>Captain Phillips</i> (I consider him a "lead"); Pilou Asbaek in <i>A Hijacking</i> (as with Abdi, I consider him a lead); Bruce Dern in <i>Nebraska</i>; Leonardo DiCaprio in <i>The Wolf of Wall Street</i>; Tom Hanks in <i>Captain Phillips</i>; Mads Mikkelsen in <i>The Hunt</i>; Hugh Jackman in <i>Prisoners</i>; Joaquin Phoenix in <i>Her</i>; Soren Malling in <i>A Hijacking</i>.<br />
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Best Actress: Amy Adams in <i>American Hustle</i>; Sandra Bullock in <i>Gravity</i>; Adele Exarchopoulos in <i>Blue Is the Warmest Color</i>; Julia Louis-Dreyfus in <i>Enough Said</i>.<br />
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Best Supporting Actor: George Clooney in <i>Gravity</i>; Joel Edgerton in <i>The Great Gatsby</i>; Harrison Ford in <i>42</i>; James Gandolfini in <i>Enough Said</i>; Jonah Hill in <i>The Wolf of Wall Street</i>.<br />
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Best Supporting Actress: Elizabeth Banks in <i>The Hunger Games: Catching Fire</i>; Nicole Beharie in <i>42</i>; Octavia Spencer for <i>Fruitvale Station</i>.<br />
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Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen for <i>Blue Jasmine</i>; Nicole Holofcener for <i>Enough Said</i>; Tobias Lindholm and Thomas Vinterberg for <i>The Hunt.</i><br />
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Best Adapted Screenplay: Michael Ardnt (deBruyn) and Simon Beaufoy for <i>The Hunger Games: Catching Fire</i>.<br />
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Best Director: Spike Jonze for <i>Her</i>; David O. Russell for <i>American Hustle</i>; Thomas Vinterberg for <i>The Hunt.</i><br />
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It looks like my new schedule (announcing one week after the Oscar nominations) is working out; I've seen my quota of '13 movies. There was really only one movie that slipped past me in my move to small town America— Philomena (it did play, but I was not settled yet to travel the distance to see it). But I've got it down now. They'll be a lot of driving far distances in my future to get to the smaller movies: but it's doable; and most of the big, commercial releases play in town.<br />
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30 films vie for my top ten of 2013, which I'll announce tomorrow. As I didn't have over ten films in my "must-sees" this constitutes a weak year, although my must-see/recommended <i>total</i> is much higher over-all then in most years.<br />
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As always, I've viewed 60 films this year; below are my one-line commentaries on each:<br />
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<b>Must see [8]:</b><br />
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American Hustle. In a way something of a hustle on the audience too, but another dynamite cast and original script from David O. Russell makes it irresistibly entertaining.<br />
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Blue Jasmine. Great characterizations and performances, led by a stellar Blanchett.<br />
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Enough Said. Adult, funny; Louis-Dreyfus and Gandolfini lovely in understated performances.<br />
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Fruitvale Station. Effective and affective.<br />
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Gravity. An event film.<br />
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Her. Clever, contemporary; speaks volumes about the human condition.<br />
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Hunger Games, The: Catching Fire. Well adapted and produced sequel, only suffers from being a "middle entry."<br />
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Hunt, The. Dramatically solid, with some truly heartbreaking moments (if not an easy film to recommend due to subject matter).<br />
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<b>Recommended [22]:</b><br />
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42. Not a home run, but a solid double; Harrison Ford scenery-chewing fun to watch.<br />
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Before Midnight. Content-wise everything this third installment should have been, admittedly though it comes off as a filmed stage play.<br />
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Blackfish. Makes you sad for the whales as much as the human victims.<br />
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Captain Phillips. Solid filmmaking with flawless casting.<br />
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Dallas Buyers Club. Interesting story is a series of small dramatic beats but no wallops; showy performances.<br />
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Despicable Me 2. Irresistibly cute, structurally loose.<br />
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Elysium. Good message, but requires quite a few "Independence Day"-like moments of suspension disbelief.<br />
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From Up On Poppy Hill. Attractive animation with a nice story— a good movie for a Sunday afternoon.<br />
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Frozen. Perfectly pleasant (and Broadway-ready), helped greatly by delightful snowman comic relief character Olaf.<br />
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Great Gatsy, The. Not wholly satisfying (Tobey Maguire as a narrator eventually grates), but employs modern filmmaking nicely; Conan look-a-like Joel Edgerton a standout as "Tom Buchanan."<br />
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Hijacking, A. Less action-oriented but no less potent than "Captain Phillips"; both films offer some of the best acting of the year.<br />
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Identity Thief. A fun mall movie.<br />
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Iron Man 3. Manages to update itself just enough to seem original; one of the (very) few franchises for which I would welcome a fourth installment.<br />
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Machete Kills. The inspired moments come mostly in the last third and in the promise of a hilarious final installment.<br />
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Man of Steel. Well-mounted reboot with great effects, that manages to keep interest despite the necessity of the umpteenth superhero-origin stroy retelling.<br />
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Oz The Great and Powerful. Modern backstory is probably as good as could have been hoped for, with a solid story of how Oz came to be.<br />
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Saving Mr. Banks. "Prestige picture" of the year gets better as it goes, if never reaching the depth to which it aspires.<br />
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Stories We Tell. Warmly told.<br />
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This is the End. A fun, crazy little movie, with some admittedly obvious black comedy, that's nonetheless outweighed by the sheer audacity of the plot.<br />
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Upstream Color. The narrative is obscure and it's definitely not for all tastes, but it's a film for the 21st century, a bizarre but modern filmic trip.<br />
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Warm Bodies. Didn't distinguish itself beyond the clever premise, but worked well within it.<br />
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Wolf of Wall Street, The. ... if best seen as a crazy goof, with some entertaining-to-watch performances.<br />
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<b>Skippable [27]:</b><br />
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12 Years A Slave. Widely-praised film doesn't get deep enough into characterization and is mostly a series of meant-to-be shock scenes.<br />
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Blue Is the Warmest Color. A contemporary love story with a remarkable leading lady is too slight plot-wise for its length, with unnecessarily graphic sex scenes.<br />
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Conjuring, The. Good, if not terribly original, old-fashioned spookfest with a nice eye on time & place.<br />
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Gangster Squad. Choppy.<br />
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. More like Hansel & Gretel: Inept Witch Hunters; if, an OK time waster.<br />
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Kings of Summer. Nicely filmed, but underdeveloped.<br />
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Lee Daniel's The Butler. Old-fashioned; lengthy.<br />
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Mud. Lengthy story keeps your interest and is buoyed by a young-love romantic subplot, but it fades in the memory.<br />
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Nebraska. A little too determined to be a "small" movie.<br />
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Olympus Has Fallen. Equally implausible but dramatically better of the two similar '13 releases, the trade off is it's less "popcorn" fun than "White House Down."<br />
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Pacific Rim. The conceit was cool, but it was clumsily put together and quite hokey.<br />
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Parkland. Inherently interesting story is realistically filmed, but lacking flair.<br />
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. Pretty derivative this go-round; corny jokes don't help.<br />
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Place Beyond the Pines, The. Material that would have been better suited to a novel or miniseries; pay-off just wasn't there.<br />
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Prisoners. Somber, lengthy procedural with a bit of a Scooby-Doo ending.<br />
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Room 237. Hard to know if it's actually taking the interviewees' thin readings of "The Shining" seriously— but it does suggest that that's the actual point: we bring so much of ourselves into any movie experience.<br />
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Short Term 12. Never fully moves you, even if it comes close.<br />
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Side Effects. Not a bad little thriller, although I couldn't quite go along with the wrap up.<br />
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Spring Breakers. Messy.<br />
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Star Trek: Into Darkness. Hooey.<br />
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We're the Millers. Kinda inexplicable sleeper hit.<br />
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White House Down. Popcorn entertainment has forced plot points, but the set pieces are decent.<br />
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Wolverine, The. Bullet train action sequence is nearly enough in itself for a recommendation, but genre mixing is just too odd.<br />
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World War Z. Paint-by-numbers.<br />
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World's End, The. Original and energetic, but gets far too crazy to drive its meaning home.<br />
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<b>Avoid [3]:</b><br />
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Good Day to Die Hard, A. Well, it used to be the perfect franchise.<br />
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Hangover, Part III, The. So good.<br />
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Instructions Not Included. I have to be honest: it's hopelessly sugary sweet, with a few oddly-timed "telenovela"-like moments.Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-37078079100786738212014-01-16T06:03:00.001-08:002015-01-15T06:27:19.855-08:00Oscar Nominations 2013: My Thoughts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unlike last year, there were few surprises in the nominations this morning. It was a nice mix though. When AMPAS (inevitably) allows more than 5 nominees in each of the acting categories, the Oscars will become garbage. Until that time, it's still a big deal to be nominated. Which brings me to my yearly rant: we don't need to have more than 5 Best Picture nominees. How much better (and exclusive) would the list be if it were just (using Best Director as a guide): American Hustle, Gravity, Nebraska, 12 Years A Slave, and The Wolf of Wall Street? How is it better to add: Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Her and Philomena to the list— three of which are there because they showcased great acting (and received the appropriate nominations in those categories [save perhaps the slighted Hanks])? Ranting over. (Well until I get to Best Song.) UPDATE: Now that I've seen Her I'm a little less grouchy about the list!! Even still, I hold to my belief that less is more.<br />
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OK, the biggest surprise is surely the love of The Wolf of Wall Street. Coincidentally, I was discussing this movie yesterday with one friend who was contemplating seeing it and another who told me that Leo would get nominated. I told my friend who was thinking of seeing it that, in all it's excess, it's certainly a memorable movie, entertaining for sure, and very Scorsese (an "auteur" movie if there ever was one— if his credit didn't appear you'd know it was his). I toyed with putting it in my top ten, but will probably resist even with the Oscar attention (this is the "danger" of not posting a top ten <i>before</i> the Oscar nominations: I'm thinking about it anyway!). My other friend who predicted the Leo nomination, I told no way— he always gets overlooked and it's a controversial movie. I was wrong!! He is deserving (as is now-two-time nominee Jonah Hill). I'm happy that Hill has received a nomination so quickly after Moneyball, to offset the Marisa Tomei-like "how-did-that-happen?" of his nomination for Moneyball. (Tomei had to wait nearly ten years for her next nomination to erase the flukeness of her My Cousin Vinny win.)<br />
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Leo clearly took Tom Hanks' nomination away from him. And likely Hill took Hanks' Saving Mr. Banks supporting nomination slot.<br />
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Inevitably, there is the generally-speaking lead actor that gets shoved into the supporting category so as to get a nomination vote. This year it's Barkhad Abdi who got it. Yes, the movie is called Captain Phillips. But to call Abdi a supporting player is nonsense. There were two male leads in that movie: it was the story of both of those characters.<br />
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Blue Jasmine surely deserved more nominations, and is a better movie than at least 6 of the 9 nominees, but happy Woody Allen got a screenplay nomination and Sally Hawkins got a supporting nomination in addition to the inevitable nomination for Cate Blanchett as Best Actress. Three nominations (in major categories) ain't bad I guess.<br />
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I would have liked to have seen Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini get nominated for Enough Said, but it didn't happen. Admittedly, there wasn't much room for them in the crowded acting categories.<br />
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Happy this morning: Julia Roberts, in her first nomination since she won for Erin Brockovich a dozen years ago; not-too-happy: Oprah Winfrey not nominated for Lee Daniel's The Butler— which received 0 nominations! (It didn't deserve any, really.)<br />
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American Hustle's four acting nominations give it a boost for winning Best Picture. It will be an odd Best Picture win, if that happens (it's more likely Gravity will start to gain momentum IMO). Pulling off the all-acting-categories-sweep feat is not an easy task, as I noted last year when Silver Linings Playbook did it (at that time, the first since 1981s Reds). Pretty cool that David O. Russell did it again with virtually the same cast.<br />
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No nomination for Robert Redford. Not too shocking: it's been buzzless for quite a while now. Inside Llewlyn Davis also got little attention (2 noms): although also not too much of a surprise. I was a bit surprised that Fruitvale Station didn't get anything, but again, not terribly surprised.<br />
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I'm so glad Judi Dench was nominated (although I didn't get to see Philomena: my biggest "missed it" regret 2013). She was overlooked for Skyfall, and I'm glad she has a post-Bond nomination to her credit.<br />
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By the way, not quite sure how Before Midnight is an "adapted" screenplay.<br />
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And now for my annual Best Song rant. Why, why, WHY do we have this category? It made sense when-- you know-- musicals were a popular genre (from the 1930s to the 70s). Now it's the usual excuse to nominate big-name people in the music industry for songs nobody knows with the inevitable forced animated movie song picks.<br />
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I forgot to do my what-will-get-the-most-nominations prediction blog entry, but I probably would have said 12 Years A Slave, and would have been wrong— American Hustle and Gravity lead with ten each (Slave got nine).<br />
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As for the reading of the nominations? When will the Academy ever learn NEVER ever ever to have the Academy president be a part of the broadcast. Love that reading of "you may know them better as U2"-- what <i>feeling</i>!<br />
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The clapping for Ernest & Celestine as animated feature film was interesting: were there friends and or/the actual filmmakers there? Or will this be the upset for what I considered a two-picture race between Frozen and The Wind Rises? (Gold Derby had it pegged as sixth for a nomination, so maybe that was it.)<br />
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All in all, I think the Academy got it right. Everyone always busts on the nominations. Why? Because THEIR movie didn't get this or that, usually. But it seems to me that the Academy has, through it's history, always been pretty close to the mark. Yes, Citizen Kane didn't win Best Picture and Hitchcock never won for Best Director, yada yada (note: after all, Hitch got 5 career nominations and Kane was nominated for Best Picture). On the whole, was there really anything that wasn't included this year? Not really. A good list.<br />
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Looking forward to the awards!Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-66539845084577215122013-12-31T16:55:00.002-08:002013-12-31T17:02:10.629-08:00Delayed 2013 Movie Wrap Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've moved out of the big city, so it's no longer possible for me to post my year-end movie results on the 31st/ 1st of the year. I've mulled over a new deadline for myself, and I'm going with one week after the Oscar nominations. This was the deadline I used years ago, when I compiled a best-of list among my friends and needed to provide a deadline for the feet-draggers! It seems like a good date to go with as I go forward with onelinereview, to still be timely, but allow me to see movies that are literally impossible to see in December living in a small town.<br />
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It was pretty tricky for me to see Blue is the Warmest Color, Nebraska, and even Oscar Best Picture front-runner 12 Years A Slave but I managed. At this point there are a number of films that I most-certainly have to see before I can post my top ten, including: American Hustle, Dallas Buyers Club, Her; and, on DVD at this point: Fruitvale Station and Short Term 12.<br />
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I've seen 40+ films total and I will finalize my list when I've reached my usual 60 titles.<br />
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The Oscar nominations will be announced on January 16, 2014. I'll post my Movie Wrap-Up on January 22nd and my Top Ten Movies and Noteworthy Achievements 2013 on <b>January 23, 2014</b>.<br />
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Happy New Year!Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-82032146259793480362013-11-28T09:00:00.000-08:002013-12-02T14:28:02.257-08:00My Picks for the National Film Registry 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last year's list spanned the years 1897-1999, and included: <i>Uncle Tom's Cabin</i> (1914), <i>Sons of the Desert</i> (1933), <i>3:10 to Yuma</i> (1957), <i>A League of Their Own</i> (1992), and <i>The Matrix</i> (1999). Also included were the usual selection of obscurer, but no-less-deserving picks such as the Technicolor industrial film <i>The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair</i> (1939). A link to the <i>Hollywood Reporter</i> article from last year can be found <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/national-film-registry-matrix-404536">here</a>; I was mixed on the selections last year (although a few "biggies" undeniably got their due, like <i>Breakfast at Tiffany's </i>and <i>Dirty Harry</i>).</div>
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The National Film Registry started in 1989, and there are currently <a href="http://www.loc.gov/film/registry_titles.php">600 films</a> on the list. Although there does seem to be less of a push for <span style="font-style: italic;">great films</span> these days over those of "cultural" importance (Librarian of Congress James M. Billington was quoted last year to say: "These films are not selected as the best American films of all time, but rather as works of enduring importance to American culture"), there is still at least an unconscious push for inclusion of those considered works of art. If the selections were based entirely on cultural "endurance" over that of a quality assessment, why would such narrative films that made the list last year as <i>The Wishing Ring</i> (1914), <i>Born Yesterday</i> (1950), and <i>Anatomy of a Murder</i> (1959) [films hardly part of the contemporary zeitgeist] make it in over such perennial shut-outs as <i>The Seven Year Itch</i> (1955), <i>The Birds</i> (1963), and <i>Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory</i> (1971)?</div>
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Below are my picks for what should be on this year's list (I only do the narrative feature films: I'll let the Library of Congress decide on the obscure works). To me, the film that most needs to be added above all (my choice now FOUR years running!) is <span style="font-style: italic;">Blue Velvet</span>. Last year just one of my picks made the list: <i>A Christmas Story</i> (1983). </div>
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The Sheik (1921)<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Little Foxes (1941)</div>
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Lifeboat (1944)</div>
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To Have and Have Not (1944)</div>
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The Lady From Shanghai (1948)<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Red Badge Of Courage (1951)<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Quiet Man (1952)<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Killing (1956)<o:p></o:p></div>
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The King and I (1956)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lolita (1962)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Arthur (1981)</div>
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The World According to Garp (1982)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Terms of Endearment (1983)</div>
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Aliens (1986)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Wall Street (1987)</div>
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Titanic (1997)</div>
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Bad Santa (2003)</div>
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Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-68338714419610779592013-08-11T16:56:00.001-07:002013-08-11T16:56:42.053-07:00EW Fall Movie Preview 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The EW Fall Movie Preview is out this week and my reaction is night-and-day compared with the summer movie issue-- there are TONS of movies coming out I can't wait to see. Here's at least a few of them:<br />
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Parkland (9/30)<br />
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Gravity (10/4)<br />
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Captain Phillips (10/11)<br />
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Machete Kills (10/11)<br />
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Carrie (10/18)<br />
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Blue Is the Warmest Color (10/25)<br />
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Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (10/25) [I confess!]<br />
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Thor: The Dark World (11/8)<br />
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The Wolf of Wall Street (11/15)<br />
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Her (11/20)<br />
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Nebraska (11/22)<br />
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (11/22)<br />
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American Hustle (12/13)<br />
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Saving Mr. Banks (12/13)<br />
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The Monuments Men (12/18)<br />
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Anchorman 2 (12/20)<br />
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The Invisible Woman (12/25) [maybe, we'll see]<br />
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Jack Ryan (12/25)<br />
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<br />Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-30927339383046278992013-07-15T06:00:00.000-07:002013-08-11T16:45:09.021-07:00Best of the Year So Far: Mid-Year Top 5 2013Time again for my top 5 of the year, and I've never had no "must sees" at this point. Ugh! What a movie year this is turning out to be. Auteurs where are you? The eight contenders this year (all "recommended") are: 42, Before Midnight, Identity Thief, Iron Man 3, Man of Steel, Oz The Great and Powerful, This Is the End, Warm Bodies.<br />
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It's not gonna be easy to cobble a decent list from them, but here it goes...<br />
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My top 5 2013 so far (listed alphabetically)<br />
<i>Before Midnight</i><br />
<i>42</i><br />
<i>Iron Man 3</i><br />
<i>Oz The Great and Powerful</i><br />
<i>This Is the End</i>Onelinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972915995831467455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066131390651882054.post-53035813667886740672013-05-06T12:24:00.002-07:002013-05-24T06:30:26.964-07:00EW Summer Movie Preview 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's taken me quite a while to peruse my favorite EW issue of the year, and I was wondering why. I discovered after I looked through it that I'm much less psyched than usual for this year's summer movie offerings. As always, my top-to-see are May releases, but strangely the one I want to see most is not a blockbuster-- it's Before Midnight (very excited).<br />
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Man of Steel: what can I say? How can I get excited by a Superman movie? Please stop (a.) with superhero movies and (b.) the same old, same old. I feel the same way unfortunately about Wolverine. I like the X-Men, but there have been countless movies at this point.<br />
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Among the ones that I fear could be bad, but hope they are at least popcorn-fun: After Earth, The Lone Ranger, White House Down, and World War Z.<br />
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Curious about Only God Forgives due to Drive-director/actor reuniting.<br />
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Pacific Rim and Elysium are interesting to me in the same way: two directors who pulled off pretty cool past films on small budgets, now have a big budget to play with. Hopefully they don't screw it up.<br />
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Here are the top six films I'm most looking forward to seeing, in release order:<br />
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Iron Man 3 (5/3)<br />
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Star Trek: Into Darkness (5/17)<br />
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Before Midnight (5/24)<br />
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The Hangover: Part III (5/24)<br />
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Despicable Me 2 (7/26)<br />
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Elysium (8/9)<br />
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