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2022 Film Diary Part 4

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Thomas Mets

This is a continuation on notes on movies I’ve seen this year. For this series, I tried to watch films from several film movements including the Scandinavian Revival, and Pre-Code Hollywood. Movie #73/ New Movie #51: Top Gun (DVD)This was … Continue reading →

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Film Seen In 2022 Part 3

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Thomas Mets

Reviews of movies I’ve seen this year especially by Lubitsch, Sam Raimi, and featuring the multiverse. Continue reading →

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The Oscars and Half-Hearted Diversity Quotas

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Thomas Mets

Last week, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences released new standards for what is necessary for a film to qualify for a nomination for Best Picture. This led to some predictable criticism and celebration. The basic rule is … Continue reading →

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Oscar Ratings And Popular Films

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Thomas Mets

The ratings for the most recent Academy Awards were the lowest-ever by a large margin. This leads to some questions about why that is. Is there too much focus on material that isn’t commercial? Is Hollywood liberalism turning off moderate … Continue reading →

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Movies Watched in 2017 Part 1

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Thomas Mets

  I set a challenge for myself on a message board this year to watch at least 100 movies. And as a way to encourage myself to watch older movies, I went with a sub-challenge of picking ten films per … Continue reading →

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Nate Parker VS Casey Affleck

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Thomas Mets

Once upon a time, there was a lot of buzz for Actor/ Director Nate Parker as a potential Oscar winner, due to his lead performance in Birth of a Nation, a film about the Nat Turner rebellion. That film broke … Continue reading →

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The Review That Got Me To Check Out “Only Angels Have Wings”

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Thomas Mets

Barnes & Noble currently has a 50% off sale on Criterion collection Blu-Rays and DVDs. One of the Criterion collections I picked up was Howard Hawk’s 1939 film Only Angels Have Wings, largely due to a review by Mike D’Angelo … Continue reading →

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Jodie Foster and private lives of actors

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Thomas Mets

Jodie Foster’s speech at the Golden Globes was described as her coming out, but it was essentially a defense of privacy for celebrities. Andrew Sullivan did not care for it. “How beautiful it once was”? When gay people were put … Continue reading →

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Six Potential Sequels to Lincoln

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Thomas Mets

I really enjoyed Spielberg’s Lincoln. And it seems that I’m not the only one. The movie will probably net Daniel Day Lewis a third Academy Award. And it’s certainly profitable. So it wouldn’t surprise me if the studio is thinking … Continue reading →

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Lincoln and my local movie theaters

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Thomas Mets

There are four movie theaters walking distance from my house and one another. UA Midway on Queens Boulevard with eight screens. It’s usually the one that plays the most popular films. UA Brandon Cinemas has just two screens, usually with … Continue reading →

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