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Tag Archives: hollywood
2022 Film Diary Part 6
This is a continuation of notes on films I’ve seen this year. For this series, I planned to watch films from a few major movements, but because there was a Harry Potter showing at Regal films I got distracted and … Continue reading
2022 Film Diary Part 4
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
Posted in Film
Tagged Criterion, film movements, Films Mets Watches, hollywood, scandinavian revival
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Film Seen In 2022 Part 3
Reviews of movies I’ve seen this year especially by Lubitsch, Sam Raimi, and featuring the multiverse. Continue reading
Posted in Film, Music
Tagged Criterion, hollywood, Lone Wolf and Cub, multiverse, Sam Raimi, Sonic the Hedgehog
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The Oscars and Half-Hearted Diversity Quotas
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
Posted in Film, Politics
Tagged academy award nominations, Academy Awards, business, economics, Green Book, hollywood
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Oscar Ratings And Popular Films
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
Posted in Film, Politics, Pop-Culture Trends
Tagged Academy Awards, hollywood, oscars
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Movies Watched in 2017 Part 1
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
Posted in Eesti, Film, Thomas Mets
Tagged Estonian film, hollywood, political junkie, Star Trek
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Nate Parker VS Casey Affleck
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
Posted in Film, Politics
Tagged Academy Awards, hollywood, media, Racial issues, rape
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The Review That Got Me To Check Out “Only Angels Have Wings”
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
Posted in Criticism, Film, List
Tagged Cary Grant, film canon, film criticism, greatest film, hollywood
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Jodie Foster and private lives of actors
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
Six Potential Sequels to Lincoln
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