The Coen Brothers make movies unlike most everything on the market. Even then, their filmography can be splintered into distinct flavor types, from something as gripping and serious as “No Country for Old Men” to the absurdist worlds of “Raising Arizona” and “The Big Lebowski.” After the release of their Western anthology film, “The Ballad […]
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Back in 2001, on the cusp of adulthood, we old millennials saw the first Harry Potter movie. Maybe we didn’t appreciate it so much at the time (we were jerky teenagers), but we eventually turned into major Potter Heads. How does the film hold up 17 years later? How did our kids react to seeing
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“The Social Network” and “The King’s Speech” will ultimately duke out for the year’s top prize, but there are other nominations and categories to consider. Here are my predictions, as well as a few long-shot picks that deserve more respect. Official predictions are in bold. Best Picture If there were only five nominees, it’d be
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Years from now, esteemed film scholars will decide the true great films from 2010. Until then, critics’ awards and Top 10 lists only give us an impulsive view of cinema in the past year. A Best-of list so soon after the new year can only be a gut feeling. With limited time and opportunity for
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Known for quirky comedies (“The Big Lebowski”), dark dramas (“No Country for Old Men”), and sometimes both combined (“Fargo”), the Coen Brothers have crafted “True Grit” as their most straightforward and mainstream film to date. It’s an entertaining yarn that executes all the classic Western elements and adds distinct Coen dialogue alongside a trio of
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Another perspective on the best movies of 2009 from contributing writer Josh Miller. This is not an objective list; rather than choosing films that are the best films of the year because of simple filmmaking aesthetic, I chose the ten films that I had some sort of resonance with personally. This list could potentially be
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Ten years. Thousands of movies. Hundreds of contenders. When I set out to write a best movies of the decade feature, I only intended to showcase 10. Talk about being indecisive. You can find numerous articles by more reputable critics concerning the best movies of the decade. My list is 100% personal preference. These are
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