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2014 Oscar Predictions – Ben’s Picks
It’s Oscar time again and it has been a roller coaster of a year with no clear front-runner for best picture and several of the categories ripe for potential upsets. While not as strong a line up of films as last year, there are still…
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Top 10 2013 – Adelaide’s List
I don’t watch a lot of new films because I am middle-aged and grumpy, and I want to watch things when I want to watch them, not when they are in the theaters. So every year my “best of” list is about what I watched…
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An Appreciation – Beauty and the Beast
One of the best sequences in Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast, 1946) comes when Belle (Josette Day) first enters the castle of the mysterious Beast (Jean Marais). Done completely in slow motion, we see her come into the main…
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Double Feature Showdown – Battle Royale vs. The Hunger Games
Last year when The Hunger Games came out, all I heard was Battle Royale this, Battle Royale that. Everybody kept talking about how similar the plots were between the two, but nobody really gave specifics, other than “kids forced to kill each other off until…
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Giveaway – The Legend of Hercules Autographed Poster
The folks at Summit Entertainment have given us a poster from The Legend of Hercules autographed by Kellan Lutz to give away. To be eligible please fill out the form below.
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NYCC 2013 – Max Brooks: Response to World War Z Adaptation, Possible Television Version of Extinction Parade
Many people know Max Brooks as the author of World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide, but what some may not know is that he is the son of comedic actor/director Mel Brooks (Blazing Saddles, History of the World: Part 1). At New York…
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Lists – Top 5 Movies That Nobody Talks About…Unless They’re Always Talking About Them
Though cinema is generally experienced in a communal setting, it has a very personal effect on its viewers. Everyone has their favorite movies, and in the wake of the Tarantino generation—led by the Pied Piper of niche film excavation and exaltation—many people are constantly on…
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SDCC Interview – Ender’s Game Press Conference
While at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2013, I was able to attend the press conference for Ender’s Game that occurred prior to the panel in Hall H. Harrison Ford (at his first SDCC appearance), Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, director/screenwriter Gavin Hood, and producer Roberto…
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