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Oscar upset isn’t fair to anyone
Presenters shocked the world last night by presenting the Academy Award for Best Picture to the wrong movie due to a clerical error. While no one wanted this onstage situation, in which La La Land producers were asked to physically … Continue reading
Posted in White Noise
Tagged #casey affleck, Best Picture, La La Land, Moonlight, politics, upset
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‘Manchester’ bathes in critical acclaim despite being entirely unremarkable
Manchester by the Sea is sitting at 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and is expected to garner several Academy Awards nominations. It’s not a bad movie, but it certainly doesn’t deserve that level of recognition. The film follows Lee Chandler … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged #birdman, #casey affleck, #oscars, Academy Awards, acting, Anthony Hopkins, Boyhood, emotional appeal, grief sucks I get it, Kenneth Lonnergan, Kyle Chandler, La La Land, Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea, Massachusetts, Michelle Williams, The people demand musicals
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Triple 9 wastes excellent cast in hopeless mess
Sometimes a movie just doesn’t make sense. Not in a surrealist way that leaves you wondering what the monolith symbolizes, but in a practical way that leaves you wondering what the characters were doing and why. Triple 9’s plot is almost … Continue reading