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Oscar Preview 2015 – Best Picture

  Here are the nominees for Best Picture: American Sniper Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Selma The Theory of Everything Whiplash Who Should Win: I’m trying not to let my opinion be corrupted now by reading other people’s thoughts and go back to my gut when I saw each film myself.  Most […]

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Oscar Preview 2015 – Best Supporting Actor & Actress

  Here are the nominees for Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette – Boyhood Laura Dern – Wild Keira Knightley – the Imitation Game Emma Stone – Birdman Meryl Streep – Into the Woods Who Should Win: Hm.  Meryl is the definition of ‘legacy nominations’, I felt like Laura Dern’s character was more important to the story […]

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Oscar Preview 2015 – Best Adapted & Best Original Screenplay

Here are the nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay: Jason Hall – American Sniper Graham Moore – the Imitation Game Paul Thomas Anderson – Inherent Vice Anthony McCarten – the Theory of Everything Damien Chazelle – Whiplash Who Should Win: Another tough category where I can easily see the case for every nominee.  Based on the story […]

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‘Whiplash’

I loved this one! There’s always one ‘really small’ movie that doesn’t have a big enough machine behind it to really win Best Picture, but five years later we may look back on it as the Best Picture of the year.  ‘Whiplash’ is that movie this year. I know I’m biased as a hypercompetitive narcisstic […]