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Tag: sandra bullock

award talk

The Stars Are Out Tonight (Oscar Predictions – Best Actress & Best Actor)

Wondering whether Cate can weather the storm of controversy, and musing on the apex of the McConaissance.

Posted on February 28, 2014March 4, 2014
reactions

Winter Winds: Thoughts on the GRAVITY Companion Film, ANINGAAQ

As one moment in GRAVITY is expanded upon, the value of human contact becomes clearer.

Posted on December 1, 2013December 5, 2013
reviews

GRAVITY

A wise Star Trek character once called space danger wrapped in darkness and silence. Who knew that Alfonso Cuarón was such a Star Trek fan?

Posted on October 6, 2013February 28, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

GRAVITY plays TIFF 2013

Make that twice that the hype should be believed.

Posted on September 12, 2013September 15, 2013
reviews

THE HEAT

The buddy-cop genre is alive and well, and like their predecessors, these buddies deliver a great deal of laughter.

Posted on July 14, 2013July 19, 2013
trailers

In The Darkness – GRAVITY Trailer

The director of Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN has returned in 2013 with a whole new space odyssey.

Posted on May 15, 2013May 20, 2013
reviews

EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE

The world is not just about what you know, it’s about looking around to better understand what you don’t.

Posted on February 6, 2012February 11, 2012
trailers

Lock and Key (EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE Trailer)

I Get The Sneaking Suspicion That We’ll Be Talking About This Again at Oscar Time.

Posted on October 5, 2011October 9, 2011
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From the Stars (Oscar Predictions – Best Actor/Best Actress)

Alrighty, after that brief moment of sharing a touch of my personal life with y’all, allow me to get back to the Oscar shenanigans at … Read More ›

Posted on March 4, 2010
reviews

THE BLIND SIDE

I sat down wanting to hate it and tear it apart as sentimental fluff…but I can’t.

Posted on February 7, 2010July 25, 2012

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