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A Week Later: Obligatory 2013 Oscar Nominations Post

Estimated time: 9:05 AM, CST, Thursday morning (January 10, 2013). My cell-phone alarm jolts me awake with a blast of smiley ska-pop, Reel Big Fish’s Average Man, piano chords skipping faster than my heartbeat. I see lavender walls, gravy-gray in … Continue reading

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Trailer Thrash 5: Silent Hill Revelations, Hitchcock, Movie 43

Every Saturday, Check the Reel features Trailer Trash, a close look at previews, trailer, and sneak peeks for films not yet released. What does the rest of the year promise for theatres and Netflix accounts? Which are the masterpieces? Which are the … Continue reading

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Trailer Thrash 3: Last Stand, Man with the Iron Fists, Gangster Squad, Man of Steel

Every Saturday, Check the Reel features Trailer Trash, a close look at previews, trailer, and sneak peeks for films not yet released. What does the rest of the year promise for theatres and Netflix accounts? Which are the masterpieces? Which are the … Continue reading

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Trailer Thrash 1: Looking at the “Next Big Things”

Trailers, or “previews” as they’re now more aptly called (“trailer” is a vestigial term from when ads followed a movie, rather than preceded it), have been with us for most of film history. From the folksy, star-centric skit that introduced Hawks’s The … Continue reading

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