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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
Posted in Film Philosophy, Movie News
Tagged 2012 Academy Awards, 2012 Oscars, 2013 Academy Awards, 2013 Oscars, Academy Awards, academy of motion pictures arts and sciences, Ang Lee, Argo, Ben Affleck, Bernie, Cabin in the Woods, Chronicle, citizen kane, Cloud Atlas, Daniel Day Lewis, David O Russell, Denis Lavant, Django Unchained, Dredd, End of Watch, Hitchcock, Holy Motors, Hotel Transylvania, Indie Game the Movie, Jack Black, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jiro Dream of Sushi, Jiro Ono, John C Reilly, Karl Urban, Katheryn Bigelow, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Magic Mike, Michael Peña, Moonrise Kingdom, motion pictures arts, Oscar Awards, oscars, Paperman, ParaNorman, Peter Travers, Quentin Tarantino, Rise of the Guardians, Sam Rockwell, Seven Psychopaths, Silver Linings Playbook, Sleepwalk with Me, Steven Spielberg, Super Meat Boy, The Grey, The Master, Tom Hoooper, Wes Anderson, Wreck-It Ralph, Zero Dark Thirty
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Prometheus: A Cinematic Identity Crisis (Plus a Second Look at Alien 3 and Resurrection)
For those who were worried Ridley Scott’s Prometheus would mindlessly follow the formula of the first Alien movie, you can rest assured: Prometheus has no idea what movie’s formula it wants to follow. Is it the original Alien, with its dank interiors and growing, … Continue reading
Posted in Close analysis, Movie review
Tagged action, Alien, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, Aliens, Avatar, Blade Runner, body horror, critique, David Cronenberg, essay, horror, James Cameron, Joe Carnahan, Joss Whedon, Liam Neeson, Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Prometheus, review, Ridley Scott, sci-fi, The Fly, The Grey, Xenomorph
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