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May 4th, 2013: Frost/Nixon (2008)

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Leave a comment Posted in Period Film, Drama, Adaptation, "Based on a True Story", Based on a Play, Movie of the Day Tagged behind the scenes, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Clint Howard, double cross, former child stars, Frank Langella, Hans Zimmer, Imagine Entertainment, interview, Kevin Bacon, less famous parents, less famous siblings, Michael Sheen, Oliver Platt, Oscar bait, Patty McCormack, President of the United States, Rance Howard, Relativity Media, Richard Nixon, Ron Howard, Sam Rockwell, Studio Canal, Toby Jones, Universal Pictures, Working Title Films

April 29th, 2013: My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Comedy, Drama, Movie of the Day, Romance Tagged arranged marriage, before they were famous, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Britain, Channel Four Films, class issues, Daniel Day-Lewis, immigrants, laundromat, mistress, Pakistanis, poverty, racism, racists, Roshan Seth, Saeed Jaffrey, Shirley Anne Field, Stephen Frears, Stephen Marcus, Working Title Films

November 13th, 2012: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged adultery, Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Britain, Canal+, Christmas Party, Ciaran Hinds, Cold War, Colin Firth, double agent, double cross, Gary Oldman, John Hurt, John Le Carre, Mark Strong, MI6, party, Soviet Union, Soviets, Stephen Graham, Studio Canal, Toby Jones, Tom Hardy, Tomas Alfredson, Working Title Films

August 6th, 2012: The Big Lebowski (1998)

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Crime, Detective, Fish-Out-of-Water, Indy, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slapstick, Spoof, Stoner Tagged Aimee Mann, art, artists, Ben Gazzara, bowling, California, Carter Burwell, David Huddleston, dream sequence, Ethan Coen, film within a film, Flea, Jeff Bridges, Joel Coen, John Goodman, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Julianne Moore, Kenny Rogers, kidnapping, Los Angeles, mix-tape soundtrack, nihilists, Peter Stormare, Philip Seymour Hoffman, PolyGram, porn, porn stars, ransom, Roger Deakins, Sam Elliot, sex offender, Steve Buscemi, stoners, Tara Reid, Vietnam veterans, Working Title Films

May 11th, 2011: Fargo (1996)

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2 Comments Posted in Arthouse, Black Comedy, Comedy, Cops, Crime, Indy, Movie of the Day, Spoof Tagged Best Actress, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Carter Burwell, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, Joel Coen, kidnapping, Peter Stormare, PolyGram, pregnancy, Steve Buscemi, William H. Macy, wood chipper, Working Title Films

March 21st, 2011: Hot Fuzz

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Leave a comment Posted in Cops, Event Film, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged Bill Nighy, Britain, cameos, Cate Blanchett, conspiracy, David Bradley, Edgar Wright, Edward Woodward, Jim Broadbent, Martin Freeman, maverick cops, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Paul Freeman, Peter Jackson, Simon Pegg, Steve Coogan, Studio Canal, Timothy Dalton, Universal Pictures, Working Title Films

A Serious Man

Mar13 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Quick Reviews, Reviews Tagged Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, biblical allusion, Book of Job, Ethan Coen, Fyvush Finkel, George Wyner, Joel Coen, Richard Kind, Simon Helberg, Studio Canal, Working Title Films

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