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Best Supporting Actors of 2012

Robert — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:03:12 +0000

The Oscar nominations are out and, shocker of shocks, they line up with very few of my acting choices. Helen Hunt, Bradley Cooper (one of my honorable mentions), Christoph Waltz (honorable mention, wrong category) and Jennifer Lawrence (right actress, wrong…

Best Supporting Actresses of 2012

Robert — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:01:57 +0000

I keep reading that 2012 was a weak year for supporting actresses. This is based on the critics groups and precursors rallying around the same six or seven performances en masse. It’s also a gross misrepresentation of the year in…

God Bless America Review (Film, 2012)

Robert — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:31:07 +0000

There is no easy way to go about discussing God Bless America in light of recent tragedies in America. The film was already out of movie theaters by the time the Aurora Theater shooting occurred and forever changed the context…

Best Leading Actors of 2012

Robert — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:54:26 +0000

Yesterday, we looked at the leading ladies who made 2012 a great year for film. Today, it’s all about the men. It’s almost harder to judge male actors because Hollywood has really developed a rigid structure of what men can…

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Review (Film, 2012)

Robert — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:57:01 +0000

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is the cinematic equivalent of freestyling at the club and dropping the mic when the beat drops out. Lorene Scafaria’s debut directorial effort (she previously wrote the charming screen adaptation of…

Best Leading Actresses of 2012

Robert — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:01:09 +0000

We’re keeping the 12 wide field but narrowing down the descriptions to the top six from here out. So here are my top Leading Actresses of 2012. An asterisk indicates VOD/home video release. Honorable Mentions: Emma Fitzpatrick, The Collection Greta…

Zero Dark Thirty Review (Film, 2012)

Robert — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:50:18 +0000

You can’t ignore context when evaluating a film. But what happens when context itself is the substance of the film rather than the film itself? Zero Dark Thirty is the story of how one C.I.A. officer’s tireless search for Osama…

Top 12 Films of 2012

Robert — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:03:41 +0000

2012 was a great year for films. Sure, there were plenty of bad ones. There always are. But the good so outweighed the bad that I decided the struggle to pare the list down to 10 wasn’t worth it. Choosing…

Best Albums of 2012

Robert — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:15:09 +0000

There’s a really simple reason why my lists are Top 12s rather than Top 10s this year: I didn’t want to limit myself on films. If I did a Top 10, it would be the ten films that scored 9/10…

Django Unchained Review (Film, 2012)

Robert — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:40:55 +0000

A spaghetti western/revenge flick about slavery in the deep south should be a total disaster. It is just such a shocking concept that would require a deft hand, lots of planning, and a rock solid screenplay to even avoid being…