Best Foreign Language Film Oscar 2014: Two Lives with Liv Ullmann and Julia Bache-Wiig. Best Foreign Language Film Oscar 2014 semifinalists: Liv Ullmann potential Academy Awards comeback Out of 76 submissions, nine movies have been…
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Moon movie mystery with Sam Rockwell. This year’s British Independent Film Awards Best Picture winner, Duncan Jones’ Moon has elements in common with, among other sci-fi/mystery thrillers, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and Basil…
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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban on the red carpet at the 2008 Oscars. Nicole Kidman has been nominated for two Best Actress Academy Awards: Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! (2001), with…
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Transformers 2007. Without special effects there would have been no Transformers, as Michael Bay’s futuristic action flick offers no acting, no writing, and no direction. Hence, Transformers is our pick in the 2008 Oscars’ Best…
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4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days with Anamaria Marinca: Oscars’ abortion movie snub. Cristian Mungiu’s enthusiastically received, Palme d’Or-winning abortion movie 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days was as much a Best Foreign…
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A Generation movie. Sometimes films get reputations way out of proportion with their artistic merit simply because they expound a point of view with which the public and/or the critics agree. Such is the case…
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Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar: Best-known Spanish film director According to a poll conducted by the Spanish-based SigmaDos, Pedro Almodóvar is the best-known modern-day Spanish film director in his home country, Zinema reports. That should come…
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The Constant Gardener with Ralph Fiennes. All but ignored this awards season in the U.S., two-time Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes (as Best Supporting Actor for Schindler’s List, 1993; as Best Actor for The English Patient,…
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Ingmar Bergman films: Autumn Sonata with Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann. American Cinematheque screening Ingmar Bergman films ‘Autumn Sonata’ & ‘Cries & Whispers’ A number of Ingmar Bergman movies, among them the Ingrid Bergman /…