Tag: Academy Awards
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Still Alice Movie Review

My quest to watch all of the 2014 Academy Award nominees was interrupted by NCAA March Madness, NHL Playoffs and Bryce Harper and the Washington Nationals, but I finally had an opportunity to watch the riveting performance of Julianne Moore, the Academy Award Winner for Best Actress, in the heartbreaking film Still Alice. After viewing…
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My Road To The Oscars Hit a Dead End

Obviously I started on my road to watch the Academy Award Nominees for Best Motion Picture and Performances by an Actor and Actress in a Leading and Supporting Role much too late and failed to see four of the eight movies nominated for Best Picture and several of the films with actors and actresses nominated…
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And The Oscar Goes To…Boyhood?…The Grand Budapest Hotel?

The 67th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards were held last night and Alejandro G. Inarritu won Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) and the film is now the front-runner to win the Oscar for Best Motion Picture of the Year. Over the weekend I watched Boyhood and…
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And the Oscar Goes To…Birdman?

The quest to watch all of the movies nominated for an Academy Award in the categories of best motion picture, best actor and actress, and best actor and actress in a supporting role by February 22nd when the Oscar ceremonies are televised began with the viewing of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Birdman, directed,…