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Oscars 2009

The ReaderThis surprise Best Picture nominee has been getting some flack for beating out heavy critical and audience favorites such as The Dark Knight and Wall-E, which is both deserved and not. In a different year, this visually appealing piece that is well shot may have been more welcome into the top 5, but in a year of exciting films, it does not hold one's attention long enough for the...

Milk: Oscars 2009

MilkMilkA film should really be judged on its ability to stand on its own, regardless of context or timing.  However, it is difficult to discount the timeliness of Milk, Gus Van Sant's moving drama about the life and tragic assassination of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to office in Calif


Slumdog Millionaire: Oscars 2009

Slumdog MillionaireSlumdog MillionaireIt started out simply as a critic favorite- a small Fox Searchlight feel-good gem no different than Little Miss Sunshine or Juno from years earlier.


Frost/Nixon: Oscars 2009

Frost/NixonFrost/NixonOf all the films released in 2008 that had their origins in a Broadway/West End theatre, the one that seemed most doomed to fail was Frost/Nixon.  Nevertheless, the cinematic adaptation of Peter Morgan's play about the famous television interviews between the disgraced former president and the B


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Oscars 2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button was a movie where if you saw the amazing trailer, at the same time you probably thought you now knew the entire plot of the movie. Well you're right and wrong.


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