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Bean’s Oscar Predictions

February 18, 2015 by Alex Bean 4 Comments

Just like last year, I am going to make my best guess about what will win at the Oscars this weekend. I’ll provide commentary for the major categories and then just highlight my predicted winners on the rest of the ballot.

Best Picture

You have no idea how much I would prefer this Birdman sweeping towards Osar glory.

You have no idea how much I would prefer this Birdman sweeping towards Osar glory.

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Posted in: Awards Season, Films Tagged: Birdman, Boyhood, Eddie Redmayne, J.K. Simmons, Julianne Moore, Michael Keaton, Patricia Arquette, Richard Linklater, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson. Alejondro G. Innaritu

Boyhood is A Cinema Experience Unlike Any Other

September 10, 2014 by Alex Bean Leave a Comment
Boyhood Ellar Coltrane

It’s like seeing your life flash right by. (Image via.)

Boyhood has been the indie hit of the summer. It has broken out commercially to the tune of $20 million through its first nine weeks of release and received a rare perfect 100 score on the review aggregator Metacritic. After weeks of dithering I finally made time to see the film on Labor Day and can safely say the hype is justified. Boyhood is guaranteed to be among the best films of the year and is a singular achievement in cinematic history. [Read more…]

Posted in: Films, Reviews Tagged: Boyhood, Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Richard Linklater

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