Article: Oscars 2012: The lauded films that got the Academy’s cold-shoulder
“The Adventures of Tintin,” “Drive” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2″ all were surprisingly snubbed.
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Article: The best flops of 2011
The end of the year is a cruel time for movies. Everything gets broken down into winners and losers: this film got a nomination, this one didn’t; this film is the best, this one isn’t. But movies aren’t nearly so black and white. A film can win over the hearts of every person who sees…
Article: The best genre movies of 2011, part 2
Continuing our list from yesterday here are five more of the best genre movies of 2011. Click over for our picks for the best romance, Western, horror film, legal thriller, and comic book movie. Today it’s time for the best spy movie, cop movie, sports movie, mystery, and science-fiction. Let’s do it. The Best Spy…
Article: “Warrior” DVD/Blu-ray exclusive: training the trainer
One of the most impactful, exciting films of the year was undoubtedly “Warrior,” director Gavin O’Connor’s ode to the world of mixed martial-arts. Apart from being intensely emotional, the film was hailed by those in the fight industry as an incredibly realistic take on their bloody, gladiatorial sport. One of the prime reasons for that…
Article: “Warrior,” reviewed
“Warrior” was the third of three films I saw Wednesday. At the first movie, I took five pages of notes. At the second, I took four. At “Warrior,” I took less than two. In other words: I got lost in this movie. I stopped thinking about the fine points of cinematography, editing, and score and…
Article: Five important moments in mixed martial arts movie history
Baseball has “Field of Dreams.” Basketball has “Hoosiers.” Hockey has “Slap Shot.” In other words: you can’t be a major American sport without a major American sports movie. It looks like mixed martial arts might have found its major sports movie with this week’s “Warrior,” the story of two brothers (Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton)…
Article: IFC.com’s 2011 Fall Movie Preview Guide
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Article: Ben Foster: Shooting “The Messenger”
Few young actors are blessed with wildly eclectic bodies of work, but 29-year-old Ben Foster has utilized his trademark intensity to play a bisexual art-school student (TV’s “Six Feet Under”), a drug-addicted hoodlum (“Alpha Dog”), a winged superhero (“X-Men: The Last Stand”), a Wild West sociopath (“3:10 to Yuma”) and a wannabe vampire who steals…
