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ACADEMY AWARDS PREDICTIONS-2017 EDITION
2016,
2015,
2014,
2013,
2011,
2010,
2009,
2008,
2007,
2006
Three Critics, 22
nominations and over fifty predictions for 2017 |
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ALIENS COVENANT
(**½)
"...it's impossible to
not feel let down..." |
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BATMAN AND HARLEY QUINN
(*½)
"Harlequinade
did it better, 23 years ago and in just 20 minutes..." |
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BATMAN VS TWO FACE
(***½)
"...may very well be
the best DC animated film to be released in 2017" |
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
(**)
"There isn’t a single
thing here that’s better than it was in the original animated film" |
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BLADE RUNNER 2049
(***½)
"...the film
shrewdly blurs the line between self-preservation and self-sacrifice..." |
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CHICAGO EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL-2017
2016
March 3rd to 30th at the Siskel Film Center, 164 North State Street Chicago Illinois |
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COCO
(***)
"We need more films like this,
family-friendly efforts that challenge viewers..." |
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DEFENDERS
(**)
"These are the most depressing
superheroes ever..." |
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DUNKIRK
(****)
"...one of the great war pictures of
our time..." |
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the FOUNDER
(***)
"... a fascinating examination of opportunity born from legal duplicity." (JR) |
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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 2
(***)
"...a
product of Gunn's heart than of a corporate machine dictating plot
points..." |
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IT
(***)
"... a Stephen King adaptation for the record books..."
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JUSTICE LEAGUE
(**)
"...film does a lot of heavy
background lifting-too much to be able to tell a story" |
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JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK
(***½)
"Matt Ryan gets the episode of Constantine his outstanding portrayal
deserves..." |
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KONG: SKULL ISLAND
(***)
"...escapes the
shadow of the original-by refusing to compete with it..."
(JR) |
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the LEGO BATMAN MOVIE
(***)
"...does a-succinct job at getting to the heart of who Batman is." (JR) |
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LOGAN
(***½)
"...as real as the genre can get without sacrificing our inner child..." (JR) |
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SPIDERMAN HOMECOMING
(***½)
"...the lightest
and funniest MCU film in ages..." |
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STAR WARS EPISODE VIII: THE LAST JEDI
(***½)
"...the best “Star Wars” film in a
long time" |
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TEEN TITANS THE JUDAS CONTRACT
(**½)
"...a misfire at best,
with too many tweaks and changes in all the wrong places" |
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THOR, JANE FOSTER AND DIVERSITY
(A BEEF BY VITO CARLI)
"Marvel’s impulse towards diversity isn't wrong-they went
about it in a terrible way." |
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THOR RAGNAROK
(***)
"...as close as the MCU has gotten to
a full-on screwball comedy." |
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WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
(***½)
"...has the vitality,
the grit, and the unsuspecting humanity of classic war cinema..." |
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WONDER WOMAN
(***½)
"...the start of
a rousing, thoughtful new superhero franchise..." |
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CINEMA RETROSPECTIVE-2017
2017,
2016,
2015
Vito Carli returns with his look back at the year in cinema for 2017
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TOP FILMS-2017
JR Picks his TOP Films of the Last
Year |
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YEARS BEST FILMS-MIDTERM EDITION
JR Picks his TOP TEN Films of the Year
as of the First Half of 2017 |
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