I saw all the best picture nominees this year, an old family tradition. I actually completed the check list a while back. It was easier than usual because I only had two I hadn’t seen at the time of the nominations, and only one of those I hadn’t been planning to see already. There was also one nominee I watched a long time ago but didn’t review. So for the sake of completism I’ll write a few words about those last three before tomorrow/tonight’s Oscar rituals are performed. (read the rest of this shit…)
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This year’s pre-Oscar post
Sunday, March 2nd, 2014Tags: AIDS, Alexander Payne, Bob Nelson, Bruce Dern, Jared Leto, Judi Dench, Matthew McConaughey, Oscars, Steve Coogan, Will Forte
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