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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 earns bragging rights as the highest midnight opening, weekend opening and global opening weekend film of all time – all time! There are surely other records, those yet counted and those yet to come but there’s plenty of time for counting and collecting receipts. Though hard pressed to give up their title, Potter fans have even surpassed the long distance marathon of Trekdom – Next stop, pottermore. Continue reading

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The 2011 Academy Awards – Who Gets The Gold And Why

I think it is relatively straight forward as to who will be taking home an Oscar this year. In some cases there will be multiple Oscars, others no Oscars at all for our favorite films and filmmakers. In many of the categories, the choices can quickly be whittled away by removing the least likely candidates from the list. While this seems like an odd proposition, one must consider the countless decisions that go into the nomination process and consequently things we never hear about. We want to believe the award is based on merit and talent alone but we know other factors weigh in as well and it would be impossible to deny that personal agendas and preferential treatment finds a way to the ballot box. Continue reading

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The Lighning Thief Gets Caught

If the success of Percy is any indication of things to come, we can expect to see ever more frequently films where the main characters look good under hot lights but come across as flat, emotionless automatons going through preconceived notions of story we’ve heard too frequently coming from the same stale sources. Continue reading

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