This morning, President of the Academy of Motion Picture Thomas Sherak and actress Mo’Nique announced the 2011 Oscar nominations: Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams as Charlene Fleming in The Fighter Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Elizabeth in The King’s Speech Melissa Leo as Alice Ward in The Fighter Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross in...
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2011 Oscar Nominations
Too Much Hope: Reviewing The Fighter
Directed by David O. Russell, The Fighter summarizes the true-life story of Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg) and his brother Dickie Eklund (Christian Bale). The Fighter is a simple story of hope. Older brother Dickie is a former boxing champ but has since taken to smoking crack. Younger brother Micky aspires and trains to be...
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Losing The Western: Reviewing True Grit
“Jeff Bridges is no John Wayne,” my mother told me after seeing the Coen brother’s True Grit. The original True Grit story comes from Charles Portis’ 1968 novel. It was first adapted for film in 1969 with John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn. In the newest adaptation, Jeff Bridges replaces Wayne....
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The Ballerina Thriller: Reviewing Black Swan
How do self-destruction and ambition come together? In Darren Aronofsky’s newest film about success, Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) is the new “Swan Queen” in a reformed production of the legendary ballet, “Swan Lake.” But Nina’s casting as Queen is doubtful – is it talent, or is it lust? Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel), the ballet’s...
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Hermès Scarves and Trendy Wedges
I have just completed my first internship in NYC. I began interning at Shopwiki.com in May of this year. Although my internship was supposed to end at the beginning of August, I kept going for three more months, writing Shopwiki buying guides, working on search engine optimization (SEO) campaigns for both the U.S. and...
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NYC Pandora Listener Meet Up
Monday, March 22, 2010 at the New World Stages in Manhattan Pandora Do you listen to Pandora? If you do, keep at it! If you don’t, then you can be Pandora’s 50 millionth listener. Yes, according to founder Tim Westergren, Pandora will breach the 50 million mark in a short amount of time! I...
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Suffocated v. Breathless
You Can Stay In Your Fish Tank ‘Cause All You Know Is That Life’s A Bitch And Then You Die: A Reaction To Andrea Arnold’s Film “Fish Tank” About three weeks ago, I saw Andrea Arnold’s “Fish Tank.” Katie Jarvis plays 15-year-old Mia, living the climax of her adolescence. Mia lives in the slum-like...
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