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7 Reasons Why We Should Take Jennifer Aniston’s Oscar Bid Seriously
A sense of shock rumbled through the media’s coverage of year-end film award nominees. The reason? Jennifer Aniston’s name suddenly began to crop up among the acting contenders for her work as a...
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Daily Reads: How a Terrible Movie Became an Oscar Sure Bet, Why ‘The Wire’...
Criticwire’s Daily Reads brings today’s essential news stories and critical pieces to you. 1. How a Terrible Movie Became an Oscar Sure Bet. "Cake" is, by most accounts, an awful movie, and yet...
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Best Actress Oscar Predictions 2015 UPDATED
We pick the final five performances that lead the Best Actress field. 1. Julianne Moore is heartbreaking in “Still Alice,” an intimate portrait of a brainy and beautiful Columbia University professor...
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Review: Jennifer Aniston’s ‘Cake’ Is A Recipe For Self Pity
There’s been some recent talk about Jennifer Aniston’s performance in “Cake” as a potential dark horse for a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Allow us to put a stop this. Aniston digs deeper than she has...
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Rachel Morrison on Her Two Sundance 2015 Films and Being Pegged as a ‘Female DP’
She’s worked on some of the most acclaimed indies in recent years, including previous Sundance features "Little Accidents" for director Sara Colangelo and Ryan Coogler’s "Fruitvale Station," which won...
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Here Are All the Movies Opening Today, January 23; What Will You See?
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, January 16th. (Synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.) Wide The Boy Next DoorDirector: Rob CohenCast: Jennifer...
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Arthouse Audit: Panic Time? ‘Mommy,’ ‘Red Army,’ ‘Black Sea,’ ‘Cake,’ ‘Duke...
Expectations were not high for any of the top titles (most of which received earlier major attention at Cannes and Toronto). That none managed to amass a per screen average of over $7,000 — when...
View Article‘Cake’: Watch Sundance Breakout ‘Quarter Life Poetry’ Life Hack the Office in...
When the work is stacking up, the meetings feel endless, and no one is listening to you anyway, sometimes the only way to survive the day is to take a beat — or, if you’re Samantha Jayne, make a beat...
View Article‘Cake’: FXX’s Indescribable Comedy Show Is an Antidote to Peak TV’s Algorithms
FXX describes its new series “Cake” as a “comedy showcase.” It’s an apt description, especially because trying to sum up the show in any more than two words is a much harder task than you might expect....
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‘Oh Jerome, No’: How a Comedy About Failed Relationships Still Ends Up...
With a title like “Oh Jerome, No,” the series was always building to the point where its title character turned that phrase on himself. When it happens in the opening segment of the two-part finale,...
View Article‘Angry Birds: Summer Madness’ Series Coming to Netflix in 2021
The eagle — or at least some form of “Angry Birds” — will be landing on Netflix in 2021. Netflix will release “Angry Birds: Summer Madness,” the popular franchise’s first long-form television series,...
View ArticleWith ‘Cake’ Season 5 Underway, It’s Time to Succumb to its Rewarding Surprises
[This post originally appeared as part of Recommendation Machine, IndieWire’s daily TV picks feature.] Where to Watch ‘Cake’: Hulu, or catch the currently airing Season 5 on FXX One of the best jokes...
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