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Best Picture: * 12 Years a Slave * American Hustle Dallas Buyers Club Gravity Her Inside Llewyn Davis Nebraska Prisoners The Hunger Games: Catching Fire The Place Beyond the Pines Best Actor: Christian Bale, American Hustle Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave Oscar Issac, Inside Llewyn Davis * Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club * Joaquin Phoenix, Her Best Actress: Amy Adams, American Hustle *Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine* Sandra Bullock, Gravity Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha Shailene Woodley, The Spectacular Now Best Director: * Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis * Spike Jonze, Her Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave David O. Russell, American Hustle Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street Best Supporting Actor: * Bradley Cooper, American Hustle * Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave Jake Gyllenhaal, Prisoners Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club Best Supporting Actress: Amy ...

1. The Place Beyond the Pines 2. Inside Llewyn Davis 3. Her 4. 12 Years a Slave 5. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 6. Prisoners 7. American Hustle 8. Dallas Buyers Club 9. Nebraska 10. Star Trek Into Darkness 11. The Kings of Summer 12. Gravity 13. Captain Phillips 14. Blue Jasmine 15. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 16. Iron Man 3 17. The Conjuring 18. Ain't Them Bodies Saints 19. The Spectacular Now 20. You're Next 21. Thor: The Dark World 22. Mud 23. The Way Way Back 24. Frances Ha 25. The World's End

2012 has drawn to a close, and while I never post anymore I thought it would be punctual to post my 15 favorite films of 2012. I have not seen nearly as many films this year as I have in the past, but I have seen most of the noteworthy ones throughout the year. Here goes. 1. The Dark Knight Rises 2. The Avengers 3. Zero Dark Thirty 4. Silver Linings Playbook 5. Argo 6. Lincoln 7. Looper 8. Moonrise Kingdom 9. The Hunger Games 10. Skyfall 11. Django Unchained 12. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 13. Frankenweenie 14. The Cabin in the Woods 15. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Honorable mention: Life of Pi, Arbitrage, Prometheus, The Hunter, End of Watch

Hello, folks! In this segment I will break down 15 films I have recently viewed on DVD. A couple of them have been out for a few months, but you'll just have to deal with it. I've nearly seen every note-worthy and interesting film of 2011. So, in the near future I will re-release my top films of 2011, as well as my own personal Oscar picks, as they have both changed significantly. Have fun, and don't be afraid to chime in. Enjoy! A Dangerous Method -- This is a mildly interesting and controversial film starring Michael Fassbender as Carl Jung and Viggo Mortensen as Sigmund Freud. David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises, A History of Violence) obviously has quite the resume and a knack for his craft, but this material is awfully boring on screen. Unless you're interested in the psychology aspects of the film I'd stay away, despite a pretty darn good performance by Keira Knightley. (B-) Anonymous -- You obviously have to suspend your belief going into this film, bei...

Well, after three years in the making, The Cabin in the Woods has finally been released! This movie, which was filmed in May of 2009 believe it or not, has been on my radar since summer of 2010. It was pushed and pushed so many times that I figured someone tossed the footage in a dumpster or a furnace. Alas, we finally got what we were promised: a "cabin in the woods" film like you've never seen before. And let me be the first to tell you, this is certainly a cabin in the woods film like you have never seen before. But first a little background information on the project. As stated earlier, filming completed in May of 2009. It then was slated for a February, 2010 release. That was pushed back to January, 2011 because of MGM's (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) financial difficulties and rumors of converging the film to 3D. When MGM filed for bankruptcy, they were forced to sell the film to the highest bidder. After about a year of that the film was finally sold to Lionsgate, who ...

The Hunger Games trilogy is underway, and director Gary Ross (Pleasantville, Seabiscuit) has put together a faithful adaptation of a beloved young adult novel by Suzanne Collins. Collins also co-wrote the script, which was a serious plus. One might think she wouldn't of allowed a film to be made without her consent and involvement. Seasoned scribe Billy Ray (State of Play, Breach) also worked on the script. The books are marvelous, entertaining and unforgettable. A lot of people were quite skeptical about a Hunger Games film from the beginning. Kids killing each other in an arena isn't exactly fun for the whole family. However, Ross' film is tastefully done and never quite seems as brutal as it probably should be; thanks in part to the film's star, Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone, X-Men: First Class). A star was born in 2010 with her tremendous performance in Winter's Bone , which undoubtedly helped her earn the much desired role of Katniss Everdeen. One of t...

Yes, this will in fact be my second consecutive Elizabeth Olsen (Silent House) film that I review. This film is one thousand times more terrifying than that supposed "horror" film ever could have been. People have been buzzing about Olsen's performance here since last spring, and I finally got a chance to see it for myself. It was absolutely worth the wait. This is a haunting film that's certain to leave it's mark on most viewers. It's certainly open for interpretation and argument, which is almost always a good thing in this business. It's not often you get the privilege to view such a deep, well-acted and thought-provoking film from a freshman writer/director. Sean Durkin really out-did himself. And although the dialogue is at times average, he more than made up for it by getting wonderful performances from his actors and bringing the terrifying source material to life. This is definitely not a film for everyone. It contains graphic nudity, brief violenc...