Author: Christopher Campbell
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Your Guide to the Best Documentaries of 2012 as Nominated by the Cinema Eye Honors
Last night, at a special event in conjunction with the AFI FEST, the nominees for the 2013 Cinema Eye Honors were announced. And once again,…
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The Cynic’s Oscars: Best Costume Design and Best Makeup Are the Halloween Categories
As any of us who’ve dressed up as movie characters for Halloween know, it’s the distinctly designed roles that make for the most interesting costumes.…
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8 Trick-or-Treating Scenes We Love
Three more days ’til Halloween (silver shamrock), but the dressing up and trick-or-treating has already begun for those who prefer to get the major celebrating…
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Movies About Movies and Why ‘Argo’ is a Surprise Hit
As far as I can tell, regular folk don’t care for movies about movies or films about filmmaking. They used to, back when Hollywood was…
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The Cynic’s Oscars: Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard for Most Original Screenplay
The Cynic’s Oscars: Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard for Most Original Screenplay “In a perfect world, ‘The Cabin in the Woods’ would be a lock…
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8 Scenes We Love From ‘Reservoir Dogs’
This Tuesday is the 20th anniversary of the theatrical release of Reservoir Dogs, the film that not only put Quentin Tarantino on the map as…
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Who is Robbie? How ‘Paranormal Activity 4’ Adds to a Franchise That’s Already Fun for Puzzle Lovers
We are now four installments into the Paranormal Activity series ‐ five if you include the first spin-off, Tokyo Night ‐ and the movies are…
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Our 6 Favorite Films of the 2012 New York Film Festival
This year’s New York Film Festival ended on Sunday night with the world premiere of Robert Zemeckis’s Flight, a big Hollywood movie that many saw…
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The Cynic’s Oscars: Dividing Acting Into “Original” and “Adapted” Categories
Some of you may already know me by my Twitter handle: @thefilmcynic. It’s a name I’ve gone by for nearly a decade (so, before current…