Author: Christopher Campbell
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For Our Consideration: Moonlight for Most Interesting Original Score of the Year
Awards Rejects Nicholas Britell needs recognition, especially if not by the Oscars. Now that Moonlight is a big hit in its limited-release debut, awards talk is…
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It’s Time for More Non-Horror Halloween-Themed Movies
Boo! Tyler Perry has shown us what we’re missing. In 1965, the first “Peanuts” special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, debuted to enormous popularity. The next year,…
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Is There Still Room for Spoof Movies on the Big Screen?
Avengers of Justice: Farce Wars is a thing that’s happening. What if there was finally a movie that brought the DC and Marvel movie universes…
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Slapping Stereotypes and Preconceptions in the Mouth, From Moonlight to 007
An interview with Naomie Harris and Trevante Rhodes. Naomie Harris was reluctant, initially. She had never wanted to play a crack addict, instead preferring to focus…
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6 Filmmaking Tips from Park Chan-wook
An icon of Korean cinema prods us with inspiration.
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For Our Consideration: The Best Uses of Preexisting Music in Movies This Year
Awards Rejects Listen all y’all, it’s “Sabotage” for the win. Every year, the Academy Awards honor the best original song in a movie, and often it’s…
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The Accountant 2 Could Look to a True Story for Its Plot
Gavin O’Connor already has a basic idea for the sequel. There are literally trained accountants who will decide in the end whether or not The Accountant…
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Time Travel Movies Used to Take Us Places
A look back to when sci-fi looked back.
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A Focus on First Ladies in Film
It’s an important year for the women married to the President. In just a few weeks, we could see the first woman elected President of…
