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Oscar Breakdown: Best Director
Best Director is a tricky category with, like many awards bestowed at the Oscars, a questionable track record. Venerated filmmakers like Hitchcock, Kubrick, and Altman,…
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Oscar Breakdown: Best Visual Effects
Visual effects are an often overlooked and under-appreciated aspect of film making. It’s surprising that VFX has traditionally been one of the last things considered…
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Culture Warrior: Please, Don’t Call ‘The Hurt Locker’ an Arthouse Film
Try as I might, I can’t quite get over the fact that The Hurt Locker only made $12.6 million in its theatrical run. I’ve never…
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Academy Awards: Do We Still Watch The Best Pictures?
Editor’s Note: With this article, we welcome the incredibly knowledgeable and talented Adam Charles to the FSR team. He’s decided to start with a very…
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Old Ass Oscars: The Wizard of Oz
Every Sunday in February, Film School Rejects presents an Oscar Nominee for Best Picture that was made before you were born and tells you why…
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The 82nd Academy Award Nominations: Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Star Trek…
The 82nd Academy Award Nominations: Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Star Trek, District 9 Lead the Way! It is quite early in the morning, even…
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‘Avatar’ Busts Down the World-Wide Record
Despite Rob Hunter wanting me to simply write “And it’s all your fault…” in the body of this article, I think some real analysis is needed.…
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The 67th Annual Golden Globes Winners: Avatar Takes Best Picture
The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards are upon us. And while they are on live on ABC as of 8/7c, you may not be watching…
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Old Ass Movies: Things To Come
Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week,…