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Fugitive Pieces 6/10 A'difficult' film to sit through, with good performances. Stephen Dillane is such a wonderful actor. I wish we would see him in more films. Good to know that someone other than me has seen this. I was expecting 6/10 and was incredibly moved and surprised by it. Just about the b...

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flipp525 wrote:He was the one who pushed for the extra love scenes between him and Franco.

Was this during the period when he and Robin Wright Penn were separated?

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Unashamedly... Scrooged 8/10 I admit it, I love this movie and have seen it more than a dozen times - but not for several years. The rest of the cast outshines Murray - including Carol Kane, John Forsythe, Robert Mitchum, Bobcat Goldthwait (seven Oscar nominees in all). The film moves very fast and...

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Best Supporting Actress: Samantha Morton, Synecdoche, New York Samantha Morton should be lead, there is no other actress with more screen time than her. Plus, her character is one of the few to appear throughout the film - even following her replacement by an 'actress' portraying her character. I t...

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Cinemanolis wrote:House of Games 4/10

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne 7/10

Ironweed 6/10

Ugh, House of Games, what garbage (and I saw it twice) - and Siskel and Ebert chose it as the best film of that year!

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne and Ironweed are excellent books as well.

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The Tracey Fragments - 1 0ut of 10, only because 0 out of 10 isn't an option. I had to read a synopsis of this dreadful Canadian film by Bruce McDonald’s from Maureen Medved’s novel on the IMDB to figure out what I had just sat through. Bruce MacDonald only had two good movies in him, Roadkill and ...

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'Wild Reeds' 10/10 Saw this one again. One of the best movies of the nineties. Just beautiful. Techiné is very successful in creating novelistic experiences out of film and this one is especially poignant. Agreed, it really does stand up. I rented it again a year ago or so after having not seen it ...

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Michelle Williams is fine in a small-ish role as the actress that Caden begins to date and court and spend a small lifetime with but within the constructs of his play. She has a fairly vanilla girlfriend role but she's fine. Watching the film this afternoon I was wondering why Scarlet Johansen has ...

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Morvern Callar, excellent film, and book. I will watch almost anything with Samantha Morton.

Wow, interesting to see Gamorrah in there.

Eddie Marsen is unrecognisable in Happy-Go-Lucky, at least compared to his performance in Vera Drake! The anger looks genuine.

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I have not heard of the controversy.

Italiano, you must agree that Il Divo is a far superior film. I did not dislike Gomorra, nor would I be disappointed if it received a nomination, but I doubt that those who choose the final short list would choose it.

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But as I may have said before, the final image - of the woman outside with the snow falling - was incredibly beautiful. Not worth the wait, mind.

I've always thought about starting a topic about the most memorable/impressive final film image...

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Very happy to see Poland is submitting Tricks! I liked it, don't know about the Academy. But I do know what you can cross off. Turkey, “3 Monkeys,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director. His film, Distant, received positive reviews, but his next film, Climates, was like watching paint dry - and I have heard ...

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ITALIANO wrote:(and, for the joy of teenage girls, Riccardo Scamarcio, the new Raoul Bova).

No one will replace Raoul Bova!!!

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Sweden didn't pick Let the Right One In ? Damn. I've been hearing great things about it. Saw the preview. Can't wait to see it. Oh, well. I doubt a vampire movie will be their cup of tea anyway. Too true, but I'm concerned that this will not come out at all. Apparently it has been picked up by some...

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OscarGuy wrote:Captain Abu Raed - Jordan

Are you certain that Jordan has submitted this? I don't see it listed at Film Experience. It is a great film and was praised by everyone who saw it at the Vancouver Film Fest.

Dunya And Desie is a lot of fun but stands little chance with the Academy.

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