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Notes on the Nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards

January 13, 2020by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

Lucy pulls the ball away once again! What’s amazing about the Oscars is that, for movie fans, Lucy can do this twice in the span of a month or two. […]

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Notes on the Nominees for the 91st Academy Awards

January 22, 2019by Paul Boyne 2 Comments

Like Christmas morning, the announcement of a given year’s Oscar nominees is all about anticipation. The ultimate results will be uneven at best, but allowing oneself hope for a pleasant […]

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Oscar 2018

January 23, 2018by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

It’s Oscar nominations morning once again, and the big story, from a personal standpoint, is that I’ve actually seen the movies this year! No more Well, I’ve seen two Best […]

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Oscar 2017

January 24, 2017by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

I wasn’t paying much attention this year, to be honest. Real life had a way of directing my gaze to what are admittedly more pressing concerns than who gets Oscar […]

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My Most Anticipated 2017 Movies

December 23, 2016by Paul Boyne 1 Comment

I’ll get the hang of this eventually, trust me. As I prepared another top ten list of upcoming movies, it occurred to me that I had absolutely no idea how […]

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When Words Get Stuck in the Memory, Part II

July 9, 2016by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

In the spirit of the season, here’s the sequel to a barely-seen post from three years ago. It’s even longer than the original! At least it’s free. Honestly, I enjoyed […]

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My Favorite Movies: The Rocketeer

June 24, 2016by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

Here’s a pair of Letterboxd reviews for movies that I happened to see this week without any prior intention of comparing them: Deadpool (link) and The Rocketeer (link).  The fact that each […]

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The Class of 2016: My Favorite Movies of All Time

June 10, 2016by Paul Boyne 2 Comments

My growing pains as a learning cinephile continue. In some ways, this past year has been a very helpful experience. I continue to plug away at the gaps in my […]

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Caped Wonder, Winged Freak: A Superman/Batman Postmortem

April 1, 2016by Paul Boyne 2 Comments

Superhero movies have, over the course of seventy-odd years, blown up like a balloon. With each stage of development, from serials to television to early blockbusters to post-9/11 tentpoles, the budgets […]

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My Favorite Movies: Batman

March 20, 2016by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

I’ve been familiar with this movie all my life, and it’s still slippery. At the time of its release, it was greeted as the first cinematic adaptation of Batman to […]

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