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The ErwinReviews Predictions - Best Acting Performances

The ErwinReviews Predictions I - Best Acting Performances #fb

Now after talking some smack about the Academy and the respective snubs and should-nots, let’s focus on the big prizes of tonight – starting with the achievements for best acting. Best actress in a leading role Let me start with the hardest (because I have not seen all movies) and easiest (because I have an absolute clear favorite) category. Both of the movies in this race which I watched were…

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#OscarSnub-Gate II - The Should Nots of Oscar 2016

I know you are refreshing your feed to get the next episode of #OscarSnub-Gate II - The Should Nots of Oscar 2016 #fb

After having re-iterated my should haves, let’s spend some time to think about the really undeserved nominations of this years Academy Awards. Needless to say, if these were gone, there would have probably been some more room to squeeze in the should-haves … obviously. [divider]The Should Nots[/divider] No.1 – Bridge of Spies (in almost every category) Courtesy of http://www.trbimg.com/ When I…

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#OscarSnub-Gate I - The Should-Haves of Oscar 2016

Flood Gates are open - my oscar pieces are rolling in: Part 1 #OscarSnub-Gate - The Should-Haves of Oscar 2016 #fb

So here I am, it took me quite some time to finish up all my homework but I am only 6 movies out to have basically completed the entire Oscar lineup of 2016. Nevertheless, I feel that now I have a good basis to join in on all those #OscarSoWhite and Why-did-this-one-get-snubbed? conversations. And I thought that the best post for starting my reporting on the Oscars would be a post of the biggest…

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The Big Short

@thebigshort is my favorite movie in the #Oscar2016 race. It is funny, smart, witty and just amazing to watch with an awesome cast #fb

I moved to Boston on September 12, 2008 – my first job out of college started three days later on September, 15 2008 – the day when one of the biggest investment firms in the world Lehman Brothers went belly up (which is now a case study at Harvard Business School). I still remember that day very clearly as I was driving to my orientation week in Philadelphia listening to the radio talking about…

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The Hateful Eight

#TheHatefulEight: a decent #Tarantino Western but not coming close to his best work - great to see #SLJ rockin' some Tarantino-monolgue #fb

A couple of years since the last Tarantino installment have passed and after he decided that Gawker-Gate was not really worth all the tantrum-throwing, our beloved Quentin went back to work and finished The Hateful Eight. And for his 8th movie, he decided to shoot a Western (again). One could assume that my opening sounds a little unexcited – and truth to be told, I was curious because it is a…

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Carol

@CarolMovie is a wonderful love story in the beautiful 1950s NYC with amazing performances by #RooneyMara and #CateBlanchett #fb

As the marathon continues, it was now time for my absolute favorite genre: female love stories. Admittedly, Carol is one of those movies which I would have probably not planned to watch if it wasn’t nominated for so many (6) Academy Awards and/or had received a 90+% rating on Rottentomatoes. After my plan to watch this all by myself (luckily) fell apart, I went into this movie with my wife…

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Creed

@creedmovie is a great tribute to the #Rocky franchise but I'm not sure if it can continue to exist w/o @TheSlyStallone #fb

The night had finally come – it was a really long hard day: waking up 4.30 AM, flying out to a business meeting, knowing that I had a hard fight ahead of me that night – the highly praised return of the Rocky franchise: Creed. I will right get into spoilers – so please stop reading if you still planning to watch it. Courtesy of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ After coming out of the theater, I had a…

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The Martian

#TheMartian: A great tale of science, drama and nerdism beautifully shot, greatly acted. Wonderful job by #Scott #fb

Another movie week has passed and after watching The Martian – for the first time in a long period, I left the theater with a warm and fuzzy feeling. I remembered a quote from my movie podcaster who mentioned that this film in fact was everything what Interstellar wasn’t for him – for some reason that quote stuck with me and I can only confirm that. Let’s go step by step – the plot of The Martian…

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