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THE SALESMAN (2016)

February 23, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 7, DRAMA, FOREIGN, S, Oscars 2017
"This may be the highest rating I have ever given to a film that made me question whether I liked it or not. "
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Ashgar Farhadi, Taraneh Alidoosti, Shahab Hosseini
2016, 7, DRAMA, FOREIGN, S, Oscars 2017
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13 HOURS (2016)

February 23, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 4, 2016, ACTION, WAR, T, Oscars 2017
"Surprisingly not awful."
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Jon Krasinski, Michael Bay, David Costabile, Pablo Schreiber, Max Martini
4, 2016, ACTION, WAR, T, Oscars 2017
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SILENCE (2016)

February 18, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 6, DRAMA, S, Oscars 2017
"...it was an appreciable beauty that left me somewhat apathetic in the end."
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Adam Driver, Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, Nana Komatsu, Tadanobu Asano, Ciarán Hinds, Martin Scorsese
2016, 6, DRAMA, S, Oscars 2017
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NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (2016)

February 18, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 7, DRAMA, N, THRILLER, Oscars 2017
"This is a sleek and taught semi-thriller, filled with delectable vision and a caustically gloomy sheathe."
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Tom Ford, Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Michael Shannon, Laura Linney, Michael Sheen, Armie Hammer, Andrea Riseborough
2016, 7, DRAMA, N, THRILLER, Oscars 2017
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2017 OSCAR LIVE ACTION SHORTS

February 16, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, FOREIGN, O, SHORTS, Oscars 2017
My Pick: Sing
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February 16, 2017 /Jacob Nelson
Oscar Shorts
2016, FOREIGN, O, SHORTS, Oscars 2017
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JACKIE (2016)

February 14, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 5, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, J, Oscars 2017
"Smartly put together with style and panache, but with a languid stuffiness and slothful pace, the total felt dutifully disagreeable."
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Pablo Larrain, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, John Hurt, John Carroll Lynch, Richard E. Grant
2016, 5, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, J, Oscars 2017
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2017 OSCAR DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

February 13, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, DOCUMENTARY, SHORTS, O, Oscars 2017
My Pick: White Helmets
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February 13, 2017 /Jacob Nelson
Oscar Shorts
2016, DOCUMENTARY, SHORTS, O, Oscars 2017
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2017 OSCAR ANIMATED SHORTS

February 11, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, ANIMATED, SHORTS, O, Oscars 2017
My Pick: Pearl
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February 11, 2017 /Jacob Nelson
Oscar Shorts
2016, ANIMATED, SHORTS, O, Oscars 2017
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20TH CENTURY WOMEN (2016)

February 10, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 7, COMEDY, DRAMA, T, Oscars 2017
"The whole film is wonderfully whimsical, humanly germane, and cinematically adroit."
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Mike MIlls, Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, Lucas Jade Zumann, Joshua Burge, Alia Shawkat
2016, 7, COMEDY, DRAMA, T, Oscars 2017
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TANNA (2015)

February 09, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 6, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE, T, Oscars 2017
"This is a solid movie with a charming peek into a far off existence, filled with spirit and natural reverence."
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Martin Butler, Bentley Dean, Mungau Dain, Marie Wawa
2015, 6, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE, T, Oscars 2017
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LIFE, ANIMATED (2016)

February 09, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DOCUMENTARY, L, Oscars 2017
"It was moving and impactful enough to slightly attune the way I looked at/deal with the autistic."
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Roger Ross Williams, Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried
2016, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DOCUMENTARY, L, Oscars 2017
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ALLIED (2016)

February 02, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 5, A, DRAMA, ROMANCE, Oscars 2017
"A sense of romance, dread, and intrigue are stunted and unsatisfactory for being the core of the entire film."
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February 02, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Robert Zemeckis, Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, August Diehl, Lizzy Caplan, Simon McBurney, Matthew Goode
2016, 5, A, DRAMA, ROMANCE, Oscars 2017
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LION (2016)

February 02, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 7, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, L, Oscars 2017
"Not quite otherworldly in any element, but it has few impeachable shortcomings and delivers a rousing cinematic experience, leaving no tear duct unsapped."
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February 02, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Garth Davis, Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Sunny Pawar, David Wenham
2016, 7, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, L, Oscars 2017
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FIRE AT SEA (2016)

January 28, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 6, DOCUMENTARY, F, FOREIGN, Oscars 2017
"Despite the horrors, hardships, and the beauty within the way they are captured, the film felt too segmented and disconcertingly impotent because of it."
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January 28, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Gianfranco Rosi
2016, 6, DOCUMENTARY, F, FOREIGN, Oscars 2017
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DEEPWATER HORIZON (2016)

January 27, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 6, ACTION, DISASTER, DRAMA, D, Oscars 2017
"Horizon was a bit of a cinematic shotgun, being imperfect but still blasting you in the face with intense drama and horrific action."
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January 27, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Peter Berg, Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriguez, John Malkovich, Ethan Suplee, Dylan O'Brien, Kate Hudson
2016, 6, ACTION, DISASTER, DRAMA, D, Oscars 2017
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HIDDEN FIGURES (2016)

January 14, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, H, Oscars 2017
"The "feel good" expository historical drama, that says the right thing in our hour of need, but never hoists itself up to scaleable and praiseworthy heights." 
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January 14, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Theodore Melfi, Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell
2016, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, H, Oscars 2017
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LOVING (2016)

January 13, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, L, ROMANCE, Oscars 2017
This is a “forlorn whisper down a desolate back road” of a film.
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Jeff Nichols, Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Terri Abney, Chris Greene, Nick Kroll, Michael Shannon, Martin Csokas
2016, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, L, ROMANCE, Oscars 2017
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TROLLS (2016)

January 13, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 4, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FANTASY, FAMILY, T, Oscars 2017
'In all honesty, I wanted to hate this movie, but he overall experience left me non-hate filled."
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January 13, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Walt Dohrn, Mike Mitchell, Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Russell Brand, Gwen Stefani, John Cleese, James Corden, Jeffrey Tambor, Ron Funches, Quvenzhané Wallis, Kunal Nayyar
2016, 4, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FANTASY, FAMILY, T, Oscars 2017
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A MAN CALLED OVE (2015)

January 12, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 6, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, M, Oscars 2017
"Executed with quirk and smirk, offering a chuckle and tear."
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January 12, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Hannes Holm, Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg
2015, 6, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, M, Oscars 2017
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LAND OF MINE (2015)

January 11, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 7, DRAMA, FOREIGN, L, WAR, Oscars 2017
"...I would say it was like Stand By Me meets Hurt Locker, with maybe a bit of Empire of the Sun."
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January 11, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Martin Zandvliet, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman
2015, 7, DRAMA, FOREIGN, L, WAR, Oscars 2017
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