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News & Events Oscar Nominations and Picks

Oscar Nominations and Picks

La La Land Got Nominated For Everything… Seriously   After a controversial two year run of nominating only white people in every acting category, the Oscars decided to stop playing the, “We can’t be racist, we have black friends!” card and actually nominate some people of colour. So, in that regard alone, we’re off to a …

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Lists TV Shows We Missed in 2016, part 1

TV Shows We Missed in 2016, part 1

We Take a Look at Some of Our Favourite Programs That, For Whatever Reason, Weren’t Around Last Year

52 Films By Women 3. Suffragette, directed by
Sarah Gavron

3. Suffragette, directed by
Sarah Gavron

A Life of Sacrifice in Suffragette   Get ready to leak from every orifice (maybe not every orifice…). Gavron’s Suffragette is a humbling and very real distillation of what women faced in their battle to better not just their own lives, but the lives of the future female generations and, man oh man, does it hit …

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Movies La La Land

La La Land

One of the Most Revered Films of Last Year, La La Land is Easily the Best New Movie Musical in Forever   “Magic is from people.” So said Donald Glover at the Golden Globes last week after winning Best Actor in a TV Series – Musical or Comedy for Atlanta. That same evening, Damien Chazelle’s La La …

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52 Films By Women 2. Clueless, directed by
Amy Heckerling

2. Clueless, directed by
Amy Heckerling

Knowing You’re Hot Shit, But Not Knowing You’re Clueless   Jane Austen still knows what’s up, with yet another contemporary re-interpretation of one of her novels, this time Emma. Haven’t read the literary classic? Well, here is a lightweight summary: spoilt, considerably smug lady gets bored and fancies herself as a matchmaker. Absorbed with social class …

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Movies/TV Golden Globes Recap

Golden Globes Recap

It’s Mostly Business as Usual with Some Few and Far Between Surprises at this Year’s Golden Globe Awards   The 74th Golden Globe Awards open in a uniquely Golden Globes way, with a lacklustre musical number where host Jimmy Fallon is upstaged by Justin Timberlake before the teleprompter cuts out and he awkwardly jokes about …

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52 Films By Women 1. Bridget Jones’s Diary, directed by Sharon Maguire

1. Bridget Jones’s Diary, directed by Sharon Maguire

Bridget Jones’s Diary and the Familiar Insecurities   What better way to kick things off than with a classic? If you’ve seen this movie and didn’t love it, then watch it again. There’s something wrong with you. If you haven’t seen it yet, then watch it. There’s something wrong with you.