Nick's Flick Picks: The Blog
A film blog under the influence
Labels: Best Picture, Blog Buddies
posted by NicksFlickPicks at 11:05 PM
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NATHANIEL R said...
this photo is disturbing on so many levels
Brooke Cloudbuster said...
I really don't remember that shot from Brokeback Mountain, I have to say.
John T said...
I really and truly have this on my calendar-I cannot wait. Though I may have to catch up on some of those earlier Best Pictures-I've seen 60 out of 80 winners, and the bulk of the remaining 20 are in the first decade of the Academy.
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| Albert Nobbs | D+ | |
| The Artist | B+ | |
| Bombay Beach | B | |
| Carnage | C+ | |
| Coriolanus | B | |
| A Dangerous Method | B+ | |
| The Descendants | F | |
| Drive | B+ | |
| Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | C | |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | B | |
| Hugo | C– | |
| The Ides of March | B– | |
| The Iron Lady | C– | |
| Kinyarwanda | B | |
| Margaret | A– | |
| Margin Call | B– | |
| Martha Marcy May Marlene | B– | |
| Melancholia | A– | |
| Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | B+ | |
| Moneyball | B | |
| The Muppets | C+ | |
| My Week with Marilyn | C– | |
| Pariah | B | |
| Pina | A– | |
| Rampart | B+ | |
| Shame | B | |
| Sleeping Beauty | A | |
| Take Shelter | B– | |
| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | B | |
| Tomboy | B+ | |
| Tyrannosaur | B– | |
| War Horse | B+ | |
| We Need To Talk About Kevin | B– | |
| Weekend | A– | |
| Young Adult | C | |
| Coming Attractions: | ETA | |
| Haywire | Landed | |
| Feature Films: | 17 | |
| The Artist | B+ | |
| Cairo 678 | B– | |
| Coriolanus | B | |
| Corpo Celeste | B+ | |
| Kinyarwanda | B | |
| A Little Closer | B | |
| Love Is in the Air | C+ | |
| Melancholia | A– | |
| Miss Bala | A– | |
| Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | B | |
| The Slut | B– | |
| Snowtown | B+ | |
| Southwest | A– | |
| Tomboy | B+ | |
| Ways of the Sea | B+ | |
| We Need To Talk About Kevin | B– | |
| Without | B– | |
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