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Tag Archives: 2016

The 89th Academy Awards… The Winners

February 26, 2017by Hunter Leave a comment

Last night (or rather early this morning) marked the first time I was actually glad I had stayed up to watch the Oscars ceremony. For the most part, the ceremony […]

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The 89th Academy Awards… My Predictions

February 24, 2017by Hunter 2 Comments

After the wild and crazy year that was 2015, 2016’s Oscars are looking a lot more set in stone. In a twist that surprises no one, I’m predicting La La […]

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Top 10 of 2016

January 29, 2017by Hunter 4 Comments

2016 has been over for a while, but I’m only getting to my top ten list now. I didn’t catch up to as many 2016 films in January as I […]

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Films, Lists

Hidden Figures

January 27, 2017by Hunter 5 Comments

Katherine Gobel (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) are all computers at NASA, tasked with performing difficult calculations for engineers inventing space travel by […]

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The 89th Academy Awards… The Nominations

January 25, 2017by Hunter 2 Comments

Ah, Oscar nominations for the films of 2016 are finally here! I feel like they announced them later this year than usual. Anyway, there are a few unwelcome surprises here, […]

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La La Land

January 9, 2017by Hunter 2 Comments

Perhaps there’s no way that the film La La Land could measure up to the idea of La La Land, an original movie musical in an age where original movie […]

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Jackie

January 5, 2017by Hunter Leave a comment

A very small part of me might be persuaded to brush off Jackie as a melodramatic women’s picture, which I hope says more about internalized sexism in our society than […]

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Hail, Caesar!

January 3, 2017by Hunter 4 Comments

I did see Hail, Caesar! all the way back in February, but didn’t get around to reviewing it then. Ten months might be a hell of a long time to […]

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That’s a Wrap! on 2016

December 31, 2016by Hunter 5 Comments

Happy New Year’s Eve everybody! As per tradition on The Soul of the Plot, here’s my year-end wrap-up post on this past year, featuring reflections on the year and a […]

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Nocturnal Animals

December 21, 2016by Hunter Leave a comment

I have been pretty excited for this movie ever since the cast was announced. Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal are two of my favorite actors working today and I was […]

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