Liz Braun and Jim Slotek go toe-to-toe over all things Oscar. With that in mind, here are their five things to love and hate about the Academy Awards:
So much to hate, so little time.
The Oscars may have all kinds of weight inside the movie industry, but for the man on the street they are increasingly irrelevant, annoying and confusing. The nominated movies include choices that are mediocre, the acting prizes are based on the same principles as high school popularity and the attempt to spin Hollywood dross into High Art gold falls flat every year. Ptui!
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Marvel Phase Three: Hulk, Iron Man 4, Doctor Strange could be on the way With Iron Man 3 officially kicking off Marvel’s Phase Two, studio boss Kevin Feige has given Entertainment Weekly an early glimpse of where the company plans to go with its Phase Three slate of films, which kicks off with Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man ... Read more
The 10 worst superhero movies of all time Okay, Iron Man 3 is solidly a hit with both critics and fans. So before Man of Steel, R.I.P.D., Kick Ass 2 and Thor: The Dark World land in theatres, we thought now was a good time to take a look back at some comic book film adaptations that have missed ... Read more
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