Oscar Retrospective 2004

Leading up to the 84th Annual Academy Awards the In The Bagg staff will take a look back at the past ten years of the awards and will give their opinions on whether the movies/winners held up, if they academy completely shat the bed, and how strong that particular year was for movies.  Please note […]

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Oscar Retrospective 2003

Leading up to the 84th Annual Academy Awards the In The Bagg staff will take a look back at the past ten years of the awards and will give their opinions on whether the movies/winners held up, if they academy completely shat the bed, and how strong that particular year was for movies.  Please note […]

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Oscar Retrospective 2002

Leading up to the 84th Annual Academy Awards the In The Bagg staff will take a look back at the past ten years of the awards and will give their opinions on whether the movies/winners held up, if they academy completely shat the bed, and how strong that particular year was for movies.  Please note […]

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Oscar Retrospective 2001

Leading up to the 84th Annual Academy Awards the In The Bagg staff will take a look back at the past ten years of the awards, giving their opinions on whether the movies/winners held up, if the academy completely shat the bed, and how strong that particular year was for movies.  Please note that the […]

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The Artless: Impressions of The Artist

When I screened “The Artist,” I was reminded of my Honors Project at the University of Iowa.  For that assignment, I remade the final five minute scene from an episode of the 50’s series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”  My purpose was to see if I could recreate the essence of that series and its era with […]

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Midnight in Paris Rereview

My first viewing of this movie came in the theater and I must say all my original thoughts hold true after my re-viewing. Midnight in Paris is a present day relic.  At its heart it is a classic movie, a simple point and shoot that allows dialogue to shine, actors to to act, and the […]

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Oscar Biases and Tendencies

Admittedly, I’m not a fan of the Academy Awards or any awards show. These ceremonies are designed to bring in more cash for the studios as well as be a love-fest for its employees. Most of the time, as is the case with the Oscars, the wrong people are honored for their work and the […]

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The Help (2011) Review

I approached The Help very skeptically.  In fact I probably would have never decided to watch this movie, under my own volition (plane rides and romantic entanglements aside), if not for it being nominated for a Best Picture this year.  It seemed like the tried and true nomination.  A movie Hollywood loves because it deals […]

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