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Joined July 2013
both of these guys repeating DO YOU SEE…Nolan being a big Michael Mann head…do we think this is a coincidence
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BIG THINGS ARE HAPPENING
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the Lipton/Close Encounters clip from Steven Spielberg’s 1999 Inside the Actors Studio interview goes around a lot, so I went back and watched the entire episode while prepping my Disclosure Day coverage…and it is insane how closely this moment tracks onto DD
STEVEN SPIELBERG is asked a great question on Inside The Actors Studio about Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, which blows his mind.
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so is it not called F1: The Movie anymore?
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Delroy Lindo!!!!!
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weird predictions before nomination morning: - Sirāt overperforms and makes it into Picture - Moura snubbed, Hawke and Plemons both make it in Actor - Timmy is Marty’s only acting nom - F1 gets more noms than It Was Just An Accident - something super random in Adapted Screenplay
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Rob Reiner made Princess Bride, which makes him my third parent. as a critic he’s an impossible case: thinking about Princess Bride/Spinal Tap/Stand By Me/Harry Met Sally/Few Good Men as the work of a director is like thinking about Happy Birthday as the work of a songwriter
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Rob Reiner unexpectedly popping up in supporting roles is such a comforting thing to behold…Sleepless in Seattle, Wolf of Wall Street, New Girl, The Bear, 30 Rock all made so much warmer and funnier by his presence
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Rob Reiner was one of the greatest pop filmmakers ever at his best…When Harry Met Sally is the best rom-com of all time, Princess Bride is one of the best fantasy movies of the century, A Few Good Men is an elite legal drama, Stand By Me, Misery, Spinal Tap…insane filmography
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wrote about 10 of my favorite scenes of the year :)
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really gonna need these guys to complete their trilogy
Tom and Spielberg are joyfully clapping as Debbie Allen accepted her award. 👏👏👏
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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025)
Why do bash “dead-beat” dads for not being there for their kids but we never question if the child has bad vibes? Or if they’re just unpleasant to be around?
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Burn After Reading would be the greatest movie ever made if you could paste Philip Seymour Hoffman from Charlie Wilson’s War into it
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