Hugo | Hugo
May.02.2012
I know I'm supposed to adore the movie The Artist. I know I'm supposed to think of it as an elegant and engaging salute to silent film. I know if I write a review in which I say it is one of the most self-serving, self-congratulatory bits Hollywood has ever created, that I ...
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Mar.24.2012
photo: Poster, from the movie's Wikipedia page
I wanted to see the Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director, and I knew I had to see it fast before it left the theatre, as this is in the theatre now only because of its Oscar wins. I can't comment...
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Mar.09.2012
photo: movie poster from Hugo's Wikipedia page
There are many reasons to see Martin Scorsese's movie, Hugo. I saw it in the theatre, and I knew then that I'd have to buy it when it came out (which it has recently) and watch it again, which I just did. Here are some...
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Feb.23.2012
This year's Academy Awards ceremony will feature motion pictures paying homage to cinema’s fascinating legacy. Many of the top nominees offer interesting back-stories that I’m happy to share with you.
* HUGO - Martin Scorsese is committed to movie...
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Jan.24.2012
Both movies are up for various Academy Awards. Yay!! (Please don't tell me that I have to say why I am saying 'yay'! Please don't make me write the name 'Johnny Depp' for the zillionth time on this lofty blog...)
You know what, though -- there are some seriously cool and talented people up for...
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Jan.04.2012
The fantasy of a Hugo roomWritten by vivianm@oregonhomemagazine.com (mailto:vivianm@oregonhomemagazine.com) ">Vivian McInerny Wednesday, January 04, 2012
As a kid, I couldn't understand why adults were content to live in boring houses. I knew that when I was...
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Nov.28.2011
I saw the movie, "Hugo", in 3D today. I recommend it.
I wasn't familiar with the original book it was based on, "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" nor the author, Brian Selznick. I hadn't read reviews of the movie, either. My wife wanted to go and I said, "Okay," and off we went, heading to the theater...
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Nov.25.2011
Hugo
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Christopher Lee, Jude Law, Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Griffiths, Emily Mortimer, Helen McCrory, Frances de la Tour, and more.
Directed by: Martin Scorsese Based on...
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Mar.21.2011
In my novel, I include the wonderful and charismatic Victor Hugo. Hugo really did admire Maria Deraismes, my protagonist, although in reality he never did get to meet her. Hugo was such a supporter of equality that he actually exiled himself from France on occasion in protest of the government's...
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Aug.02.2008
Just a quick announcement that our show Upon Further Review just interviewed James Patrick Kelly, Hugo and Nebula award winning science fiction author, in Episode 61. Jim is not only an extraordinarily important figure in speculative fiction, he's also an extremely generous one, and a very...
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