Best Picture
• “Black Swan”
• “The Fighter”
• “Inception” (8)
• “The Kids Are All Right”
• “The King’s Speech” (11)
• “127 Hours”
• “The Social Network” (8)
• “Toy Story 3”
• “True Grit” (10)
• “Winter’s Bone” (4)
“The King’s Speech” is the biggest winner, with 11 overall nods. That and the Producer’s Guild Award for Best Film last week really raises its chances going into the Academy Awards (I still think [...]

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Every year about this time, we critics torture ourselves (no, really, it’s quite difficult) with the impossible task of objectively categorizing works of art. Choosing the finest films of the year is an odd and ultimately unfulfilling exercise, one that invites constant second-guessing and nearly always devolves into more of a favorites list than an [...]

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This review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
When I was a child, I had a large stuffed buffalo. At night, I’d imagine myself a big game hunter on the old frontier. By rubbing my hair on the fur, I generated enough static electricity to [...]

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