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By: The Second Annual Ethel Awards « Cinesnark

The Second Annual Ethel Awards « Cinesnark — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:45:35 +0000

[...] are our chance to time travel and fix the more egregious of the errors committed by the Academy. In the first Ethel Awards we went back and straightened out the 71st Academy Awards, held in 1999 for movies released in [...]

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The Hurt Locker and how movies age « CineSnark — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:41:05 +0000

[...] should not give out filmmaking awards until five years after the fact. This is the reasoning behind The Ethels, and it’s one of my guiding principles for movies in general. Of course there’s an [...]

By: drush76

drush76 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:38:23 +0000

I’m sorry, but “SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE” deserved its Best Picture award. Why do I believe this? The backbone of any good movie is the story. And when it came to storytelling, “SIL” ran circles around both “SAVING PRIVATE RYAN” and “THE THIN RED LINE”. It really had a brilliant script. I cannot say the same for the two war movies.

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The First Annual Ethel Awards « CineSnark | Cartoon World — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:44:17 +0000

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Tweets that mention The First Annual Ethel Awards « CineSnark -- Topsy.com — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:11:02 +0000

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By: susanelle

susanelle — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:37:43 +0000

Agree with you on everything in general and TOTALLY agree with everything you say about The Truman Show. That was an amazing movie. Scenes from it still haunt me today.