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Tag Archives: 127 Hours

10 Actors Who Should Have Won the Oscar But Didn’t

Posted on January 24, 2013



BY KEVIN CARR

Art is subjective, as is the appreciation for it and the accolades thrust upon it. This is no more evident that during award season each year, in which every film critic, entertainment journalism outfit and average moviegoer throws in their two cents as to what were the best and worst of the previous year.

The Academy Awards are famous for the nomination snubs (such as this year’s snubbing of Ben Affleck and Kathyrn Bigelow for Best Director), but less remembered are the performances that should have won but didn’t. Reasons for this range from the age of the average Academy voter to the sheer politics of the industry.

From the more-than eight decades of the Oscars, here is a look at some people who should have won Best Actor but did not.
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Posted in Features, Lists | Tags: 127 Hours, Adaptation, Best Actor, Citizen Kane, Dr. Strangelove, Good Morning Vietnam, James Franco, Jeff Bridges, JImmy Stewart, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Nicolas Cage, Orson Welles, Oscars, Peter Sellers, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Schindler's List, Starman, Taxi Driver |

Kevin Carr’s DVD Rundown for 03/01/11

Posted on March 1, 2011

Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: Bambi: Diamond Edition Blu-ray, 127 Hours, Burlesque, Love and Other Drugs and Faster

Stinker of the week: Deepak Chopra’s Grow Younger Live Longer

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Posted in Blu-ray & DVD Reviews, Blu-ray Reviews, DVD Pick of the Week, Podcast | Tags: 127 Hours, Anne Hathaway, Bambi, Burlesque, Cher, Christina Aguilera, Deepak Chopra, Dwayne Johnson, Faster, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Franco, Love and Other Drugs |

'127 Hours' Blu-ray Review

Posted on March 1, 2011



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MOVIE: ****1/2 (out of 5)
BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: **** (out of 5)

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Posted in Blu-ray, Blu-ray & DVD Reviews | Tags: 127 Hours, Danny Boyle, James Franco, Kate Mara |

The 10 Best Films of 2010

Posted on December 29, 2010



BY KEVIN CARR

10. MACGRUBER
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I may be the only person in the known universe to find this movie funny (or to have actually seen it in the first place), but I’m okay with that. Considering the desolate minefield of unfunny SNL adaptations that have roamed the planet, it was nice to see a flick that actually made me laugh. It worked as a spoof movie and as a send-up of 80s action flicks. And it was classic MacGruber.
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Posted in Best of the Year, Features, Lists | Tags: 127 Hours, Black Swan, Despicable Me, Inception, MacGruber, Splice, The Ghost Writer, Toy Story 3, Tron Legacy, True Grit |

Video: Kevin Reviews Movies on FOX 28 – November 19, 2010

Posted on November 19, 2010

On November 19, Fat Guy Kevin Carr rolled into the FOX 28 studios in Columbus, Ohio for a weekly movie review segment. This week, he talked about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, 127 Hours and Fair Game

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Posted in Reviews, Video | Tags: 127 Hours, Danny Boyle, Doug Liman, Fair Game, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, James Franco, Naomi Watts, Sean Penn |

Episode 187 – MegaFat

Posted on November 5, 2010

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On This Week’s Show: Neil Miller shows up in the Magical Studio in the Sky to lay down the gauntlet to Kevin Carr. After seeing movies almost exclusively at film festivals two or three times a year, Neil declares himself worthy because he’s seen two movies in limited release, compared to Kevin seeing two major releases for the week. Not surprisingly, neither one has seen the new Tyler Perry film, thanks to Lionsgate’s “we don’t screen our movies” policy. But the competent movie discussion soon deteriorates as Neil makes a Taxicab Confession about Star Wars in the infamous middle segment whilst laying down one of the best Fat Guy Fives in months.


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Posted in Fat Guys at the Movies, Podcast | Tags: 127 Hours, Alamo Drafthouse, Brad Pitt, Danny Boyle, Drafthouse Films, Dreamworks, Due Date, For Colored Girls, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Megamind, Robert Downey Jr, The Hangover, Tina Fey, Todd Phillips, Tyler Perry, Whoopi Goldberg, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis |

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