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Clint Eastwood says both he and ‘American Sniper’ are anti-war

Shortly before becoming the biggest box office draw of 2014, a rare feat for a war movie made for adults in a day and age when movies about superheroes, robots, wizards, and vampires dominate, Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper was also the most talked about and heavily debated movie of the 2014 winter season. It polarized …

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The Hype Cycle: Oscar Nominations One Week Removed

One week removed from the Oscar nominations, we’re still recovering from #OscarsSoWhite-gate, and the consensus seems to be that if only the Legos were white instead of yellow they would’ve been nominated after all. But really the conversation has started to move toward Hollywood rather than the Oscars, and how as a whole institution we …

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The Hype Cycle: Nominations One Week Away

2015 is finally here and so are the Oscars and actual Awards Season. No more of this speculation and hype machine stuff around movies that haven’t come out yet or guilds that haven’t had their say. Oscar voting ends today, January 8, and nominations are revealed bright and early on January 15, one week from …

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‘American Sniper’ stumbles, but Bradley Cooper shines

After unsuccessful forays into musicals and political biopics with Jersey Boys and J. Edgar, Clint Eastwood returns to more traditionally masculine material usually associated with his filmmaker persona. With American Sniper, he tackles the drama and real-life accounts of Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, but as compelling as the on-the-ground combat is, the real story worth telling is largely ignored for the pyrotechnics.

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Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper team up for ‘American Sniper’

In the same day that the first images for the film are released, the initial trailer for Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper has been released, showcasing Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in US Military history. Kyle recorded 160 kills during his campaign before writing his best selling memoir of the same name. …

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