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Tag Archives: cumberbatch
The Imitation Game
I envy the people who will watch Benedict Cumberbatch for the first time in The Imitation Game. There may well be very few such people left in 2014 – because we seem to be in the Cumberbatch phase of human … Continue reading
Posted in awards, Drama, Oscar contender
Tagged Alan Turing, Allen leech, benedict cumberbatch, Charles dance, cumberbatch, enigma, imitation game, keira knightley, mark strong, Oscar, Turing
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12 Years a Slave
One more powerful performance, another story about the cruelty of slavery in America’s past, an efficient Michael Fassbender, yet another blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance from Benedict Cumberbatch, and an odd Brad Pitt cameo. 12 Years A Slave has all the ingredients, and … Continue reading
August: Osage County
We’ve all had some family gatherings which were awkward and uncomfortable. I’d like to think, however, that some of my family gatherings are a tremendous amount of fun – cousins meeting after ages, reliving memories, howling with laughter at some … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, adaptation, Drama, Oscar Nominee
Tagged august Osage county, Benedict, benedict cumberbatch, cumberbatch, Julia Roberts, meryl streep, Osage, Osage county, Tracy Letts
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The Fifth Estate
It was only after the movie finished and I looked up the director (with simmering rage) that I made the horrifying discovery that The Fifth Estate immediately follows the Twilight finale movies on his filmography. No surprise, then, that he … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, adaptation, Drama, thriller
Tagged assange, benedict cumberbatch, bruhl, cumberbatch, daniel bruhl, fifth estate, Julian assange, wikileaks
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