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The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Director

by Rachel · Feb 20, 2012 at 19:00 CET · LAMB Devours the Oscars · 10 Comments

Editor’s note: Welcome to the twenty-seventh of a 32-part series dissecting the 84th Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and...

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The next Movie of the Month will be…

by Dylan · Feb 20, 2012 at 15:44 CET · MOTM · 6 Comments

The Fogs’ Movie Reviews takeover of the LAMB is nearing completion. First, Dan went and flexed his muscle to get The Shining to be last month’s selection. But that wasn’t enough….no, not by a long stretch. When I announced the new Champions wrinkle, he was all over it, and quickly took to the streets, haggling everyone and anyone he could to vote for his selection.

Or maybe folks just liked his choice...

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The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Supporting Actor

by Rachel · Feb 19, 2012 at 23:30 CET · LIONs for LAMB · 5 Comments

The third LION Award is for Best Supporting Actor. No major surprises here:
5. Nick Nolte in Warrior (33 points)
4. John Hawkes in Martha Marcy May Marlene (37 points)
3. Brad Pitt in The Tree of Life (57 points)
2. Albert Brooks in Drive (75 points)
1. Christopher Plummer in Beginners (92 points)
Come back tomorrow for the results of Best Supporting...

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The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Documentary Short Subject

by Rachel · Feb 19, 2012 at 19:00 CET · LAMB Devours the Oscars · 6 Comments

Editor’s note: Welcome to the twenty-sixth of a 32-part series dissecting the 84th Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and...

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The 5th Annual LION Awards: Best Foreign Film

by Rachel · Feb 18, 2012 at 23:30 CET · LIONs for LAMB · 2 Comments

Our second LION Award goes to Best Foreign Language Film:
4. I Saw the Devil and Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (18 points) 3. Certified Copy (24 points)
2. The Skin I Live In (56 points)
1. A Separation (86 points)
Come back tomorrow to find out who the Best Supporting Actor is.…
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The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Live Action Short Film

by Rachel · Feb 18, 2012 at 19:00 CET · LAMB Devours the Oscars · 5 Comments

Editor’s note: Welcome to the twenty-fifth of a 32-part series dissecting the 84th Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and...

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The 5th Annual LION Awards: Introduction/Best Documentary Film

by Rachel · Feb 17, 2012 at 23:30 CET · LIONs for LAMB · 10 Comments

Welcome to the LIONs! For the next ten days results for the following categories will be presented daily (one per day) with the LAMBs’ Top 10 Films arriving the day of the 84th Academy Awards:
Best Documentary Best Foreign Film (non-English)
Best Screenplay
Best Performance by a Supporting Female
Best Performance by a Supporting Male
Best Performance by a Leading Female
Best Performance...

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Brutally Blunt Blog Blustering #61: The LAMB!!!!

by Shep. Burman · Feb 17, 2012 at 23:17 CET · Blog Blustering · 46 Comments

It’s Blusterin’ Time!

If you’re new to this feature or need a refresher, click the label at the bottom of this post and see the previous posts. Otherwise, here are the basics:

What I do is list a site; you critique it. But here’s the catch: to induce the most honest reactions, don’t leave the comment using your normal alias/login – instead, go anonymous, and be as brutally honest (or...

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The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Supporting Actress

by Rachel · Feb 17, 2012 at 19:00 CET · LAMB Devours the Oscars · 3 Comments

Editor’s note: Welcome to the twenty-fourth of a 32-part series dissecting the 84th Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and...

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LAMBScores: Haywire, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Red Tails and Underworld: Awakening

by Rachel · Feb 17, 2012 at 14:30 CET · LAMBscores · No Comments

The Smoking Pen
Can’t Stop the Movies

The Matinee
And So It Begins…
Film Forager

Commentary Track
Defiant Success
Big Thoughts from a Small Mind
Film Crazy
Two Dollar Cinema
Awesome Barnhart’s Reviews

Fr. Dennis at the Movies
Fog’s Movie Reviews
Duke & the Movies
The Videovangaurd
The Morning Thunder Buffalo

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The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Picture – Midnight in Paris

by Rachel · Feb 16, 2012 at 19:00 CET · LAMB Devours the Oscars · 3 Comments

Editor’s note: Welcome to the twenty-third of a 32-part series dissecting the 84th Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and...

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The LAMB Devours the Oscars: Best Sound Editing

by Rachel · Feb 15, 2012 at 19:00 CET · LAMB Devours the Oscars · 3 Comments

Editor’s note: Welcome to the twenty-second of a 32-part series dissecting the 84th Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and...

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