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(500) Days of Summer and 9 Other Great Films the Academy Completely Ignored...

I was really shocked that (500) Days of Summer was completely ignored by the Academy this year. It was on several critic’s top ten lists. It had won several critic awards for its screenplay. I really...

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Movie Quote of the Day – Four Weddings and a Funeral, 1994 (dir. Mike Newell)

Scarlett: They say rubber’s mainly for perverts. Don’t know why. Think it’s very practical, actually. I mean, you spill anything on it and it just comes off. I suppose that could be why the perverts...

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Movie Quote of the Day – Bridget Jones’s Diary, 2001 (dir. Sharon Maguire)

Bridget: Where the fuck’s the fucking tuna? [beat] This is Bridget Jones, for Sit Up Britain, searching for tuna.

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Movie Quote of the Day – Love, Actually, 2003 (dir. Richard Curtis)

Jamie: [in English] It’s my favorite time of day, driving you. Aurelia: [in Portuguese] It’s the saddest part of my day, leaving you.

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Movie Quote of the Day – Pirate Radio, 2009 (dir. Richard Curtis)

Quentin: So. . .expelled? ‘Young’ Carl: That’s right. Quentin: What for? ‘Young’ Carl: I suppose smoking was the clincher. Quentin: Drugs or cigarettes? ‘Young’ Carl: Well, both. Quentin: Well done!...

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Movie Quote of the Day – Notting Hill, 1999 (dir. Roger Michell)

Spike: Hey, you couldn’t help me with an incredibly important decision, could you? William: This is important in comparison to, let’s say, whether they should cancel third world debt? Spike: That’s...

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Movie Quote of the Day – The Girl in the Café, 2005 (dir. David Yates)

Gina: Scary. Lawrence: Yes, but don’t worry. Some of the dullest people in the world are in this room. There are gold medalists in the Boredom Olympics here. Anything you say will be more interesting...

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Female Filmmaker Friday: Bridget Jones’s Diary, 2001 (dir. Sharon Maguire)

It’s Friday, so it’s time for another edition of Female Filmmaker Friday. Next week I might not post one because of TCMFF, but I think you guys can handle that. This week I’m going to talk about one of...

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Movie Quote of the Day – Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, 2004 (dir. Beeban...

Bridget Jones: I’m enjoying a relationship with two men simultaneously. The first called Ben, the other Jerry.

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