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And the Oscar goes to…your binge list: Six Academy Award-nominated movies to watch

Ananya Swaroop February 26, 2025
The anticipation around Oscar Day is high, so here is just the thing for you to get over the jitters — an Oscars binge list. This guide has some of the best movies of 2024 — from visually stunning sci-fi epics to exciting dramas and musical masterpieces.
Amy Adams starts as Dr. Louise Banks in “Arrival.” PHOTO COURTESY JAN THIJS/ PARAMOUNT PICTURES

REVIEW: Thoughtful “Arrival” tells smarter sci-fi story

Bronsen Bloom November 11, 2016

  “Arrival,” released Friday, is based off the Ted Chiang short story and tells the story of linguist Dr. Louise Banks (Amy Adams) as she is chosen to attempt to communicate with two alien...

Channing Tatum as Caine Wise and Mila Kunis as Jupiter Jones star in “Jupiter Ascending,” released Friday. PHOTO COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. PICTURES

REVIEW: “Jupiter Ascending” delivers cosmic confusion, stellar spectacle

Joe Incollingo February 6, 2015

There’s a theory to be made, and here we’ll make it, that “too big to fail” can decently apply to certain movies. After James Cameron pioneered the concept in the ‘80s, the “big dumb blockbuster”...

REVIEW: “Visually stunning” Ender’s Game is a sci-fi worth seeing

Daily Free Press Admin November 3, 2013

Few things are as wholly satisfying as a big-budget sci-fi movie done right, and Gavin Hood’s big screen adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s beloved sci-fi novel Ender’s Game is just that. It’s a...

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