Best Picture Series: No Country for Old Men (2007)

JessMarch 31, 2015

 I'm using this series as a motivation to take a look at all of the Best Picture winners from the past 86 Academy Awards. This may take awhile… In honor of Mar...

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Best Picture Series: Rebecca (1940)

JessOctober 31, 2014

I'm using this series as a motivation to take a look at all of the Best Picture winners from the past 86 Academy Awards. This may take awhile… Rebecca was nomi...

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Best Picture Series: Schindler’s List (1993)

JessJuly 30, 2014

I'm using this series as a motivation to take a look at all of the Best Picture winners from the past 86 Academy Awards. This may take awhile… This Oscar winnin...

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Best Picture Series: Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

JessNovember 26, 2013

I'm using this series as a motivation to take a look at all of the Best Picture winners from the past 84 Academy Awards. This may take awhile… This Oscar winnin...

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Best Picture Series: An American in Paris (1951)

JessJuly 31, 2013

I'm using this series as a motivation to take a look at all of the Best Picture winners from the past 84 Academy Awards. This may take awhile… This Oscar winnin...

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Best Picture Series: The Last Emperor (1987)

JessMay 29, 2013

This edition of the Best Picture Series features the first winner from the 80's, not that it really speaks to the decade at all. The Last Emperor is a biopic ta...

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Best Picture Series: Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)

JessMarch 26, 2013

Since I've been going through the Best Picture winners I have been a little too stuck in the past two decades. The first edition of the series was on All About...

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Best Picture Series: Shakespeare in Love (1998)

JessJanuary 29, 2013

This Oscar season I've heard the Shakespeare in Love upset brought up a lot, mostly by Silver Linings Playbook hopefuls. Back in 1998 Saving Private Ryan seeme...

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Best Picture Series: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

JessDecember 8, 2012

This edition of the Best Picture Series is certainly much lower key, less flashy film than Chicago. This dramatic film relies entirely on deeply personal conv...

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Best Picture Series: Chicago (2002)

JessOctober 6, 2012

My first musical Best Picture winner is Chicago, and spoiler alert: I really love this film. It was the first musical to win since Oliver! in 1968 and will li...

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Best Picture Series: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

JessAugust 4, 2012

I'm taking the Best Picture Series back to the 70's with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, a brilliant film based on the Ken Kesey novel which garnered 9 Oscar...

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Best Picture Series: The Departed (2006)

JessApril 17, 2012

This installment of French Toast Sunday's Best Picture Series focuses on the 2006 winner, The Departed. This Martin Scorsese flick won top honors, including t...

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