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2015 Oscars: Ranking the Nominees (That I Saw)

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to see every single Oscar-nominated movie, but I did my best.  Here, I rank all the ones I saw, including the live action shorts.  1. Whiplash - A 2. The Lego Movie - A 3. Boyhood - A 4. The Imitation Game - A 5. Feast - A 6. Gone Girl - A 7. Virunga - A 8. The Phone Call - A 9. Birdman - A- 10. The Grand Budapest Hotel - A- 11. Interstellar - A- 12. Guardians of the Galaxy - A- 13. Selma - A- 14. The Theory of Everything - A- 15. Still Alice - A- 16. Boogaloo and Graham - A- 17. Captain America: The Winter Soldier - A- 18. Nightcrawler - A- 19. Last Days in Vietnam - A- 20. American Sniper - B+ 21. X-Men: Days of Future Past - B+ 22. Big Hero 6 - B+ 23. Into the Woods - B+ 24. Two Days, One Night - B+ 25. Ida - B+ 26. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - B+ 27. Begin Again - B+ 28. Aya - B+ 29. The Boxtrolls - B+ 30. Citizenfour - B+ 31. Parvaneh - B+ 32. Finding Vivian Maier - B+ 33. Mr. Turner - B+ 34. Unbroken - B...

Movie Review: One Day

Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess Director: Lone Scherfig Stars: Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Patricia Clarkson, Romola Garai, Jodie Whittaker Genre(s): Drama, Romance Release Date: August 19, 2011 Rotten Tomatoes Score: 28%    One Day tries so hard to be an engaging romantic comedy/drama that it fails miserably in nearly every single aspect. Author David Nicholls wrote the screenplay, adapting his own novel of the same name, both sharing a plot reminiscent 1978 Same Time Next Year , the film attempts to create humorous moments where they don't belong, and as a result they feel extremely out of place. The awkward, highly ambitious Emma (Anne Hathaway) and the cocky ladies' man Dex (Jim Sturgess) have an almost one-night stand after their college graduation. The movie concentrates on one day, July 15, and the experiences of Emma and Dex--whether they are apart of together--over the course of 20 years. It is obvious from the moment that they share a pas...