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		<title>1st Annual Turn of the Year Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.movie-thoughts.com/2012/01/02/1st-annual-turn-of-the-year-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clifford Bugle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Awaeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best movies of 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cowboys & Aliens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cowboys and Aliens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M: I 4]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movie awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rise of the Planet of the Apes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sucker Punch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super 8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Take Shelter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Adjustment Bureau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Artist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Tree of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worst movies of 2011]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome everyone to Movie-Thoughts’ first annual Turn of the Year Awards! While everyone else is making Top 10 lists for the upcoming awards season, we thought it would be more worthwhile to talk about what we feel are the most notable movies of the past year, good or bad. Read about our Best and Worst [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Take on &#8216;Sucker Punch&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.movie-thoughts.com/2011/07/01/another-take-on-sucker-punch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.movie-thoughts.com/2011/07/01/another-take-on-sucker-punch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marisa Carpico</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Something to Think About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abbie Cornish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baby Doll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Babydoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carla Gugino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emily Browning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fantasies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fantasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[female sexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[girl power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamie Chung]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jena Malone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Hamm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moulin Rouge!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multiple realities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Isaac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Glenn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexuality as a weapon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sucker Punch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanessa Hudgens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zack Snyder]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.movie-thoughts.com/?p=2289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the recent DVD release of Zack Snyder&#8217;s Sucker Punch we thought it would be worth our while to revisit our thoughts on the movie and give it a second look. While we stand by our review of the film by Cliff Bugle we nevertheless thought that a female perspective would be particularly interesting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Binds Summer Audiences Together?</title>
		<link>http://www.movie-thoughts.com/2011/06/26/what-binds-summer-audiences-together/</link>
		<comments>http://www.movie-thoughts.com/2011/06/26/what-binds-summer-audiences-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clifford Bugle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Something to Think About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blockbuster season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bridesmaids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Captain America: The First Avenger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cars 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Metz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[demographics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[escapist entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fast Five]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hangover 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. Dudley Andrew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. J. Abrams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jean Mitry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jurassic Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phenomenology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purpose of film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[semiotics of the cinema]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shared perspective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer crowd mentality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer movie season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer spectacles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super 8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrence Malick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Empire Strikes Back]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Green Lantern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Lord of the Rings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Tree of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Wizard of Oz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[viewer expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[viewing experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[X-Men: First Class]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.movie-thoughts.com/?p=2267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People go to the movies at all times during the course of the year, but summertime always seems to be the period when movies are most popular. It’s the time of year when we can usually look forward to a blockbuster or two, whether they be special effects extravaganzas or what have you, which attract [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Countdown &#8211; Best Picture</title>
		<link>http://www.movie-thoughts.com/2011/02/27/oscar-countdown-best-picture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.movie-thoughts.com/2011/02/27/oscar-countdown-best-picture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clifford Bugle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Academy Award for Best Picture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Mezrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Picture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Picture Oscar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Firth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[critical darlings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Fincher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geoffrey Rush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helena Bonham Carter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff CronenWeth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse Eisenberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[King George VI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Zuckerberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Million Dollar Baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No Country for Old Men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slumdog Millionaire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social critique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Accidental Billionaires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The King's Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Social Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Hooper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[true story]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.movie-thoughts.com/?p=2119</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let us not waste time by going over all ten nominees for Best Picture. In all seriousness, not each film has an equal chance of winning this coveted Oscar. In any given year one can usually narrow the competition down to about three, and the fact that the Academy has expanded the number of nominees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Countdown &#8211; Best Director</title>
		<link>http://www.movie-thoughts.com/2011/02/26/oscar-countdown-best-director/</link>
		<comments>http://www.movie-thoughts.com/2011/02/26/oscar-countdown-best-director/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marisa Carpico</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Something to Think About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Director]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Director Oscar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Swan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coen Brothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darren Aronofsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Fincher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David O. Russell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethan Coen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Coen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Fighter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The King's Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Social Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Hooper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[True Grit]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.movie-thoughts.com/?p=2108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are our assessments on this year’s nominees for the 83rd Academy Award category of Best Director of a feature film. Darren Aronofsky Black Swan Though Aronofsky has only directed a handful of films his distinct visual style and his gift of pulling great performances out of his actors are what make his films, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Countdown &#8211; Best Leading Actor</title>
		<link>http://www.movie-thoughts.com/2011/02/22/oscar-countdown-best-leading-actor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.movie-thoughts.com/2011/02/22/oscar-countdown-best-leading-actor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marisa Carpico</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Something to Think About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[127 Hours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Actor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Actor Oscar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Leading Actor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Leading Actor Oscar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biutiful]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Firth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Franco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jarvier Bardem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Bridges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse Eisenberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The King's Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Social Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[True Grit]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.movie-thoughts.com/?p=2104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are our assessments on this year’s nominees for the 83rd Academy Award category of Best Actor in a leading role. Javier Bardem Biutiful Bardem is known for completely embodying his characters, and his turn in Biutiful as a divorced father of two dying of testicular cancer feels very lived in.  He endows Uxbal with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Countdown &#8211; Best Supporting Actress</title>
		<link>http://www.movie-thoughts.com/2011/02/15/oscar-countdown-best-supporting-actress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.movie-thoughts.com/2011/02/15/oscar-countdown-best-supporting-actress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clifford Bugle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Something to Think About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Academy Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy Adams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animal Kingdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Supporting Actress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Supporting Actress Oscar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hailee Steinfeld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helena Bonham Carter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacki Weaver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melissa Leo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Fighter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The King's Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[True Grit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are our assessments on this year’s nominees for the 83rd Academy Award category of Best Actress in a supporting role. Amy Adams The Fighter This is Adams’ third Academy Award nomination, with prior ones being for her performances in Junebug and 2008’s Doubt. She has yet to win the award but when nominated she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Countdown &#8211; Best Supporting Actor</title>
		<link>http://www.movie-thoughts.com/2011/02/08/oscar-countdown-best-supporting-actor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.movie-thoughts.com/2011/02/08/oscar-countdown-best-supporting-actor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marisa Carpico</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Something to Think About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Academy Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Supporting Actor Oscar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Bale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geoffrey Rush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Renner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Hawkes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Ruffalo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Fighter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Kids Are Alll Right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The King's Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winter's Bone]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.movie-thoughts.com/?p=2096</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are our assessments on this year’s nominees for the 83rd Academy Award category of Best Actor in a supporting role. Christian Bale The Fighter Bale altered his physical appearance and mannerisms and became nearly unrecognizable in order to play drug addict former boxer Dicky Eklund.  The frenetic intensity with which he plays Eklund is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Countdown &#8211; Best Leading Actress</title>
		<link>http://www.movie-thoughts.com/2011/02/01/oscar-countdown-best-actress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clifford Bugle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Something to Think About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annette Bening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Actress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Actress in Leading Role]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Actress Oscar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Swan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Valentine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Lawrence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natalie Portman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicole Kidman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rabbit HoleAcademy Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Kids Are All Right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winter's Bone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are our assessments on this year&#8217;s nominees for the 83rd Academy Award category of Best Actress in a leading role. Nicole Kidman Rabbit Hole Mrs. Kidman has been nominated for an Academy Award for her performances in such films as Moulin Rouge! and The Hours, the latter of which she was awarded the gold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which was Written Better?</title>
		<link>http://www.movie-thoughts.com/2010/10/12/which-was-written-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clifford Bugle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aaron Sorkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Mezrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best screenplay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Nolan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Nolan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyrus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Fincher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fulfillment of story purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How to Train Your Dragon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse Eisenberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jurassic Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Zuckerberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Kahn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screenwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scriptwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shutter Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Spielberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[story purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Accidental Billionaires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Social Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toy Story 3]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So far this year we’ve enjoyed the emergence of several very well made movies, such as Toy Story 3, Inception, Shutter Island, How to Train Your Dragon, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Cyrus, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and the recently released The Social Network, among others. Exactly what makes these movies so well [...]]]></description>
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