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The Explorer, January 22, 2014 Best Picture Writing, Original Production Design Captain Phillips, Gravity, 12 Years a Screenplay , Gravity, The Great Slave, Philomena, American Hustle, American Hustle, , Gatsby, , Her, Nebraska, The Wolf of Wall Dallas Buyers Club, Her, Nebraska Street, Dallas Buyers Club Golden Globe winner: Her Short Film, Animated Golden Globe winner: Feral, Get a Horse!, Mr. Hublot, American Hustle (comedy) Possessions, Room on the Broom 12 Years a Slave (drama) Documentary feature The Act of Killing, Cutie and the Short Film, Live Action Boxer, Dirty Wars, The Square, Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me), - American Hustle, 20 Feet From Stardom Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just - Nebraska, Leonardo Before Losing Everything), Helium DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street, Foreign Language Film Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I - 12 Years a Slave, The Great Beauty,The Hunt, The Have to Take Care of Everything?), Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Broken Circle Breakdown, The The Voorman Problem ‘Her’ - Oscar-nominated film reboots sexy Buyers Club Missing Picture, Omar Golden Globe winner: Film Editing Matthew McConaughey (drama) Cinematography American Hustle, Captain Patrick King Johansson) ofsets and competes Leonard DiCaprio (comedy) The Grandmaster, Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Special to he Explorer with Twombly’s real human re- Gravity, Inside Llewyn Davis, Gravity, 12 Years a Slave lationships. hese relationships Actress Nebraska, Prisoners his Academy Award nomi- include Twombly’s best friend - Blue Jasmine, Animated Feature Film Sound nee for ‘Best Motion Picture Amy (played by ), his - Gravity, The Croods, Despicable Me 2, Frozen, Editing of the Year’ provides a very coworkers, and a blind date (Ol- - Philomena, Amy Adams - American Ernest & Celestine, The Wind Rises All Is Lost, T Hustle, - August: Osage Golden Globe winner: Frozen Captain fresh and unique storyline ivia Wilde). While several scenes County Phillips, about relationships. he always- depict cybersex between man Golden Globe winner: Costume Design Gravity, interesting and machine, ‘Her’ is really about Amy Adams (comedy) American Hustle, The Grandmaster, : (Oscar-nominated for ‘”Gladi- ‘him’ - Phoenix’s nerdy, vulner- Cate Blanchett (drama) The Great Gatsby, The Invisible The Desolation ator”, ‘”Walk the Line” and “he able character who attempts to Woman, 12 Years a Slave of Smaug, Lone Supporting Actor Survivor Master”) efortlessly portrays the ind true romance and compan- Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips, Documentary lonely heodore Twombly, whose ionship. - American Hustle, Short Subject Sound Mixing life is dramatically changed with It’s not fair to Director Spike Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a CaveDigger, Facing Fear, Karma Has Captain Phillips, the computerized download of Jonze (“Being John Malkov- Slave, Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club, No Walls, The Lady in Number 6: Gravity, - Wolf of Wall Street Music Saved My Life, Prison Terminal: The Hobbit: The an artiicial intelligence operating ich”) or this Oscar-nominated Courtesy Photo Golden Globe winner: The Last Days of Private Jack Hill Desolation of Smaug, system. Quickly, Twombly inds screenplay to call ‘Her’ just a Joaquin Phoenix stars in “Her.” Jared Leto Inside Llewyn Davis, Lone this new sotware App involved movie about loneliness or a guy Supporting Actress Music, Original Score Survivor in every part of his life; from close on the rebound from a pending that makes this picture worthy of , “The Book Thief”, - Blue Jasmine Steven Price, “Gravity”, William Butler Visual Effects friends, conversations, emails, in- divorce. his ilm, and the new a Oscar nod and sets it apart from - American Hustle and , “Her”, Alexandre Gravity, The Hobbit: The side the workplace, and even in sotware program, reboots view- most other ilms. “Her” is a very Lupita Nyong’o - 12 Years a Slave Desplat, “Philomena”, homas Desolation of Smaug, The the bedroom. ers’ thoughts about society’s vast watchable movie that will create - August: Osage County Newman, “Saving Mr. Banks” Lone Ranger, Iron Man 3, he sexy operating system dependence on electronic gad- discussions on relationships, both June Squibb - Nebraska Star Trek Into Darkness ‘Samantha’ (the voice of Scarlett gets and raises innovation ques- artiicial and real. No amount Golden Globe winner: Music, Original Song tions about the need for physical of gigabytes will be able to avoid Jennifer Lawrence (comedy) Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by intimacy in a relationship. “Her” that, nor should it. Dennis Spiegel, “Alone Yet Not Alone” Grade: B Directing from “Alone Yet Not Alone” HER takes sexting and online dating Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity, Steve Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams, Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, to a whole new level of long-dis- McQueen - 12 Years A Slave, “Happy” from “Despicable Me 2” Amy Adams tance relationships. (Editor’s Note: Patrick King Alexander Payne - Nebraska, David Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson- O. Russell - American Hustle, Martin Rating: R “Her” had a few slow moments is a resident of Oro Valley. To Lopez and Robert Lopez, “,” during the ilm but thankfully read more of his reviews, visit Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street from “Frozen” Run Time: 2 hours Golden Globe winner: Music by ; Lyric by Karen O Grade: B continued to push beyond the the Reel Brief website at www. Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) and , “,” Other nominations for movie: simple narrative of a man who reelbrief.com. Contact King at from “Her” Best Writing, original screenplay, falls in love with his “Siri”. It’s the reelbriefmoviereviews@mail. Writing, Adapted Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Music, original score and production questions raised about society’s com.) Screenplay Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric reliance on gadgets, technology Before Midnight, Captain Phillips, by Paul Hewson, “Oridinary Love,” design Philomena, 12 Years a Slave, The Wolf from “Mandela: Long Walk to and the human need for touch of Wall Street Freedom

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