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Why The Revenant Will Win the Best Picture Oscar (And Be One of the Worst Choices Ever)new

Yes, The Revenant was a fine film. The best? Not by a long shot.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
02-24-2016 |
Movies
Movie Madness: A Bracket-Busting Look at a Year at the Moviesnew

The Elite Eight: Brooklyn, Inside Out, The Martian, Room, Son of Saul, Spotlight, Star Wars VII, Train Wreck.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
12-23-2015 |
Movies
Tags: 2015 movies
Idaho's New Prison Scandalnew

Two years after the Idaho state prison was found to have been falsifying documents to conceal understaffing, a new scandal is breaking alleging the systematic tampering with and/or destruction of prisoner medical records to exclude diagnoses of gender identity disorder.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
07-13-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Funny Hmm, Funny Ha and Funny LMFAOnew

I was honestly wondering if I had forgotten what it was like to laugh out loud in a theater and then along came that bundle of sass and sweetness.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
06-10-2015 |
Reviews
Movie Madness: A Bracket-Busting Look at a Year at the Moviesnew

From hundreds of films, we narrow it down to 32, then it's the Sweet 16, Elite 8, Final Four and the Two Best.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
12-24-2014 |
Movies
Tags: 2014 in movies
Citizenfour: Traitor or Patriot?new

Reexamining our balance of power.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
11-12-2014 |
Movies
Tags: Citizenfour
Oh Canada: We Do Love Your Film Festivalnew

392 films, 28 screens and a lot of popcorn.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
09-04-2014 |
Movies
The Talented Mr. Hoffmannew

John le Carre's thriller reminds us that America--the CIA in particular--has chosen to arrest and prosecute small-time terrorists instead of being patient enough to trap a big-time mastermind.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
07-23-2014 |
Reviews
The Three 'B's' of Summer Movies: Blockbusters, B-Grades and Bustsnew

10 movies you must see; 10 more that you can wait for to appear at the discount theater; and 10 movies that, if you do see, we'll never talk to you again.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
05-21-2014 |
Movies
The 2014 Sun Valley Film Festival: 'And... Action'new

"When you're just getting started, you're hungry for validation and brand awareness, and you can't grow fast enough. But I'm finding myself, a year later, acutely aware that this is where we want to be right now."
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
03-13-2014 |
Movies
How to Win the Oscar Poolnew

A cheat sheet for picking Hollywood's big winners.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
02-20-2014 |
Movies
The Award For Best Oscar Controversy Goes to...new

Dylan Farrow's letter has upended Hollywood in the final days of voting leading up to the Academy Awards ceremony on March 2.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
02-12-2014 |
Movies
Tags: 2014 Academy Awards, Oscars 2014
Movie Madness: The Best of 2013new

The sweet sixteen, elite eight and final four.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
12-27-2013 |
Movies
Blue is the Warmest Color: Banned in Boise?new

Blue is the Warmest Color is too good not to be seen. If only Idaho Code would allow it.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
10-09-2013 |
Reviews
Postcard from the Toronto International Film Festivalnew
With feel-it-in-your-bones resonance, four films--each a blockbuster--crashed upon the shore of Lake Ontario this past week, one right after the other, not just raising TIFF's curtain but shredding it.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
09-11-2013 |
Movies