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Mira Nair's 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' comes ten years too late
Can 9/11 work as a metaphor for cataclysmic change? Not unless you accept it has created more ambiguity than certainty . Perhaps that's why The Reluctant Fundamentalist feels dated as a film. #CultureDecoder #Zero Dark Thirty #The Reluctant Fundamentalist #Mira Nair #Homeland #Mohsin Hamid #Tsarnaev brothers
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Stars walk down the red carpet at Oscars Awards 2013
Hollywood's glitziest night is under way as Academy Awards nominees in their finest gowns and tuxes hit the red carpet for Sunday's show. #Academy Awards #Zero Dark Thirty #Silver Linings Playbook #Oscars 2013 #MacFarlane
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Why Zero Dark Thirty is unlikely to win Best Picture at Oscars
After a fierce campaign over the movie's depiction of torture that started in Washington and extended to human rights groups, Zero Dark Thirty went from front-runner to also-ran at the Academy Awards. #Osama bin Laden #Zero Dark Thirty #Oscars2013 #Dave Karger
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Oscar movies are hits, too, for a change
As a crop, this year's nine best picture nominees has been one of the most talk-provoking, op-Ed-generating bunches in recent Oscar history. From Argo to Life of Pi, they've largely been popular at the box office, too. #Life of Pi #Zero Dark Thirty #Argo #Lincoln #Oscars 2013
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Argo, Zero Dark Thirty top winners at Writers Guild awards
The CIA thrillers Argo and Zero Dark Thirty have won top screenplay honors from the Writers Guild of America. #BuzzPatrol #CIA #Ben Affleck #Zero Dark Thirty #Argo #Writers Guild Awards
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Movie Review: Zero Dark Thirty is good but not great
Zero Dark Thirty is an engrossing, superbly directed, well-acted and finely made drama about the longest manhunt for the most dangerous man in recent history. #NewsTracker #Zero Dark Thirty
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Movie Review: Zero Dark Thirty is just a big ego trip
The film, in a nutshell, is motivational and applauds the CIA's attempt of a job that America believes, was brilliantly done after a decade of perseverance. #Kathryn Bigelow #Zero Dark Thirty #Jessica Chastain #Jason Clarke #Jennifer Ehle #James Gandolfini #Mark Strong #Kyle Chandler
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Daniel Day Lewis, Jessica Chastain win best actors at Golden Globe
Daniel Day Lewis and Jessica Chastain were named the best actor and actress in a motion picture (drama) respectively, at the 70th Golden Globe awards ceremony. #BuzzPatrol #Zero Dark Thirty #Daniel Day-Lewis #Jessica Chastain #Lincoln
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Child star of Beasts of the Southern Wild taking Oscar nod in stride
Quvenzhane Wallis was experiencing something of an internal struggle when she found out she'd been nominated for an Academy Award early on Thursday morning. #BuzzPatrol #Zero Dark Thirty #The Impossible #Quvenzhane Wallis #Beasts of the Southern Wild
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Oscar nominations: Big snub for Bigelow, Affleck
The best director category could have very possibly (and many expected it to) include Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty and Ben Affleck for Argo, but it didn't. #Kathryn Bigelow #Oscar Nominations #Ben Affleck #Zero Dark Thirty #Argo