Month: January 2014

Why HBO’s True Detective Has Become My True Obsession

True Detective costars acclaimed film actors Matthew McConaghey and Woody Harrelson as partnered detectives working on a disturbing murder investigation. Both actors have had much success in the film industry thus far. Harrelson has been nominated for several Featured Actor Academy and Golden Globe Awards as recently as 2013, and McConaghey, who has already received the Golden Globe in 2014 for Best Actor in a Drama (Dallas Buyers Club), is up for Best Actor at the Oscars in March. So what are they doing on HBO each Sunday night?

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The Year of the Backlog

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author: Michael

“I never saw that.”

Or, the riskier, “Oh yeah, I remember that!” while internally panicking because I just flat out lied to someone. These are the two responses people receive from me when trying to have a normal discussion about movies. And I’m sick of it.

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#30: Mockumentary Format | Top Docs of ’13

During the second episode of this new season of NJAM, Timmie, Michael, and Ryan tackle the mockumentary style of filmmaking and how its popularity has grown over the past few decades, before diving into their top documentaries of 2013.

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NJAM Picks It – 2013

NJAM is sure that you’re hankering for more after our most recent episode #29 about our top film picks of 2013. As promised, here are our complete lists of 2013 fiction films we screened.

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#29: “Repilot” | Award Season Flicks ’13 | Her

Ring in 2014 with Timmie, Michael, and Ryan on episode 29 as they discuss the merits of the Golden Globes, their Oscar nomination guesses for Best Picture, their top 5 films of the 2013, and Spike Jonze’s newest feature, Her.