Movie and Related Reviews
2009: 81st Oscars; 30th CampChuck Reviewer
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Oscar predictions in the 30th CampChuck Reviewer, as of 2/15 ; Oscar night, 2/22
With each link is the date the article appeared in the The Union newspaper's Thursday section called "The Prospector" Reviews of films released to theater distribution follow the festival reviews.
2009, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival Jan 9, 10, 11
2008, Nevada City Film Festival, Aug 14-17
2008, Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival
WSEFF at WorldFest, Jul 17-20
Jul 14, 2008
30 min. video interview about the film festival
Dec 20, 2007
30 min. video review of films in the festival
Dec 20, 2007
Kintaro Walks Japan
Dec 20, 2007
plus conversation with Kintaro
Yuba River related films
Dec 27, 2007
A Land Out of Time / Everything's Cool
Jan 3, 2008
plus conversation with producer Mark Harvey
The Edge of Eden: Living with Grizzlies
Jan 10, 2008
also in the festival, reviewed previously:
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox
Jul 5, 2007
Stories of the Yuba
Nov 17, 2005
What a Way to Go
Oct 25, 2007
2007, Nevada City Film Festival
2007, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival
2006
2005
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Amazing Grace
Mar 22, 2007
Band's Visit, The
Apr 10, 2008
Battle in Seattle
Nov 13, 2008
Beauty Academy of Kabul, The
July 13, 2006
Borat
Nov 23, 2006
Breakfast on Pluto
Mar 9, 2006
Capote
Feb 9, 2006
Casablanca (after Oscar night, 2007)
Mar 1, 2007
Deep Water
Nov 15, 2007
Dear Frankie
May 12, 2005
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox
July 5, 2007
Dream People of the Amazon
Oct 13, 2005
Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room
July 14, 2005
Fall, The
Aug 28, 2008
Falling for Grace
Sep 13, 2007
Finding Neverland
Dec 23, 2004
Good Night and Good Luck
Nov 10, 2005
Hotel Rwanda
Jan 27, 2005
Inconvenient Truth, An
Jun 29, 2006
In the Shadow of the Moon
Nov 1, 2007
Into the Wild
Nov 8, 2007
Jane Austen Book Club, The
Oct 18, 2007
Lars and the Real Girl
Dec 6, 2007
King Kong
Dec 22, 2005
Man Named Pearl, A
Oct 2, 2008
Man of the Year
Oct 19, 2006
Man on Wire
Oct 9, 2008
March of the Penguins
Aug 11, 2005
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Aug 25, 2005
Miss Potter
May 24, 2007
Namesake, The
May 31, 2007
Phoenix Lights
Apr 11, 2009
Pride and Prejudice
Dec 8, 2005
Queen, The
Nov 30, 2006
Sea Inside, The
Mar 03, 2005
Shall We Kiss?
Jun 18, 2009
Steep
Mar 27, 2008
Stories of the Yuba
Nov 17, 2005
Sunshine Cleaning
Apr 30, 2009
Ten Canoes
Aug 30, 2007
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The
Mar 23, 2006
United 93
May 4, 2006
Upside of Anger, The
Apr 07, 2005
Up the Yangtze
Sep 25, 2008
Venus
Mar 29, 2007
Visitor, The
Sep 4, 2008
Waitress
Jun 21, 2007
We Are Together
Sep 7, 2007
What a Way to Go
Oct 25, 2007
Young at Heart
Jun 12, 2008
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Comedies, Standout Films Across the Decades
Mar 12, 2009
Conservative Films, Top 25 List
Mar 26, 2009
Favorite Movie?
Jun 16, 2005
Favorite Movie? Readers respond
Jun 30, 2005
Grass Valley theaters & Nevada Theatre
Apr 21, 2005
Magic Theatre
Jun 02, 2005
Movie Musicals, 2007
Jan 24, 2008
Oscar-winning short films, 2004
May 19, 2005
Oscar-nominated short films, 2006
Apr 26, 2007
Oscar Voter Interview: Tim O'Connor
Feb 14, 2008
Philadelphia Story (making the play happen)
Apr 17, 2008
Predictions for 78th Oscar nominations, 2006
Jan 26, 2006
Predictions for 79th Oscar nominations, 2007
Jan 18, 2007
Predictions for 79th Oscar winners, 2007
Feb 22, 2007
Predictions for 80th Oscar nominations, 2008
Jan 17, 2008
Predictions for 80th Oscar winners, 2008
Feb 20, 2008
Predictions for 81st Oscar nominations, 2009
Jan 12, 2009
Westerns
Mar 20, 2008
What films to rent
Jan 05, 2006
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