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2015 Academy Awards Recap and Reaction

The 87th Academy Awards recently took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Despite being a year filled with the lack of a clear winner for most categories, there were a lot of amazing films worth honoring. Even though the Academy snubbed a few films that I would have wanted to shine some recognition on (Nightcrawler, Enemy, Under the Skin), the nominations had little to fault aside from The LEGO Movie being absent aside from a song nomination.

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Age of Nerd Oscar’s BATTLE! UPDATED!

We thought we could bring some fun to this hollow spectacle, by once again making a game amongst the Age of The Nerd staff. Very simple: whoever has the most correct number of predictions wins. The winner will get to choose a movie or tv series the rest of us must watch. The LOSER (whoever comes in dead last) will have to write up our "Oscar's Recap Article". Should it feature their fashion opinions as well?

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5 Reasons Why Terminator 2 is the Best Summer Blockbuster of All Time

No matter how serious the subject matter of the film might be, It never really forgets why it is being made in the first place: to entertain. All of the more Meta aspects aside, the overall thoughtfulness and attention to detail is what ultimately makes T2 rise above your typical, forgettable summer faire.

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