2011: The Year In Review
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The Playlist Staff Pick Their Most Underrated & Overrated Films Of 2011
One of the pecularities of our site is our insistence on writing in the third personn, something designed to create the impression of a collective, a hive mind, and it's served us fairly well so far. But the realities of this are a little trickier; we're not all programmed the same way, and ...
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Hope You Like Synths: The Best Scores & Soundtracks Of 2011
Way back in the day, The Playlist started as a site focused principally on the places where movies and music met, and in particular, on scores and soundtracks. We've widened our net in the intervening years simply because that sole focus felt too small and we're movie lovers just as much as ...
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From Bloody Murders To Bridesmaid Speeches: The 25 Best Movie Moments Of 2011
The great Howard Hawks once famously said that what makes a good film is "three great scenes, and no bad ones." While we'd argue that that's not an absolute hard-and-fast rule, he wasn't far off. With 2011 providing a number of above-average films, there've been plenty of m...
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The Alternate 2011: Who Nearly Directed Or Starred In The Most Notable Movies Of The Year?
2011 hasn't been too shabby for the movies. But even in a year such as this, there's that niggling feeling of what could have been. With the process of picking a director and casting a film seemingly more public than ever, thanks to rumors leaking and trades running short-list stories, it...
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