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Readers’ Recommendations: “Spirited Away”
Hey everyone, it’s Friday, time for another entry in the Reader Recommendations series!
The Reader Recommendation series is intended to help me formally pursue all the great films that commenters bring up each week in discussion which I’ve never seen. If there’s a movie that comes up that I haven’t seen, but you think I should, email me @ fogsmoviereviews@gmail.com or let me know in the comments that you’d like to participate!
This time up, our recommendation comes from old friend and FMR commenter Bruce Hewes, who’s recommended Hayao Miyazaki’s ”Spirited Away”. I’ve loved all the Miyazaki movies I’ve seen so far, so I’m excited to check out another one!Click through to see what we had to say!
The Great Debates: Star Trek or Star Wars?
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Undeniably these two franchises are the biggest sci-fi franchises in pop culture history. Both heavily involve space travel and sci-fi concepts, and the fact that the both have the word “Star” in their names invited comparisons right from the beginning. This is truly a debate that’s been around for decades, and with the opening of a new chapter in one of the sagas this weekend, I thought it would be a good time to revisit it.
Click through to read the tale of the tape!!
New Episode of The (title pending) Movie Podcast with Tank and Fogs!!
Ok everyone, here we go! (title pending) in the house!!
This week, the Tankster and I take a couple of minutes to bask in the glory of our Lammy Award for Best Podcast, prior to launching into the rest of our show!
With “The Great Gatsby” in theatres, we introduce our listeners to “The Great Tanski” and have a discussion about the career of “Gatsby” star Leonardo DiCaprio! Of course, we also have reviews of “Gatsby” itself, along with “Peeples”!!
All that, “The Box Office Roundup”, “On the Radar” and more!!
It’s a great episode and you won’t want to miss it! As always, you can download it directly, here, or search for us on iTunes or Stitcher radio by looking for (title pending) or Tank and Fogs!
Fogs’ Movie Reviews has won the 2013 Lammy Award for Best Blog!
Wow. 
It’s been an incredible week or so, here. And now there’s no ifs ands or buts left. FMR has just been awarded the Big Kahuna of the Lammys, Best Blog for 2013.
I understand that a lot of people would presume it was a foregone conclusion considering the run of success leading up to it, but in all honesty, I sweated it out to the very last second. I’m honored, grateful, stunned still, and relieved now… It’s amazing. I’m having trouble processing it.
I’m blown away by the success I’ve had this award season. It means a lot to me to see that so many people are willing to cast votes for me across the boards. I honestly had no idea I had that much support out there. THANK YOU ALL, IT’S AN INCREDIBLE HONOR!
I’m happy to put this behind us now, cause I’ve certainly been asking a lot of people these past couple of days. I know that all these posts have tested the bounds, but I think the Lammys are worth celebrating, and I just… didn’t expect to be celebrating so much! Tomorrow we’ll resume our regularly scheduled content, honest.
Congratulations also to Runner Up And So it Begins, and to all the other nominees: 3 Guys, 1 Movie, The Velvet Café, The Droid You’re Looking For, French Toast Sunday, Man I love Films, Flixchatter, Cinematic Corner and The Cinematic Katzenjammer!
Thanks also to Stevee Taylor of Cinematic Paradox (and friend 
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Fogs’ Movie Reviews has won the 2013 Lammy Award for Best Reviewer!
The remarkable run of 2013 Lammy Awards continues on for FMR. Earlier today, I was awarded the Lammy Award for Best Reviewer.
Obviously, movie reviews are the heart and soul of most movie blogs, and to be awarded “Best Reviewer” is a very prestigious honor, to me… I’m incredibly honored, and very flattered. I’m never afraid to make my reviews personal, and I occasional try to make them experimental. LOL I’m thrilled that people think of them so highly!
Thanks to everyone who voted for me, I’ve been astonished by the results all week… Thank you everyone for your patience through this as well, I realize that this celebratory many posts are a test of patience, I really do.
Congratulations to Runner Up Alex Withrow of And So it Begins, and to all the other nominees: Jessica of The Velvet Café, Mark Walker of Marked Movies, Lady Sati of Cinematic Corner, Tyson Carter of Head in a Vice, Dan of Dan the Man’s Movie Reviews, Dan Heaton of Public Transportation Snob, Nick Powell of The Cinematic Katzenjammer, and Chris Thompson of Terry Malloy’s Pigeon Coop. They’re all great reviewers, be sure to check them out!
A big thanks goes out to Todd over at Forgotten Films, who turned in the best presentation video yet (below)!
Tossin’ It Out There: Recommend a Movie to Everyone!
Hey everyone. Today’s Tossin’ It Out there is one I’ve been sitting on for a while, as I figure it’s something that people love to do, especially people who read or write about movies on the net!
Everyone loves recommending good movies to others, whether it’s some enormous summer tent pole movie that they happen to see before everyone else, or an indie gem that they’ve dug up that no one else has even heard of! It’s the most common form of movie discussion, I think… the “Ohhh, you’ve got to see it!”
It’s not necessarily to me, just to anyone in general. Many other people read through the comments every week, what movie would you recommend to them? Or to someone you just met? What film do you feel strongly enough to promote, or… is there a movie you’d like to get more people to see?
So what movie will you recommend? Something you like that everyone else has unfairly overlooked? Something foreign that you think is worth people’s time to track down? Maybe something classic – a movie that time forgot!
Whatever it is, let’s hear it! What movie would YOU recommend?
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NOTE: For this thread, it’s ok if you’d like to link to a review you’ve done, I can understand that, and it fits well here with the discussion. So it’s ok, here! But please, outside of threads where I expressly clear it, remember, posting links to your own stuff without permission is… gauche. 
Fogs’ Movie Reviews has won the 2013 Lammy for Best Community Builder!
The Lammy parade rolls on, here at FMR, and this time, it’s an award I coveted very much… the 2013 Lammy for Best Community Builder.
The reason I hold this one in such high esteem is that it’s easy to invert the title slightly and come away with “Best Community”. It only stands to reason that the Best Community Builder would have built the Best Community, no?
And I think the commenting community here IS the best. Second to none. Week in and week out, people share their thoughts and feelings on movies here in impressive numbers. There is some really high quality movie discussion going on, whether it’s after a review about a particular film, or in a Tossin’ It Out There, about a variety of movie related subjects. I’ve gotten to know many of you through this, and it’s been a been an absolute pleasure talking movies with you all. I owe you all for this one, whether you voted or not.
This is an award I’m proud to share with everyone, I’m so grateful that you all choose to discuss movies here so regularly!! *sniff* 
Congratulations also go to Ruth at Flixchatter, who was runner-up, and to Jessica at The Velvet Cafe, Nick at The Cinematic Katzenjammer, and Tyson at Head in a Vice!
The presentation video (below) was done by Joel Burman, the Shepherd of the Lamb, so a big thanks to him, as well!!
The (title pending) Movie Podcast has won the 2013 Lammy Award for Best Podcast!
The (title pending) Movie Podcast with Tank and Fogs has been awarded the 2013 Lammy Award for Best Podcast!
On behalf of co-host Chris Tanski and myself, I’d like to say thank you to everyone who voted for us, we’re honored and grateful to receive this recognition!
I’d also like to extend congratulations to the MILFcast, this year’s runners-up. The voting was extremely close here, apparently only two votes separated the two shows! Definitely give them a listen, Kai and Heather are hysterical, it’s a great show!
Congratulations also go to the As You Watch podcast, Reel Insight, and French Toast Sunday! Be sure to check them out as well!
I’d also like to thank Pat McDonnell of 100 Years of Film and The Film Pasture for doing the announcement video (below)!
Fogs’ Movie Reviews has won the 2013 Lammy Award for Most Knowledgeable Blogger
Hello again, everybody. My apologies, in advance, I realize that these announcements are overwhelming the regularly scheduled content here (my MTESS post today is looking extremely doubtful), and I’m sure they’re more than tedious for people, but I feel obliged to treat each of these awards as something very special, and to show my gratitude for receiving them. So please bear with me here for a couple more posts. This year’s Lammy season has become unexpectedly fruitful here for FMR.
Last night, I was awarded the 2013 ”Most Knowledgeable” Lammy by the LAMB. It’s a tremendous honor, and I’m sincerely flattered, especially considering how many extremely knowledgeable film fans the LAMB has in its community!
I want to thank everyone who voted, and give a big congratulations to the other nominees, too. So congratulations to Runner-Up Alex Withrow of And So It Begins, Bonjour Tristesse, Sam Fragoso of Movie Mezzanine, and Dan Heaton of Public Transportation Snob. They’re all very knowledgeable writers, so be sure to check them out!!
I’d also like to thank Nick, Jess and Lindsay of French Toast Sunday for doing the announcment video, below!
