The “60 Minutes” icon’s great moment of pause was immortalized forever by Christoher Plummer in “The Insider.”
Mike Wallace's great moment of pause was immortalized forever in 'The Insider'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:46 am · April 8th, 2012
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The trailer for Woody Allen's 'To Rome with Love' doesn't appear to promise much
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:07 pm · April 3rd, 2012
Considering the writer/director’s latest from its Italian setting.
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Trailer for Tim Burton's 'Dark Shadows' promises funnier vampires than 'True Blood' and 'Twilight'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:25 pm · March 15th, 2012
Tim Burton’s work has been on a bit of a “meh” slope in recent years, and “Dark Shadows” was really starting to look like just another obvious piece of material for him to play around with before moving on to the next. But judging by the recently released trailer, the film might just have its share of inspired moments.
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Oscars set key 2013 dates, setting up a longer-than-usual phase two
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:40 am · March 14th, 2012
Prospective nominees, prepare to be on the circuit a while.
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Jonah Hill and Tom Hanks send up Oscar season on 'Saturday Night Live'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:29 pm · March 11th, 2012
Oh, you thought awards season was over? Well, it is, but there’s plenty of room to drag out its last throes on late night, like Jonah Hill did to kick of “Saturday Night Live” last night.
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Julianne Moore owns Jay Roach's 'Game Change' as Sarah Palin
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:38 pm · March 10th, 2012
The actress gives one of her finest performances to date in the HBO adaptation.
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Oscar-winning doc 'Undefeated' does gangbusters in Memphis
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:21 am · March 10th, 2012
The home town contributed 25% of last weekend’s overall gross.
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Tell us what you thought of 'John Carter'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:04 pm · March 9th, 2012
The film opens today.
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Turner Classic Movies celebrates 70 years of 'Casablanca' with re-release
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:40 pm · March 5th, 2012
While “The Godfather” is busy celebrating its 40th anniversary this year (and got a re-release courtesy of Cinemark Theatres), another American celluloid treasure will be turning 70 and getting it’s own fresh look on screens later this month. “Casablanca.”
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Universal Pictures and Focus Features celebrate anniversaries in 2012
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:57 pm · March 1st, 2012
Uni floats celebratory Blu-rays while Focus offers up a look back at performances
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Trailers for 'The Avengers' and 'Frankenweenie' make for a nice antidote to awards season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:12 pm · March 1st, 2012
Now that the Oscar dust has settled and the early-year dumping ground has come to a close, studios are beginning to float materials for their (hopeful) moneymakers out there. Two trailers have dropped this week, for “The Avengers” (opening May 4) and Tim Burton’s “Frankenweenie” (which doesn’t hit until October).
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AMPAS to break the soundtrack barrier
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:03 pm · March 1st, 2012
One of the things that always seems to be nebulous to new film enthusiasts and, in particular, new Oscar watchers is the difference between sound editing and sound mixing. We’ve certainly made it a point to explain it over the years via the two categories’ separate Tech Support entries each season, but for those in the LA area, here’s your opportunity for a thorough crash course, AMPAS-style.
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'Mad Men' stars promote 'The Godfather' on AMC
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:48 pm · February 29th, 2012
Plus a remembrance of my first look at Coppola’s masterpiece
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Sony Classics picks up Peter Jackson and Amy Berg's 'West of Memphis'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:03 pm · February 29th, 2012
Sony Pictures Classics has announced today that it has acquired US rights to Amy Berg’s “West of Memphis,” which could yet pop up in the film awards season and extend the much-need spotlight for this miscarriage of justice.
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The 2011-2012 Film Awards Circuit
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:46 am · February 28th, 2012
Charting the winners and losers of the year’s precursor circuit.
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Turn the page
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:28 pm · February 27th, 2012
Saying goodbye to the 2011 season.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 84 — Special Edition! — 2011 Oscars postmortem, Meryl Streep's upset, Billy Crystal, 'The Artist''s big night
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:37 pm · February 27th, 2012
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne are joined by Guy Lodge as they discuss last night’s big cherry on the top of the 2011-2012 film awards season: The Oscars.
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Congrats to our In Contention Oscar pool winners!
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:33 am · February 27th, 2012
Thanks to everyone for joining our Oscar pool at Picktainment for the third-straight season. This year, our victors were (drumroll please)…
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