In today’s round-up, Steven Zeitchik aims to call “50/50” dead on arrival, Netflix’s most-rented movies list is dominated by Oscar winners and Robert Forster revisits “Jackie Brown” on the occasion of the film’s Blu-ray release.
Oscarweb Round-up: Calling it too soon on '50/50'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:32 am · October 4th, 2011
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Oscarweb Round-up: 'But we haven't seen it!'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:34 am · October 3rd, 2011
In today’s round-up, Nathaniel Rogers reminds us there are no locks, the New York Times critics bemoan the Oscar-ization of the fall festival circuit and Anna Kendrick talks about “50/50.”
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 63 — Digging into the supporting categories
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:57 am · September 30th, 2011
In today’s podcast we urge you to see “50/50” and “Take Shelter” this weekend, we start chewing on the supporting categories and we discuss the box office of a few of the year’s early season contenders.
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Tell us what you thought of '50/50'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:27 am · September 30th, 2011
The “cancer comedy” hits theaters today.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Rosebud 70 years later
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:51 am · September 30th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Kenneth Turan writes up the gorgeous new “Citizen Kane” anniversary DVD/Blu-ray, Hitfix’s own Drew McWeeny chats with “50/50” writer Will Reiser and we get a little more out of this weekend’s test screening of “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.”
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Interview: Joseph Gordon-Levitt on keeping it real in '50/50'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:33 am · September 29th, 2011
Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt bounces from indie dramas to blockbusters with ease. His latest, “50/50,” offers a showcase performance that could be in the Oscar conversation this year. He talks to us about finding the honesty in the material.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Will mo-cap projects like 'Tintin' and 'Happy Feet 2' qualify for Oscar's animated feature race?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:23 am · September 29th, 2011
In today’s round-up, the Academy’s feature animation branch debates the eligibility of motion capture films, Melissa McCarthy teams up with the director of “The Help” and “The Ides of March” premieres in Los Angeles.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt on 'The Dark Knight Rises' and obsessive online spoilage
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:57 am · September 28th, 2011
In advance of tomorrow’s big interview with “50/50” star Joseph Gordon-Levitt, I ask the star how he feels about the obsessive fervor that surrounds any morsel of imagery or information that makes it out of the “Dark Knight Rises” set.
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Oscarweb Round-up: An early FYC for Mélanie Laurent in 'Beginners'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:17 am · September 27th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Sasha Stone’s personal FYC notices prompt the same from me, Bryce Dallas Howard discusses her various roles this year and Steven Zeitchik wonders if “The Lion King 3D” is initiating a change in how theatrical is utilized.
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Plummer, Gordon-Levitt, Chastain and Jones tapped for Hollywood Fest honors
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:13 am · September 26th, 2011
The Hollywood Film Awards has announced four new honorees for this year’s gala. Christopher Plummer will win a supporting actor prize for “Beginners,” Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jessica Chastain will receive breakthrough actor awards, while Felicity Jones’s work in “Like Crazy” earns her the New Hollywood Award.
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Off the Carpet: Clooney and Pitt lead Best Actor talk, but the real action is elsewhere
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:09 am · September 26th, 2011
This year’s Best Actor race is an odd bird indeed. There are so many wonderful performances out there, but so few seem to fit into the (unfortunate) Oscar paradigm. Hopefully that will mean studios will recognize some opportunity and/or Academy members will venture outside of their comfort zones.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Keeping the 'Dark Knight Rises' secret
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 am · September 21st, 2011
In today’s round-up, Christopher Nolan is rumored to refuse letting the ending of “The Dark Knight Rises” outside the confines of his brain, Lars Von Trier retracts his apology for controversial Nazi remarks at the Cannes Film Festival and Ryan Gosling seems to be considering…retirement?
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