Undaunted by her recent Oscar loss, Viola Davis is asserting her post-Oscar clout by producing her first solo leading vehicle: a biopic of pioneering congresswoman Barbara Jordan.
Viola Davis settles into leading-lady status
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:03 pm · March 13th, 2012
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Has ‘John Carter’ been a victim of the curse of the red planet?
Posted by Roth Cornet · 10:16 am · March 13th, 2012
Is a contemporary audience simply too savvy to the scientific realities to buy into the notion of life on Mars? If we are judging from the box office returns of films that propose the idea, then the answer is decidedly: yes.
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Movieline takes on the Razzies with the Soily Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:42 am · March 13th, 2012
With the Razzie Awards firing at the same predictable targets, Movieline has aimed a little higher with their rival Soily Awards for 2011’s worst achievements in film.
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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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‘John Carter’ star Willem Dafoe talks performance capture and Oscar
Posted by Roth Cornet · 4:19 pm · March 10th, 2012
Willem Dafoe speaks a bit about motion capture’s role in the awards circuit following his portrayal of the alien Tars Tarkas in Disney’s “John Carter.”
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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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'Silent House' and 'Martha Marcy' star Elizabeth Olsen on the next phase of her career
Posted by Roth Cornet · 6:40 pm · March 8th, 2012
Elizabeth Olsen reflects on the course her career has taken, how she would like to shape in the coming years and on her experience on the set of the upcoming horror “Silent House.”
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The ‘Invisible Children’ documentarians launch a new campaign
Posted by Roth Cornet · 11:11 am · March 7th, 2012
The filmmakers behind “Invisible Children” have devised a plan to use facebook, social networking and the media to bring one of the world’s worst war criminals to justice.
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Peyman Moaadi's love letter to ‘A Separation’
Posted by Roth Cornet · 10:57 am · March 7th, 2012
Amidst the political game of chess that the various parties are playing with the film, “A Separation” star Peyman Moaadi has released a public letter to director Asghar Farhadi acknowledging the film’s global and national significance, denying the claim that certain organizations have made on it and celebrating the director’s achievement.
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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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France thanks Harvey Weinstein with the Légion d’Honneur
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:27 am · March 3rd, 2012
Just in case Harvey Weinstein was feeling under-appreciated this week, the French have given him their highest national honor.
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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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'Harry Potter' and 'Hugo' lead Saturn nominations with 10 each
Posted by Roth Cornet · 11:14 am · March 1st, 2012
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films have announced the nominees for this year’s Saturn Awards and they are fairly across the map.
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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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