'American Sniper,' 'Nightcrawler' join Oscar players with ACE editing nominations

Posted by · 5:00 am · January 2nd, 2015

Nominees were announced Friday for the 65th annual ACE Eddie Awards for excellence in film editing. Nominees on the movies side included “American Sniper,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Boyhood” and “Nightcrawler.”

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New 'American Sniper' trailer swells with action, music, and praise-filled quotes

Posted by · 7:06 am · December 19th, 2014

Can ‘American Sniper’ overcome negative reviews to click with holiday audiences? An action filled trailer could do the trick.

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'August: Osage County' director John Wells saddles up to 'Chef' with Bradley Cooper

Posted by · 2:31 pm · May 2nd, 2013

Bradley Cooper has been moving right along with his post-“Silver Linings” playbook. He’s currently shooting David O. Russell’s “American Hustle” and smartly backed away from the on-going circus that is “Jane Got a Gun” this week. Earlier today it was announced that Steven Spielberg will be tackling “American Sniper” with Cooper in the lead role as the most lethal sniper in US military history, while he attached himself to the Steven Knight-scripted “Chef” not too long ago.

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