Oscarweb Round-up: Clint back in the saddle

Posted by · 5:41 am · October 6th, 2011

In today’s round-up, Clint Eastwood comes out of his short-lived retirement from acting to star in another film, Ryan gosling’s “Drive” jacket could be yours and Academy CEO talks the AMPAS museum.

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Does Sony have bigger Oscar plans for 'A Separation' and 'In Darkness'?

Posted by · 2:28 pm · October 3rd, 2011

Best Foreign Language Film contenders are frequently content to wait until after the nominations to open in US theaters; however, Sony Pictures Classics has scheduled heavyweight contenders ‘A Separation’ and ‘In Darkness’ for December openings, suggesting they may have other Oscar categories in mind.

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Oscarweb Round-up: Rosebud 70 years later

Posted by · 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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