“Birdman’s” Alejandro G. Iñárritu and “Boyhood’s” Richard Linklater face off in a much closer race than it might seem or Best Director.
Best Director: Richard Linklater vs. Alejandro G. Iñárritu for Oscar is just too close to call
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 5:07 pm · February 19th, 2015
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Best Actor: It's Michael Keaton, Eddie Redmayne or Bradley Cooper down to the wire
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 10:58 am · February 18th, 2015
Eddie Redmayne, Michael Keaton or Bradley Cooper could win the Best Actor Oscar, but is the race as close as it seems?
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Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons is one of Oscar night's true locks
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:15 am · February 17th, 2015
HitFix analyzes the Best Supporting Actor category, which feels like one of the handful of Oscar categories that is all locked up. And doesn’t it seem like it’s felt that way for a long time this year?
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Best Original Screenplay: Will Wes Anderson finally get a 'Grand' Oscar moment?
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 1:31 pm · February 16th, 2015
“Birdman” and “Boyhood” could win, but Wes Anderson has taken all the other major Original Screenplay kudos for “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” Why stop now?
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'American Sniper,' 'Imitation Game' controversies top of mind in Santa Barbara
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:19 pm · January 31st, 2015
Controversy was at the forefront of discussion Saturday at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s annual Writers Panel featuring behind-the-keyboard talent involved with some of the year’s most celebrated films, all of them nominated for Academy Awards for their work.
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Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar nominees roundtable
Posted by gerardkennedy · 12:19 pm · January 28th, 2015
HitFix rounds up the nominees from “Foxcatcher,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” to discuss this year’s contenders for the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar.
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'Birdman' and 'Grand Budapest' lead 2015 Oscar nominations as snubs abound
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 5:21 am · January 15th, 2015
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Birdman” led all Oscar nominees on Thursday morning with eight nominations but snubs for “The LEGO Movie,” Ava DuVernay and Jennifer Aniston made things interesting.
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Off the Carpet: Pondering the twists in Oscar's road with nominations on the horizon
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:18 pm · January 12th, 2015
Oscar nominations will be revealed Thursday, and there have been a lot of twists and turns leading to this week. How will things settle, and what surprises might be in store?
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Hear directors breakdown scenes from 'Interstellar,' 'Birdman' and 'Inherent Vice'
Posted by Matt Patches · 9:34 am · January 2nd, 2015
Just because DVD commentaries are going the way of dinosaurs doesn’t mean the art of insight is extinct. Check out these mini-commentaries for the Oscar season’s biggest movies.
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2014: the year in movie superlatives
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:30 am · December 31st, 2014
Wrapping up the year, a look at the best of the best across a wide spectrum of film categories, those recognized by the Academy and otherwise.
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'Foxcatcher' subject Mark Schultz goes on tirade against director Bennett Miller
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:06 am · December 31st, 2014
Olympic athlete Mark Schultz has taken to Facebook and Twitter to lash out at what has been interpreted as a homosexual relationship between him and blue blood John du Pont in the film “Foxcatcher.”
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The top 10 shots of 2014: part two
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:25 pm · December 30th, 2014
In Contention wraps up its eighth annual look at the best film images from the year with a top five featuring films like “Interstellar,” “Inherent Vice” and “Birdman.”
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Contender Countdown: Who wins the critics' battle on the road to Oscar?
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 9:40 am · December 30th, 2014
This edition of the Contender Countdown looks at the critical responses of the expected best nominee players via their Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores.
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'Into the Woods' misses the cut as Academy narrows makeup and hairstyling race to 7
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:49 pm · December 15th, 2014
The big surprise omission from the Academy’s list of bake-off finalists in the makeup and hairstyling category was “Into the Woods,” but other strong contenders like “Foxcatcher” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” remain.
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25 most anticipated prestige films of 2014: 'Inherent Vice,' 'Nymphomaniac,' 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:01 am · January 4th, 2014
Guy Lodge, Kris Tapley and Gregory Ellwood count down the auteur, art house and festival films they’re most excited to see this year, including “Inherent Vice,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Unbroken.”
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Three for three: Directors who have dominated the Best Picture race
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:34 pm · November 14th, 2013
If “American Hustle,” “Inside Llewyn Davis” and “Nebraska” end up with Oscar nominations for Best Picture in January, then that means David O. Russell, the Coen brothers and Alexander Payne will enter the exclusive company of 11 other filmmakers who have directed three Best Picture nominees in a row.
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Oscar Talk: NYFF, Gotham nominations, awards contenders head for 2014
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 am · October 25th, 2013
In the latest edition of the Oscar Talk podcast, Kris Tapley and Anne Thompson look back at what the New York Film Festival added to the pile, consider the indie slate with the Gotham Awards nominees and ponder the exit of a few key titles to 2014.
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No (high profile) secret screening for NYFF this year?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:50 pm · October 7th, 2013
While films like “Hugo” and “Lincoln” may have received their first looks at the annual New York Film Festival via “secret screenings” in recent years, attendees can probably stop holding their breath for another surprise at the on-going 51st annual.
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