2015 MTV Movie Awards Nominees and Winners – Complete List

Posted by · 3:45 pm · April 12th, 2015

A complete rundown of all of this year’s MTV Movie Awards nominees and winners.

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Rosamund Pike's Oscar Gown: 5 Reasons It's the Look of the Night

Posted by · 3:28 pm · February 22nd, 2015

Rosamund gave us total glamor.

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Best Actress: It's finally time for Julianne Moore to walk that aisle

Posted by · 9:22 am · February 18th, 2015

HitFix takes a look at the Best Actress category, which might feature the biggest lock of Oscar night.

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'Birdman,' 'Gone Girl' win Final Draft Screenwriters' Choice Awards

Posted by · 11:26 pm · February 12th, 2015

Winners have been unveiled for the 2015 Final Draft Screenwriters’ Choice Awards (basically voted on by anyone who — legally — owns Final Draft). “Birdman” and “Gone Girl” came out on top in the film categories, while “True Detective” and “The Big Bang Theory” were the TV winners.

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Rosamund Pike wishes Carrie Coon and Kim Dickens were also nominated for 'Gone Girl'

Posted by · 2:48 pm · January 15th, 2015

Rosamund Pike reflects upon her first Oscar nomination for “Gone Girl” and the opportunity playing someone like the “Amazing” Amy Dunne provided her.

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'Gone Girl,' 'Inherent Vice' among USC Scripter Awards finalists

Posted by · 8:26 am · January 8th, 2015

The USC Scripter Awards have announced finalists for the 27th annual celebration of adapted screenplays and their source materials.

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Oklahoma Critics award 'Boyhood,' Rosamund Pike and 'Edge of Tomorrow'

Posted by · 5:03 am · January 7th, 2015

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle thinks outside the box. On top of naming the best films, performances, and creative work of the year, they dare to name the worst alongside it.

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'Guardians,' 'Whiplash,' and… '12 Years a Slave' (throwback!) among Casting Society’s nominees

Posted by · 12:22 pm · January 6th, 2015

An awards ceremony date change means the Casting Society is inviting old and new contenders to the ring. Finally, a year where ‘Guardians of the Galaxy,’ ‘Birdman,’ and ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ rub shoulders!

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Off the Carpet: Five films have universal industry and guild support so far

Posted by · 10:48 am · January 5th, 2015

So far, four industry groups have announced nominations this year: the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the American Cinema Editors (ACE), the Art Directors Guild (ADG) and the Producers Guild of America (PGA). And so far, only five films have been recognized by all four groups.

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'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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2014: the year in movie superlatives

Posted by · 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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Contender Countdown: Who wins the critics' battle on the road to Oscar?

Posted by · 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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'Gone Girl' named the year's best film by Nevada Film Critics Society

Posted by · 10:45 am · December 20th, 2014

The Nevada Film Critics Society has come along and added another film to the critics/precursor Best Picture hat — David Fincher’s “Gone Girl” — bringing the number of films that have received top honors so far this year up to eight.

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Florida critics spring for 'Birdman,' Linklater, Keaton, Pike, Simmons and Arquette

Posted by · 3:10 pm · December 19th, 2014

The Florida Film Critics Circle has awarded “Birdman” best film of the year.

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Characters and Conflicts: 10 best movies of 2014

Posted by · 11:31 am · December 18th, 2014

Gregory Ellwood reflects down his top films of 2014 including “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “A Most Violent Year,” “Birdman,” “Top Five,” “Selma,” “Clouds of Sils Maria,” “Snowpiercer,” “Gone Girl” as well as 10 others that almost made the cut.

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Chicago critics board the 'Boyhood' bandwagon

Posted by · 7:51 pm · December 15th, 2014

The Chicago Film Critics Association announced 2014 superlatives Monday night and it was “Boyhood” coming out on top. Also, in what must have been a heartwarming moment during the announcement dinner, “Life Itself” won Best Documentary.

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25 most anticipated prestige films of 2014: 'Inherent Vice,' 'Nymphomaniac,' 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'

Posted by · 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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Ben Affleck to star in David Fincher's 'Gone Girl'

Posted by · 9:15 am · July 11th, 2013

Warner Bros. acquiesces to the actor’s desire to delay his next directing gig.

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