The American Society of Cinematographers has named the three cameramen who will receive honorary awards at February’s ASC ceremony. They include blockbuster DP Dean Cundey, a former Steven Spielberg collaborator, and two-time Oscar nominee Eduardo Serra.
'Harry Potter' and 'Jurassic Park' cinematographers honored by ASC
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:13 am · November 15th, 2013
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'Apes,' 'Harry Potter,' 'Ghost Protocol' and 'Dragon Tattoo' win at the Saturn Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:00 pm · July 26th, 2012
The 38th annual Saturn Awards, recognizing achievement in genre filmmaking, were held this evening. “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, ” “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” won across the organization’s three Best Film categories. “Super 8” also picked up a pair of statues, including Best Director.
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A look back at 1992 and the first annual MTV Movie Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:16 am · June 3rd, 2012
You know, day-glo, En Vogue, Rodney King, “You can’t handle the truth,” etc.
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'Harry Potter' and 'Tinker, Tailor' take top honors at Empire Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:50 am · March 26th, 2012
UK hits “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” and “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” were predictably the big winners at the reader-voted Jameson Empire Awards, but there was a surprise as Olivia Colman won Best Actress for the little-seen “Tyrannosaur.”
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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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Box office and Oscar, from 'Deathly Hallows' to 'Tree of Life'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:21 am · February 26th, 2012
It’s Oscar Sunday and by tonight, it’ll be all done but the cryin’, as they say. But as we gear up for today’s festivities, I thought I’d take a look at the box office of this year’s Oscar nominees for the first time this season.
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Tech Support: Final predictions and analysis for 2011, from 'Hugo' to…'Hugo'
Posted by gerardkennedy · 10:25 am · February 23rd, 2012
Final guesses on this year’s crop of below-the-line contenders.
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Costume Designers Guild speaks up for 'Harry Potter,' 'Dragon Tattoo' and 'W.E.'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:20 pm · February 21st, 2012
The 14th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards were held this evening, and it was a good night for wizards, hackers and, uh, Madonna.
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The Lists: Top 10 Oscar upsets we'd like to see
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:04 am · February 21st, 2012
With ballots due in a matter of hours, we’re in the home stretch of Oscar season. But while some of the races are decided, that doesn’t mean we’re not crossing our fingers for this upset or that for deserving competitors watching the inevitability from the sidelines.
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Visual Effects
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:34 am · February 15th, 2012
After gradually reducing finalists from fifteen to ten to five, the visual effects branch made room for four blockbusters this year – three of them from franchises – as well as the nominations leader. This is hardly the sort of lineup that could be considered shocking. Still, another Best Picture contender was left off, while the fourth entries in three other franchises came up short, as did one additional summer blockbuster.
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Makeup
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:10 am · February 13th, 2012
The nomination race for the Best Makeup category was a competitive one, leaving us with one fantasy franchise never before recognized in the category, and two prosthetic feats in service of Best Actress-nominated performance. We break down their chances.
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'The Artist' cleans up at the BAFTAs
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:36 am · February 12th, 2012
“The Artist” dominated tonight’s British Academy Awards, winning seven trophies, including Best Film, Director, Actor and Original Screenplay, while its nearest competitor, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” had to be content with wins for Best British Film and Adapted Screenplay.
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MCN's Gurus make their final calls
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:26 am · February 11th, 2012
The Gurus o’ Gold collective of Oscar dorks (yours truly included) at Movie City News have offered up final-ish predictions. I imagine David Poland will give us all an opportunity to change this or that, and certainly, my own picks aren’t final until the Friday or Saturday before the show, but for the most part, these are where the chips lie.
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John Williams, Michael Giacchino, Chemical Brothers nominated by film music critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:37 am · February 10th, 2012
This year’s list of International Film Music Critics Association nominees was predictably dominated by John Williams, who landed seven nominations across the various categories for his two Oscar-nominated scores: “The Adventures of Tintin” and “War Horse.” Not too far back with five nods was “The Artist” composer Ludovic Bource.
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Tech Support Interview: Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan on a decade of designing 'Harry Potter'
Posted by gerardkennedy · 11:48 am · January 26th, 2012
On Tuesday, Stuart Craig and Stephanie McMillan respectively earned the ninth and fifth Oscar nominations of their careers for serving as the production designer and set decorator of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.”
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Art Direction
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:09 am · January 25th, 2012
The art directors ended up with a slate packed with Best Picture-contending films this year, the one outlier being the closing installment of a franchise that has been a perennial fixture of the category. Nostalgia rules the field, reflective of the thematic undercurrent at play throughout the season.
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Tech Support: 'The Artist,' 'Hugo,' 'Dragon Tattoo' and 'War Horse' feature heavily in Oscar's crafts categories
Posted by gerardkennedy · 1:12 pm · January 24th, 2012
This morning, many crafts artists in Hollywood (and elsewhere in the world) found out that they are heading to the Kodak Theatre for the 84th Annual Academy Awards. The thrill they are experiencing must be difficult to describe.
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The Lists: Top 10 things we learned about the Academy today
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:13 am · January 24th, 2012
It’s been a busy morning. The nominees are out. About a thousand different variations of “it’s humbling and exciting” are coming through from the various contenders. And all eyes are fixing on February 26. But as we transition into phase two of the 2011-2012 film awards season, it’s worth it to pause and consider what we might have learned today.
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