The late costume designer Eiko Ishioka’s career-capping work in “Mirror Mirror” is dazzling — but will it stick in the Academy’s mind?
Costume designer Eiko Ishioka's fantastic farewell in 'Mirror Mirror'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:10 pm · April 4th, 2012
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No Cannes (or Venice) premiere for Wong Kar-wai's 'The Grandmasters'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:40 pm · April 3rd, 2012
According to its sales agent, Wong Kar-wai’s long-awaited martial arts pic “The Grandmasters” won’t be ready in time for Cannes — or even Venice and Toronto — this year.
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The trailer for Woody Allen's 'To Rome with Love' doesn't appear to promise much
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:07 pm · April 3rd, 2012
Considering the writer/director’s latest from its Italian setting.
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Digging for gold in 2012's first quarter
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:34 pm · April 2nd, 2012
With the first quarter of the 2012 release calendar over, have we seen any potential Oscar nominees yet?
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Cinejabber: Fighting the Tomatometer
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:00 am · April 1st, 2012
A day late — for which, you know, apologies — but welcome to Cinejabber, your weekend Sunday space to kick around any stray movie-related thoughts you might have on your mind. (Or perhaps not movie-related. Hold forth. We’re not here to judge.) For my part, I’m feeling frustrated once more by the internet’s dispiriting rush […]
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Review: Delightful 'Mirror Mirror' restores magic to fairytale revisionism
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:58 am · March 30th, 2012
Films like “Shrek” favored postmodern snark over romance in the post-Disney fairytale — Tarsem’s funny, engaging, exquisitely designed “Mirror Mirror” proves you can have it both ways.
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Harvey further forges the French connection
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:24 pm · March 29th, 2012
After purchasing positively buzzed French romcom “Populaire” and courting Colin Firth for a remake of Cesar-winning smash “Untouchable,” The Weinstein Company’s Gallic loyalty shows no sign of fading.
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'Wrath of the Titans,' or how Zeus got his groove back
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:39 pm · March 28th, 2012
Blockbuster sequel “Wrath of the Titans” is, unexpectedly, a vast improvement on its deservedly maligned predecessor — but will the critical and commercial reception give credit where it’s due?
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Hugh Jackman gets serious in first official still from 'Les Misérables'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:08 am · March 28th, 2012
Rarely given a chance to show his dramatic chops on screen, Hugh Jackman has a point to prove in Tom Hooper’s “‘Les Misérables” — so it’s no surprise that the first official still finds him in super-serious mode.
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'The Artist' named Festival Film of the Year
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:06 pm · March 26th, 2012
“The Artist” will receive the award for Festival Film of the Year at the International Film Festival Summit in Paris.
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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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Woody Harrelson takes on the politics of politics in ‘Hunger Games’ and ‘Game Change’
Posted by Roth Cornet · 8:13 am · March 26th, 2012
Woody Harrelson’s Steve Schmidt and Haymitch Abernathy in “Game Change” and “The Hunger Games” respectively are strange mirrors of one another and reveal a deep cultural wound.
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Cinejabber: Wedding bells
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:42 am · March 24th, 2012
Okay, we haven’t done of these in a while — welcome (back) to Cinejabber, your weekend open thread to kick around whatever’s on your mind film-wise or otherwise, while we seek life beyond the movie theater. This weekend, however, the biggest event in the In Contention family has nothing to do with the box-office blocks […]
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No subtitles needed to be seduced by trailer for Berlin sensation 'Tabu'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:52 am · March 24th, 2012
An enigmatic trailer has surfaced for my favorite film of the year so far — U.S. viewers, however, will have to wait until the end of the year to see the whole thing.
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Tell us what you thought of 'The Hunger Games'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:57 pm · March 23rd, 2012
It’s heeeeeere. “John Carter” may have got blockbuster season off to a false (if unseasonally early) start, but the real deal arrives today — Gary Ross’s adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ young-adult publishing phenomenon “The Hunger Games” has been breathlessly anticipated for months, if not years, and early box-office numbers (not to mention a broad swathe […]
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An early FYC plea for Rachel Weisz
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:30 pm · March 22nd, 2012
You wouldn’t know it from the film’s cool UK reception, but Rachel Weisz gives the performance of her career in Terence Davies’ small-scale marital drama “The Deep Blue Sea.”
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Julian Fellowes aims to right perceived wrongs of James Cameron's 'Titanic'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:02 pm · March 21st, 2012
With the release of “Titanic 3D” looming, Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes has lashed out at James Cameron’s film, claiming his own upcoming TV take on the story will rectify the 1997 film’s factual blunders.
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Looking back on Linda Cardellini in 'Return'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:15 pm · March 20th, 2012
The film came and went in US theaters without much noise, but Liza Johnson’s post-Iraq indie drama “Return” showcases am award-caliber performance from Linda Cardellini.
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