In today’s round-up, the film rights for “Assassin’s Creed” land at Sony, the “Martha Marcy May Marlene” crew makes the press rounds and Jude Law sticks up for investigative journalists — despite playing the worst of their kind in “Contagion.”
Oscarweb Round-up: Altair and Ezio find a home at Sony
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:07 am · October 21st, 2011
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Review: 'Miss Bala' opens fire
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:46 pm · October 20th, 2011
Selected as Mexico’s candidate for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar after a wave of festival buzz, Gerardo Naranjo’s “Miss Bala” is a dazzling drug-cartel thriller, revolving around the unlikely political center of the Miss Baja California beauty pageant.
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Announcing the grand re-opening of The Contenders!
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:40 pm · October 20th, 2011
We’re happy to reveal our newly revamped Contenders section at In Contention. Each category features a ranked list of 30 Oscar hopefuls. And once again, we’ll be charting the ups and downs of players throughout the season.
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John Orloff talks his new gig: writing 'Battlestar Galactica'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:50 am · October 20th, 2011
“Anonymous” screenwriter John Orloff has been announced as the scribe for Bryan Singer’s “Battlestar Galactica” reboot. He recently talked to us about his chance to finally write in the genre he loves.
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'Descendants,' 'Martha Marcy' lead the way for Gotham Award nominees
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:44 am · October 20th, 2011
The nominations for the 21st annual Gotham Awards are in, and Fox Searchlight led the way with eight nominations for its films “The Tree of Life,” “The Descendants,” “Martha Marcy May Marlene” and “Another Earth.”
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Taking questions for 10/21 Oscar Talk
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:18 am · October 20th, 2011
Offer up your burning queries.
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Tech Support: Period pieces from 'Hugo' to 'W.E.' stand out for Best Costume Design
Posted by gerardkennedy · 8:03 am · October 20th, 2011
In Tech Support this week we tackle the category of Best Costume Design. Strong contenders include Madonna’s “W.E.,” Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” and Steven Spielberg’s “The Help,” among others.
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Oscarweb Round-up: 'Dark Knight Rises' prologue to accompany 'Mission: Impossible?'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:11 am · October 20th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Warner Bros. is reportedly planning to attach a prologue of “The Dark Knight Rises” to IMAX versions of “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,” River Phoenix’s last film will finally see the light of day and Mike Judge offers up a rare exhibition of “Beavis and Butt-Head” voices.
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NY film critics preempt NBR this year
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:41 am · October 19th, 2011
The New York Film Critics Circle has always held its vote sometime in mid-December, but no more. An announcement today that the group will hold its vote on November 28 signals an even earlier start to the precursor circuit as it preempts the National Board of Review.
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Interview: Elizabeth Olsen and John Hawkes talk 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:04 am · October 19th, 2011
With “Martha Marcy May Marlene” in limited release this Friday, we sit down with two of the film’s stars, the weathered and veteran character actor John Hawkes and the breakout young actress Elizabeth Olsen.
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James Cameron talks 'Avatar' sequels
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:53 am · October 19th, 2011
James Cameron is toiling away on the screenplays for his two “Avatar” sequels. He recently revealed a few nuggets about the film that fans will certainly be interested in: the oceans of Pandora will be featured extensively and there will be “other planets” brought into play as well.
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Stan Lee tapped for Visual Effects Society's Lifetime Achievement Award
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:04 am · October 19th, 2011
Stan “The Man” Lee’s creations, from “X-Men” to “Iron Man” and everything in between, have sparked the imagination of visual effects artist in the film industry for years. Perhaps it’s fitting, then, that he be awarded the Visual Effects Society’s lifetime achievement honor.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Cameron Crowe's music-in-film picks
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:02 am · October 19th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Cameron Crowe picks his favorite music-in-film moments, an eager blogger sets about fundraising for “Tyrannosaur” and “The Dark Knight Rises” looks like it might film at Occupy Wall Street.
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Review: Toronto winner 'Where Do We Go Now?' needs directions
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:40 pm · October 18th, 2011
The Lebanese feminist anti-sectarian musical comedy is an underpopulated niche in world cinema. However, after Nadine Labaki’s surprise Toronto champ “Where Do We Go Now?,” it’s probably safe to consider the door on that sub-genre closed.
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The Lists: Top 10 debut performances of all time
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:14 am · October 18th, 2011
Hunter McCracken and Elizabeth Olsen give amazing performances in “The Tree of Life” and “Martha Marcy May Marlene” respectively this year. And in each case, it was their first at-bat. We use the occasion to look at the best debut performances, including work from Tatum O’Neal, Edward Norton and Natalie Portman.
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Review: The shaking, waking nightmare of 'Snowtown'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:06 am · October 18th, 2011
A blinding Australian debut feature from Justin Kurzel, “Snowtown” negotiates the real-life criminal exploits of a suburban family Down Under — only to make last year’s “Animal Kingdom” look positively “Neighbours”-like in comparison.
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Oscarweb Round-up: How about cutting the double-dippers a break?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:04 am · October 18th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Mark Harris points out a few ridiculous stipulations in Oscar’s rulebook that are frequently singled out, David Fincher talks about Scarlett Johansson’s audition for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and why he didn’t cast her and Beck is remixing…Philip Glass?
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Listen to John Williams's 'Tintin' score
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:11 pm · October 17th, 2011
After yesterday’s positive London reception, things are looking good for Steven Spielberg’s “The Adventures of Tintin,” but will the Academy respond to it? We don’t know, but John Williams’s old-school score, at least, looks a solid bet.
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