J.K. Simmons and Patricia Arquette close out a Sundance-to-Oscars year

Posted by · 5:58 pm · February 22nd, 2015

Capping off over a year of praise and superlatives that began with Sundance premieres in January of 2014 and kicked off the season with kudos from the New York Film Critics Circle in December, “Boyhood’s” Patricia Arquette and “Whiplash’s” J.K. Simmons walked away with supporting actress and supporting actor honors at the 87th annual Academy Awards Sunday night.

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No, J.K. Simmons is not going to join Twitter

Posted by · 5:42 pm · February 22nd, 2015

Best Supporting Actor winner J.K. Simmons talks to the press backstage at the Oscars.

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StreamFix: 5 Weird Movies Starring Oscar Nominees on Netflix Now

Posted by · 3:47 pm · February 18th, 2015

What could be better than undermining the success of Oscar nominees by watching their earlier, weaker films? Let’s do this.

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Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons is one of Oscar night's true locks

Posted by · 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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Brad Pitt leads an 'Oyelowo' sing-along at Palm Springs awards gala

Posted by · 9:15 pm · January 3rd, 2015

The 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival lit up the desert night sky Saturday night with an awards gala recognizing top prospects in this year’s Oscar race.

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'Birdman' and genre love from Las Vegas film critics

Posted by · 12:44 pm · December 18th, 2014

The Las Vegas Film Critics Society is the latest regional critics group to unveil award winners for 2014, and it was “Birdman” that came away the biggest hit with seven awards, including Best Picture.

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Stop the presses: 'Boyhood' shut out by a critics group

Posted by · 10:12 am · December 18th, 2014

The Utah Film Critics Association has spoken up with its list of superlatives this year and “Birdman” came out on top, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay honors.

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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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Did Oscar return to the Sundance Film Festival this year?

Posted by · 1:43 pm · January 29th, 2014

Did the 2015 awards season sprout in Park City this year? We take a look at some of the possibilities.

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