It almost feels like what the 2013 film awards season needs is a nice prestige-level dose of the outrageous, something bonkers, something to take the edge off. Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” is here to answer the call.
Is 'The Wolf of Wall Street' just what the doctor ordered this Oscar season?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:20 am · December 1st, 2013
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Exclusive: Chaos ensues in new poster for 'The Wolf of Wall Street'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:00 am · November 22nd, 2013
The darkly comedic tone of Martin Scorsese’s latest is readily apparent in a new poster Paramount has provided HitFix with to premiere this afternoon. Just look at this chaos!
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Martin Scorsese has a present for you this Christmas
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:31 pm · October 29th, 2013
After weeks of speculation in the media Paramount Pictures has officially confirmed Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” for a Christmas Day release.
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Roundup: DiCaprio goes the presidential biopic route
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:07 am · September 17th, 2013
Also: Wrapping Toronto, and AFI sets an awards date.
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3 on 3: Will 'The Wolf of Wall Street' be a new Martin Scorsese classic?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:58 pm · June 17th, 2013
In a new installment of our “3 on 3” series, three HitFix staffers answer pressing questions about Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” after getting a load of the new trailer.
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3 on 3: 'The Great Gatsby' finally hits theaters, now what?
Posted by Drew McWeeny · 11:50 pm · May 8th, 2013
Three HitFix movie insiders answer some pertinent questions surrounding the long awaited opening of Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby.”
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Will 'The Great Gatsby' find any room in a new Oscar season?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:39 am · May 6th, 2013
Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby” is hitting theaters this week in advance of opening the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 15. If you’ll recall, the film was all set to open last December amid the awards season glut as part of an already packed Warner Bros. slate. But it was shuffled on to a summer 2013 release to allow more time for post-production and, surely, to have a fighting chance at making some money.
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan up the glamour in latest 'Great Gatsby' trailer
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:33 am · April 4th, 2013
Trailer also features new cuts from Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey and Florence Welch.
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Lasse Hallström on 'Safe Haven,' 'The Hypnotist' and his dream reunion with Leonardo DiCaprio
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:58 pm · March 11th, 2013
We chat to the Oscar-nominated director at the Miami International Film Festival.
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Roundup: On Leonardo DiCaprio's odd Oscar history
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:49 am · January 15th, 2013
Also: The genius of Jodie Foster’s speech, and the oldest living Oscar nominees
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Big moments for Bill Clinton, Jodie Foster and Ben Affleck at the 70th annual Golden Globes
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:43 am · January 14th, 2013
It was all smiles at the Warner Bros./In Style party Sunday night as team “Argo” had grabbed yet another one-two Best Picture/Best Director punch after the film’s director Ben Affleck was unceremoniously snubbed from the Oscars’ Best Director line-up late last week.
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'Django Unchained' star Leonardo DiCaprio to receive Santa Barbara's American Riviera Award
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:25 pm · January 2nd, 2013
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has announced that “Django Unchained” star Leonardo DiCaprio will received its American Riviera Award.
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The Long Shot: Categorically speaking
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:22 pm · December 12th, 2012
The leading-supporting divide is blurrier than ever in this year’s Oscar race
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Off the Carpet: Four score, er, more to go
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:40 am · November 19th, 2012
Four big entries remain — “Django Unchained,” “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” “Les Misérables” and “Zero Dark Thirty” — each of them having been watched like a hawk as they race toward completion.
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As Waltz goes lead, might we want to keep an eye on Samuel L. Jackson in 'Django Unchained?'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:42 pm · November 8th, 2012
A source says the actor nails his best role in a long while.
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Christoph Waltz elevated to the Best Actor race for 'Django Unchained'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:30 am · November 8th, 2012
He’ll compete with co-star Jamie Foxx for a spot in a crowded race.
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Roundup: Is 'Django' riding to Rome?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:39 am · October 11th, 2012
Also: Gandolfini in ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ and revisiting the best of the 90s
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Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' trailer promises an assured romp with lush production values
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:30 pm · June 6th, 2012
The Weinstein Company is bursting at the seems with possibilities for this year’s awards season, as I’ll detail further when I write up the year’s first Off the Carpet column next week. One of those films is Quentin Tarantino’s hotly anticipated “Django Unchained,” which gets a nice, shiny trailer today on the heels of some footage that debuted at the Cannes Film Festival last month.
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