‘The Avengers,’ ‘The Hobbit,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Prometheus’ and ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ square off.
Oscar Guide 2013: Best Visual Effects
Posted by gerardkennedy · 10:51 am · February 8th, 2013
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Tech Support: 'Life of Pi' and 'Lincoln' lead the crafts category nominations
Posted by gerardkennedy · 12:04 pm · January 10th, 2013
And they’re here. Another year come and another set of nominees in the Academy’s crafts categories, highlighting the invaluable contributions to our movies by behind-the-lines, “below the line” artists.
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'The Hobbit,' 'Avengers' and 'Life of Pi' lead Visual Effects Society nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:52 am · January 7th, 2013
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” picked up seven nominations from the Visual Effects Society. “The Avengers” and “Life of Pi” weren’t far behind with six each.
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'Anna Karenina,' 'Cloud Atlas,' 'Skyfall' among Art Directors Guild nominees
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:56 pm · January 2nd, 2013
The Art Directors Guild has announced nominees for excellence in production design. A wide cross-section of work was selected, though high-profile exclusions include “The Master,” “Django Unchained” and “Moonrise Kingdom.”
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2012: the year in superlatives
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:28 am · December 31st, 2012
Awarding the best in Oscar’s categories and ours.
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'Amour' and 'The Master' lead London Critics' Circle nominations
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:15 am · December 18th, 2012
‘Beasts,’ ‘Pi’ fend off ‘Lincoln,’ ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ in Film of the Year field
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'Impossible' snubbed as Oscar's VFX race is cut to 10 films
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:41 am · November 29th, 2012
‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Cloud Atlas’ and a trio of superhero movies all make the cut.
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Tech Support: 'Avengers,' 'Les Mis' and 'Skyfall' stir it up with others in Best Sound Mixing
Posted by gerardkennedy · 8:31 am · November 22nd, 2012
One of the most competitive crafts categories this year is an embarrassment of riches.
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Tech Support: 'Anna Karenina,' 'Les Mis' and 'Lincoln' lead the race for Best Production Design
Posted by gerardkennedy · 8:14 am · November 1st, 2012
Other contenders include ‘Prometheus’ and ‘Cloud Atlas’ as period, fantasy and contemporary mix it up.
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Tech Support: 'Avengers,' 'Dark Knight Rises' and 'The Hobbit' lead Best Visual Effects race
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:09 am · October 18th, 2012
Other formidable contenders include “Life of Pi” and “The Impossible.”
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Tech Support: Kicking off 2012's crafts coverage
Posted by gerardkennedy · 7:45 am · October 4th, 2012
Today marks the beginning of the seventh year of Tech Support here at In Contention.
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Tell us what you thought of 'Prometheus'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:57 am · June 8th, 2012
Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’ prequel hits theaters today.
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The Lists: Top 10 performances in Ridley Scott's sci-fi trio
Posted by Roth Cornet · 9:05 am · June 6th, 2012
With ‘Prometheus’ on the way, we look at the director’s work with actors in the genre
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On 'Cabin in the Woods,' 'Prometheus' and spoilerphobia
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:47 am · April 17th, 2012
Some critics have landed in hot water for revealing a so-called “twist” in “The Cabin in the Woods,” but are some readers too sensitive to spoilers?
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Your space to geek out over latest trailer for 'Prometheus'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:09 am · March 19th, 2012
So, what did you see over the weekend? “21 Jump Street,” possibly — though to judge from recent chatter on Twitter and elsewhere, no new release got people more excited over the past two days than the 150-second trailer for Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus,” the possible “Alien” prequel with a dream cast headed up by Charlize […]
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The Lists: Our top 10 most anticipated films of 2012
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:54 am · January 3rd, 2012
With a new year comes a new reserve of hope for what the multiplexes might have to offer. While HitFix has already cranked out a big list of 30 titles most movie-lovers are anticipating this year, we at In Contention put our heads together and came up with our own.
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A look at science fiction in 2012
Posted by Roth Cornet · 11:24 am · December 27th, 2011
The trailer for Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” was released last week, and for science-fiction appreciators, it served as a reminder that 2012 has the potential to be one of the strongest years for smart sci-fi in recent memory.
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