HitFix’s Guy Lodge and Kristopher Tapley shine a light on some of “Gravity” star Sandra Bullock’s less-remembered but nevertheless top-notch performances through the years.
Six Sandra Bullock performances that are better than you remember
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:16 pm · October 3rd, 2013
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Sandra Bullock and George Clooney take 'Gravity' to New York
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 11:21 pm · October 1st, 2013
Sandra Bullock, George Clooney and Alfonso Cuaron celebrated the New York premiere of “Gravity” along with some, um, younger guests including Emma Watson and Katie Holmes.
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Alfonso Cuarón on the long, strange trip of 'Gravity'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:49 am · September 25th, 2013
“Gravity” director Alfonso Cuarón tells HitFix about the four-year journey to bring his space odyssey to life, the process of collaborating with his son on the screenplay, the technological advances that were required to achieve his vision and the joy of finally experiencing it through the eyes of an audience.
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Sandra Bullock: Alfonso Cuarón gave me the balls to do 'Gravity'
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 8:39 pm · September 17th, 2013
Sandra Bullock sits down to talk about the experience of shooting Alfonso Cuaron’s “Gravity” and how the puppeteers from the stage play “War Horse” allowed her to fly.
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Off the Carpet: Reindeer games
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:53 pm · September 8th, 2013
Something I’ve been fending off as just inside baseball bitching suddenly stuck in my craw this week. So let’s get this business out of the way at the top so we can enjoy the season.
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James Cameron on 'Gravity': 'It's the movie I've been hungry to see for an awful long time'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:58 pm · September 4th, 2013
“Gravity” is a full-on ride, as immersive an experience as you could hope for in a movie. It puts you right there with Sandra Bullock, having its way with your equilibrium. So it’s high praise when a guy like James Cameron calls it “the best space film ever done.”
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Telluride: 'All is Lost' and 'Gravity' play with similar themes at sea and in space
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:38 am · September 1st, 2013
Survive this life-affirming double feature.
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Review: Sandra Bullock dances into great silence in Alfonso Cuarón's astonishing 'Gravity'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:28 am · August 28th, 2013
Short but vast Venice opener delivers on the hype.
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Alfonso Cuarón's 'Gravity' to open 70th annual Venice Film Festival
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:59 am · July 3rd, 2013
Eagerly awaited opener portends a starry festival lineup.
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Tell us what you thought of 'The Heat'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:05 pm · June 28th, 2013
The Sandra Bullock-Melissa McCarthy buddy comedy opens today.
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Ed Harris heads back to mission control for Alfonso Cuarón's 'Gravity'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:42 am · May 9th, 2013
A source confides that Ed Harris is featured in the role of a mission control voice in Alfonso Cuaron’s new film. It might seem like just a nice bit of casting with a recognizable voice, but it’s also a lovely ode to one of the actor’s Oscar-nominated performances.
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Kristen Stewart, 'Terminator 2,' Jim Carrey: 10 fun facts about the MTV Movie Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:00 pm · April 8th, 2013
The MTV Movie Awards are coming up this weekend (April 14), and the slate of nominees wasn’t as terrible as it has been in recent years, so it might actually be a fun watch. Last year I went back in time for a retrospective on the inaugural edition from 1992, and I plan to go back to the 1993 awards in an upcoming piece. In the meantime, here’s something different.
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Sandra Bullock to attend Super Bowl with 'Blind Side' family
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:32 am · February 3rd, 2013
Believe it or not, there’s a bit of an Oscar angle to today’s big game. This year’s Super Bowl pits the San Francisco 49ers against the Baltimore Ravens, and on the offensive line of the latter, defending Joe Flacco’s blind side throughout the game, will be Michael Oher, subject of the 2009 Oscar-winning film “The Blind Side.”
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Redgrave and the ladies of 'The Help' lead the conversation on Best Supporting Actress
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:51 am · October 17th, 2011
Rounding out four weeks of performance analysis this week, we turn to Best Adapted Screenplay. Contenders include Vanessa Redgrave, Octavia Spencer, the ubiquitous Jessica Chastain and Shailene Woodley, among others.
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The Long Shot: But is it 'The Artist?'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:15 am · October 6th, 2011
Since being picked up by The Weinstein Company at Cannes, Michel Hazanavicius’s acclaimed silent-cinema homage “The Artist” has been stirring buzz as the potential arthouse dark horse of the Oscar race. But could it actually be the one to beat?
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