'Harry Potter' and 'Hugo' lead Saturn nominations with 10 each

Posted by · 11:14 am · March 1st, 2012

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films have announced the nominees for this year’s Saturn Awards and they are fairly across the map.

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Box office and Oscar, from 'Deathly Hallows' to 'Tree of Life'

Posted by · 10:21 am · February 26th, 2012

It’s Oscar Sunday and by tonight, it’ll be all done but the cryin’, as they say. But as we gear up for today’s festivities, I thought I’d take a look at the box office of this year’s Oscar nominees for the first time this season.

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John Williams wins five awards from International Film Music critics

Posted by · 10:19 am · February 24th, 2012

The International Film Music Critics Association has offered up the final precursor awards announcement of the season as we head into the weekend, which will bring the Independent Spirit Awards and, finally, the Oscars. And John Williams had a great day, it turns out.

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'War Horse,' 'Super 8' win with MPSE

Posted by · 10:09 pm · February 19th, 2012

The Motion Picture Sound Editors’ (MPSE) 59th annual Golden Reel Awards were held this evening, celebrating excellence in sound editing. “Super 8,” you’ll recall, led the way with nominees (as well as with the Cinema Audio Society), yet failed to score an Oscar nod in either sound category.

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The top 10 shots of 2011: part two

Posted by · 6:58 am · February 15th, 2012

As we inch closer to the Oscar ceremony that will signal the true end of the 2011 film year, we reflect on the best single images captured on film (or digital drive, if you will). Today we wrap things up in the second part of this annual piece, offering up the five best shots of the year.

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John Williams, Michael Giacchino, Chemical Brothers nominated by film music critics

Posted by · 7:37 am · February 10th, 2012

This year’s list of International Film Music Critics Association nominees was predictably dominated by John Williams, who landed seven nominations across the various categories for his two Oscar-nominated scores: “The Adventures of Tintin” and “War Horse.” Not too far back with five nods was “The Artist” composer Ludovic Bource.

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From 'Jaws' to 'Star Wars,' 'Raiders' to 'Tintin': John Williams celebrates his 80th birthday

Posted by · 7:16 pm · February 8th, 2012

In celebration of his 80th birthday, we look at some of composer John Williams’s most indelible and iconic cinematic scores, including, “Star Wars, “Jaws,” “Harry Potter” and “E.T.”

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'Rango,' 'Apes' and 'Transformers' dominate the 10th annual Visual Effects Society Awards

Posted by · 9:53 pm · February 7th, 2012

It was a good night for Industrial Light & Magic at the 10th annual Visual Effects Society Awards, which went down this evening. The company’s work in films like “Rango” and “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” dominated the proceedings, the former surprisingly sweeping the animated categories.

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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Music (Original Score)

Posted by · 8:17 am · February 7th, 2012

While the music branch’s choices (or lack thereof) in Best Original Song could be considered shocking, the opposite was true about their final five in Best Original Score. Three of the titles are Best Picture nominees, the branch’s favorite composer of all time is double-nominated yet again and all but one of the finalists have been nominated previously.

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'Rango' wins big at the 39th Annie Awards

Posted by · 8:39 pm · February 4th, 2012

The 39th annual Annie Awards were held this evening at UCLA’s Royce Hall in West Los Angeles and it was Gore Verbinski’s “Rango” that came out on top.

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'Hugo' wins big with International 3d Society

Posted by · 3:22 pm · February 2nd, 2012

The International 3D Society announced its list of award winners today, and, well, I guess they pretty much did a good job of pointing out all the NON-crappy 3D in theaters this year. Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” won three awards.

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Round-up: Madge's vote for Malick

Posted by · 6:30 am · January 31st, 2012

Also: In praise of Viola Davis, and J.Lo and Uggie added to Oscar bill

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The Long Shot: Fade away and radiate

Posted by · 1:50 pm · January 25th, 2012

This year’s Oscar nominations were not only kind to Hollywood’s old guard, but a number of films with their eye on the rear-view mirror.

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Stuck in the middle with you: thoughts on the Oscar nominations

Posted by · 2:28 pm · January 24th, 2012

If it’s hard to settle on one emotional response to this year’s Academy Award nominations, that could be the result of the Academy’s own split instincts.

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Tech Support: 'The Artist,' 'Hugo,' 'Dragon Tattoo' and 'War Horse' feature heavily in Oscar's crafts categories

Posted by · 1:12 pm · January 24th, 2012

This morning, many crafts artists in Hollywood (and elsewhere in the world) found out that they are heading to the Kodak Theatre for the 84th Annual Academy Awards. The thrill they are experiencing must be difficult to describe.

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The Lists: Top 10 things we learned about the Academy today

Posted by · 9:13 am · January 24th, 2012

It’s been a busy morning. The nominees are out. About a thousand different variations of “it’s humbling and exciting” are coming through from the various contenders. And all eyes are fixing on February 26. But as we transition into phase two of the 2011-2012 film awards season, it’s worth it to pause and consider what we might have learned today.

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My dream Oscar ballot: part two

Posted by · 12:55 pm · January 22nd, 2012

Guy Lodge’s wishlist for Tuesday’s Oscar nominations continues with a look at the major categories. Films mentioned range from “Weekend” to “Drive” to “Bridesmaids.”

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PGA voters ignore box office, reward 'The Artist' and 'Tintin'

Posted by · 1:57 am · January 22nd, 2012

Let’s just say that if you were expecting any film besides “The Artist” to triumph at the Producers’ Guild of America Awards, you clearly haven’t been paying attention. After dominating the critics’ awards and taking three Golden Globes, the French phenomenon had its first taste of Guild glory last night — solidly confirming its status […]

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