'The Hobbit,' 'Avengers' and 'Life of Pi' lead Visual Effects Society nominations

Posted by · 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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Previewing the WGA Award nominees

Posted by · 6:15 pm · January 2nd, 2013

Don’t expect the Academy to mirror them too closely.

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Ben Affleck sets the record straight on 'Justice League'

Posted by · 9:37 pm · December 19th, 2012

The internet was abuzz a few months back when an overzealous report put Ben Affleck in the driver’s seat of the planned Warner Bros. team-up film “Justice League.” The report was soon enough shot down and everyone went about their business, but in a recent interview about his work on “Argo,” Affleck said he hated talking about it in the media at all because the eventual stories shed a negative light on the project.

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'Les Misérables' leads Phoenix critics' nods

Posted by · 4:00 pm · December 11th, 2012

‘The Avengers’ manages a Best Picture nomination.

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'Impossible' snubbed as Oscar's VFX race is cut to 10 films

Posted by · 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 · 8:31 am · November 22nd, 2012

One of the most competitive crafts categories this year is an embarrassment of riches.

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Roundup: What great genre-film performances deserve some love this year?

Posted by · 5:54 am · November 19th, 2012

Also: Playing down the ‘Skyfall’ Oscar buzz, and a look at the doc feature race

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Tech Support: 'Looper,' 'Django' and 'Flight' highlight the race for Best Sound Editing

Posted by · 9:49 am · October 25th, 2012

Other formidable contenders include “The Avengers” and “The Dark Knight Rises.”

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Tech Support: 'Avengers,' 'Dark Knight Rises' and 'The Hobbit' lead Best Visual Effects race

Posted by · 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 · 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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Best Picture 2013: Potential nominees from 'Amour' to 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Posted by · 7:36 pm · September 25th, 2012

Surveying the field as the 2012-2013 Oscar season commences.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 87 — Fall fests, 'The Master,' 'Silver Linings,' 'Argo' kick off the season

Posted by · 10:46 am · September 15th, 2012

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the movies that have launched the season at the beginning of the fall festival circuit as a new season of Oscar Talk kicks off.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 85 — Special Edition! — Cannes 2012 dispatch

Posted by · 5:05 pm · May 25th, 2012

In this week’s special edition podcast Kris and Anne are joined by Guy Lodge for a lengthy discussion of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

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License to brood: James Bond and Batman wrestle internal and external demons

Posted by · 5:10 pm · May 20th, 2012

What do our broodingly complex contemporary heroes have to say about our modern vision and version of “the ideal?”

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‘The Avengers’ director Joss Whedon is a contemporary pop mythologist

Posted by · 10:32 am · May 11th, 2012

Joss Whedon has had a small legion of devoted fans for years. We take a look at the (now mass) appeal of the artist.

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Tech Support: See (or hear) how Lou Ferrigno lives on as part of the Hulk in 'The Avengers'

Posted by · 10:44 am · May 9th, 2012

The Soundworks Collection’s latest profile reveals the film’s aural design.

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Tell us what you thought of 'The Avengers'

Posted by · 10:47 pm · May 3rd, 2012

The film opens this weekend.

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The Lists: Top 10 performances in comic book movies

Posted by · 11:44 am · May 1st, 2012

With “The Avengers” hitting theaters imminently and “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “The Dark Knight Rises” still to come, we look at the top portrayals of film’s comic book subgenre.

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