More gold for Jennifer Lawrence, while Martin Freeman beats Daniel Day-Lewis.
'Skyfall' wins big at Empire Awards as Helen Mirren sticks up for the ladies
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:38 am · March 25th, 2013
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'Skyfall,' 'The Avengers,' 'The Hobbit' lead nominations for Jameson Empire Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:00 am · March 1st, 2013
But what films were Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway nominated for?
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Roundup: The greatest hits of Roger Deakins
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:15 am · February 22nd, 2013
Also: Does the Academy still have a blockbuster blind spot?
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Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' leads the way with Saturn Awards nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:29 am · February 20th, 2013
Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” led the way with nine nominations for the 39th annual Saturn Awards, recognizing the best in genre filmmaking. It picked up nods in the Best Fantasy Film and Best Director categories, among others. Not far behind were Ang Lee’s Oscar nominee “Life of Pi” with eight and Sam Mendes’s James Bon actioner “Skyfall” with seven.
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Production Design
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:05 am · February 20th, 2013
‘Anna Karenina,’ ‘The Hobbit,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Lincoln’ and ‘Les Misérables’ square off.
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'Les Misérables,' 'Brave,' 'Homeland' sound right to Cinema Audio Society
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:15 pm · February 16th, 2013
Is it clear sailing to a Best Sound Mixing Oscar for the musical?
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Visual Effects
Posted by gerardkennedy · 10:51 am · February 8th, 2013
‘The Avengers,’ ‘The Hobbit,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Prometheus’ and ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ square off.
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Oscar Guide: 2013: Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Posted by gerardkennedy · 6:33 am · February 8th, 2013
‘Hitchcock,’ ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ and ‘Les Misérables’ square off
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'Cloud Atlas,' 'Impossible,' 'Life of Pi,' 'Lincoln' lead International Film Music nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:38 am · February 7th, 2013
Sometimes I feel like it would be helpful for the International Film Music Critics Association to release its list of nominees prior to the Oscar nominations. There is no real “precursor” to help understand what the music branch might be thinking. Then again, as evidenced by this year’s slate, maybe they wouldn’t be that helpful at all. A critics group’s choices are bound to differ from a group of composers’ choices, and so it has this year.
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'Life of Pi' and 'Brave' rule the 11th annual Visual Effects Society Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:39 pm · February 5th, 2013
It was a predictably great night for “Life of Pi” at tonight’s Visual Effects Society Awards as the film picked up four prizes, including the big daddy, Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Motion Picture. Not only that, but as previously announced, the film’s director, Ang Lee, received the Society’s Visionary Award.
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Roundup: How 'The Hobbit' made the VFX shortlist sight unseen
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:55 am · February 1st, 2013
Also: ‘Argo’ an illegal hit in Iran, and Hackford to relinquish DGA presidency
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'Argo,' 'Life of Pi,' 'The Hobbit' and 'Skyfall' lead with MPSE nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:43 am · January 18th, 2013
This year’s Oscar nominees for Best Sound Editing were “Argo,” “Django Unchained,” “Life of Pi,” “Skyfall” and “Zero Dark Thirty.” Though intriguingly, even with inflated categories including eight nominees, Kathryn Bigelow’s bin Laden manhunt effort failed to receive a notice in the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ (MPSE) Golden Reel Awards nominations, revealed today.
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'Skyfall,' 'Hunger Games' and others join Oscar nominees on Costume Designers Guild list
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:27 pm · January 17th, 2013
Guild has separate categories for period, fantasy and contemporary work.
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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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Tech Support: Final predictions for Makeup, Score, Song, Production Design, Visual Effects
Posted by gerardkennedy · 7:24 am · January 8th, 2013
So here we go. After several months of previewing the contenders, it’s time to predict the nominees for the 85th Annual Academy Awards in the crafts categories.
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'The Hobbit,' 'Lincoln' surprise with Cinema Audio Society nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 am · January 8th, 2013
The Cinema Audio Society has announced nominees for this year’s awards honoring excellence in sound mixing.
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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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