'Argo,' 'Mud' and 'Girls' among the winners at Casting Society of America Awards

Posted by · 6:19 am · November 19th, 2013

“Mud” was the only 2013 film honored at the Casting Society of America’s Artios Awards, which otherwise flashed back to the 2012 Oscar race — as “Argo” once more bested its Best Picture rivals. “Homeland” and “Girls” were among the TV winners.

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'Skyfall,' 'Life of Pi,' 'Les Mis,' 'Wreck-It Ralph' and 'Game of Thrones' win MPSE Awards

Posted by · 10:08 pm · February 17th, 2013

With the costumers set to declare on Tuesday, the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 60th annual Golden Reel Awards, announced this evening, were the penultimate industry group to hand out awards in advance of next weekend’s Oscar showdown. And it was “Life of Pi” that came out the big winner, taking two awards on the night. But 007 had some plans of his own.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 105 — Affleck wins another and the nominees do lunch

Posted by · 8:00 am · February 8th, 2013

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss Ben Affleck’s DGA victory, the annual nominees luncheon and the recently held Annie and Visual Effects Society Awards and analyze the Best Animated Short category.

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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Animated Feature Film

Posted by · 6:37 am · February 5th, 2013

‘Brave,’ ‘Frankenweenie,’ ‘ParaNorman,’ ‘The Pirates! Band of Misfits’ and ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ slug it out.

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'Argo,' 'Wreck-It Ralph,' 'Searching for Sugar Man,' 'Homeland' win PGA Awards

Posted by · 9:04 pm · January 26th, 2013

Does that wrap it up for Best Picture or is there more nuance at play?

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'Skyfall,' 'Best Exotic,' 'Ted' join the usual in ACE Eddie nominations

Posted by · 5:00 am · January 11th, 2013

The American Cinema Editors (ACE) decided there was no rush and chose to hold its announcement for nominations honoring excellence in filmmaking until after the Oscar nominations landed. This despite being ready to announce on Tuesday. I applaud them for that. Just because the Academy says “jump” doesn’t mean you have to.

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The critics choose embarrassment

Posted by · 8:43 pm · January 10th, 2013

I apologized to BFCA president Joey Berlin after this evening’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards for being frank about it, but I couldn’t tell a lie: this year’s show was an embarrassment. Appalling, I’d go so far to say.

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'The Hobbit,' 'Lincoln' surprise with Cinema Audio Society nominations

Posted by · 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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'Lincoln' dominates North Texas film critics awards

Posted by · 6:38 pm · January 7th, 2013

The North Texas Film Critics Association has thrown another log on the fire for Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” the film’s second critics Best Picture prize of the season. The film also won Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Anne Hathaway (Best Supporting Actress) and Claudio Miranda (Best Cinematography) kept it from being a clean sweep. Check out the full list of winners below.

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'Skyfall' joins indies 'Beasts' and 'Moonrise' on list of PGA nominees

Posted by · 1:37 pm · January 2nd, 2013

The nominees for this year’s PGA Awards have been announced.

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2012: the year in superlatives

Posted by · 8:28 am · December 31st, 2012

Awarding the best in Oscar’s categories and ours.

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'Argo,' 'Lincoln' and 'Zero Dark Thirty' lead Alliance of Women Film Journalists nods

Posted by · 12:43 pm · December 22nd, 2012

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced its list of nominees this year, with its own fair share of unique categories. The Best Film nominees were “Argo,” “Lincoln” and “Zero Dark Thirty” (each also cited for Best Director). Winners will be announced next month.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 100 — Looking back, from 'Hurt Locker' to 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Posted by · 8:00 am · December 21st, 2012

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne celebrate their 100th episode by looking back at the show that started them all. They also discuss the ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ controversy and dig in on Best Animated Feature Film.

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'Zero Dark Thirty' wins Best Picture from Austin film critics…and nothing else

Posted by · 8:27 am · December 18th, 2012

“Zero Dark Thirty” remains on top of the critics awards haul today with another Best Picture nod, this time from the Austin Film Critics Association. Oddly, though, the film won nothing else. “The Master” seemed to be more of a favorite, taking Best Director, Best Actor and Best Cinematography.

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Roundup: Almodóvar to receive an Academy tribute in London

Posted by · 4:00 am · December 5th, 2012

Also: The best-ever lone Oscar nods, and is ‘Cloud Atlas’ really 2012’s worst?

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'Brave,' 'Guardians' and 'Wreck-It Ralph' lead 40th annual Annie Awards nominees

Posted by · 8:08 am · December 3rd, 2012

The nominations for the 40th annual Annie Awards were announced today, and Disney had to be all smiles with 27 nominations across four feature films in play. And it was “Brave” and “Wreck-It Ralph” from that stable that led the pack with 10 nominations each.

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Roundup: Low screen count for high frame rate in 'The Hobbit'

Posted by · 7:10 am · November 7th, 2012

Also: Hollywood under Obama, and ‘Skyfall’ still storming Britain

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Roundup: 'Ralph' rules box office, but 'Flight' takes off

Posted by · 7:25 am · November 5th, 2012

Also: Haneke speaks reluctantly, and ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ for Best Pic?

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