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This year’s race for Best Adapted Screenplay has seemingly been the most predictable of the year. One script has dominated the precursor circuit and the name behind that script is as worthy as ever given his contributions to the medium over the years. I’m not particularly a fan of this slate. One script is an […]
OSCAR GUIDE: Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:05 am · February 7th, 2011
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Boyle and Beaufoy and werewolves, oh my
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:03 pm · February 4th, 2011
The best part of this evening for me wasn’t Aaron Sorkin and Ben Mezrich winning an award for “the best adaptation of the printed word into film” (for a work that is debatable as an adaptation in the first place). It was probably talking with finalist Simon Beaufoy about his latest script. Some of this […]
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Predict the DGA nominees
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:43 am · January 7th, 2011
Monday the guild circuit continues — at the start of what will be a very busy week — as the Directors Guild of America (DGA) unveils its list of nominees. The age-old rule of thumb has been that this is perhaps the most consistently foreshadowing precursor, as the five DGA nominees tend to have a […]
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12/10 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: ‘The Fighter’ moves in, Sturgess taks ‘The Way Back,’ Timberlake gets serious
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:10 am · December 10th, 2010
• Elle Fanning: the next Golden Child. [New York Times Magazine] • Pete Hammond joins the flavor of the week: “The Fighter” is insinuating itself into the Best Picture race in a big way. [Deadline] • Anne Thompson chats with “The Way Back” star Jim Sturgess. [Thompson on Hollywood]
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Annual Fox holiday bash draws filmmakers and talent
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:13 am · December 2nd, 2010
20th Century Fox held its annual holiday party on the roof of the Thompson Hotel in Beverly Hills last night. It afforded a good opportunity to corral press members into a tight space with talent from the studio’s five awards season contenders. Newly tapped Oscar host Anne Hathaway was on hand (with “Love & Other […]
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OFF THE CARPET: Giving thanks
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:41 am · November 22nd, 2010
As we move into turkey (or tofurkey, if that happens to be your speed) week 2010, it seems proper, if a tad bit obvious, to take a moment and give thanks. So in lieu of a proper analysis of the season’s progression this week, allow me to express my boundless, breathless appreciation for the following: […]
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Boyle does Fallon
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:15 pm · November 6th, 2010
Nothing overly insightful. Lots of “whoa, dude” silliness from Fallon. But anyway:
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WEEKLY WRAP: ‘127 Hours’ dissent, BIFA nods, interviews
Posted by In Contention Staff · 5:10 am · November 6th, 2010
• Guy didn’t much care for “127 Hours.” That got you talking. • Happily, Kris did, and got talking to director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Simon Beaufoy. • The British Independent Film Award nominations threw some surprises into the mix, handing scads of noms to “The King’s Speech”… and “Kick-Ass.” • Chad’s Life Without Oscar […]
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11/5 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Boyle on ‘127 Hours’ faintings, best in animated villainy, lead actresses must suffer
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:46 am · November 5th, 2010
• Steve Pond gets Danny Boyle’s thoughts on this rash of faintings at screenings of “127 Hours.” [The Odds] • Sasha Stone calls 2010 (so far) one of the best years for film in recent history. [Awards Daily] • “Megamind” gets Josh Wigler thinking about the best animated villains of all time. [MTV Movies Blog]
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INTERVIEW: ‘127 Hours’ director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Simon Beaufoy
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:31 pm · November 4th, 2010
Danny Boyle has been wanting to tell the story of Aron Ralston on celluloid for four years now. He met with the mountain climber in 2006 seeking permission, but at the time, Ralston was looking to convey the story in documentary form. “He didn’t want to make it as a feature with a major actor,” […]
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11/2 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Newton on ‘For Colored Girls,’ Godard’s Oscar revives controversy, ratings board drama
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:30 am · November 2nd, 2010
• Jean-Luc Godard’s Honorary Oscar revives controversy over the director’s supposed anti-Semitism. [New York Times] • Amy Kaufman sits down with “Love & Other Drugs” director Edward Zwick. [The Envelope] • Edward Douglas chats up “For Colored Girls” star Thandie Newton. [Coming Soon]
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On ‘127 Hours,’ and a messy little thing called opinion
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:08 pm · November 1st, 2010
It all started, as so many conflicts do these days, with a tweet. After spending a morning and afternoon musing on “127 Hours,” following a breakfast-time screening on the last day of the London Film Festival, I accepted the hard fact that I simply didn’t like it very much. I wanted to feel differently. Danny […]
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INTERVIEW: ‘127 Hours’ star James Franco
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:29 am · October 26th, 2010
James Franco sits in one of the countless, nondescript rooms on the sixth floor of the Four Seasons hotel in Los Angeles remembering the time he first met mountain climber Aron Ralston in the same building, perhaps in a room not unlike this one. It wasn’t even a year ago — January, to be exact, […]
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Boyle, Beaufoy on pushing the boundaries of cinema
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:43 pm · October 23rd, 2010
I sat down earlier this afternoon with “127 Hours” star James Franco, director Danny Boyle and writer Simon Beaufoy. I’ll have proper written pieces up surrounding each in the coming days but there was something I wanted to share now. Firstly, it’s always a joy to talk cinema with Boyle. He’s a truly excitable character […]
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10/22 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Arndt, Unkrich on Fresh Air, no ‘Hangover’ for Gibson, ‘Paranormal’ sequel scares L.A.
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:39 am · October 22nd, 2010
• Lesley Manville talks “Another Year” across the pond. [The Guardian] • Terry Gross talks with “Toy Story 3” director Lee Unrich and writer Michael Arndt on Fresh Air. [NPR] • Watch in night vision as a Los Angeles audience reacts to a screening of “Paranormal Activity 2.” [HitFix]
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London fest honors Boyle, announces award shortlist
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:49 am · September 29th, 2010
The 2010 London Film Festival only kicks off in two weeks’ time, but with press screenings having started on Monday, I’m already feeling the festival spirit. (Those of you who follow my Twitter feed may have noticed some 140-character reviews trickling through.) Without a major world premiere like “Frost/Nixon” or “Fantastic Mr. Fox” in this […]
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‘127 Hours,’ ‘Social Network’ up for Hollywood fest honors
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:54 am · September 27th, 2010
The press release, in part: The 14th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, presented by Starz, are pleased to announce that producers Danny Boyle and Christian Colson will be honored with the “Hollywood Producer Award,” screenwriter Aaron Sorkin will get the “Hollywood Screenwriter Award,” and Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall will be honored with […]
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9/16 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:46 am · September 16th, 2010
• Jacki Weaver talks “Animal Kingdom” downunder. [New Zealand Herald] • Rowan Joffe on how he conceived “The American” as “an almost parodic contemporary Western.” [Movieline] • Mark Romanek on music videos vs. movies. [Wall Street Journal]
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