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Throughout the morning and early afternoon we took statements from or hopped on the phone with 44 of today’s Oscar nominees. Their reactions… Maggie Gyllenhaal, supporting actress, “Crazy Heart”: The thing is, you know, I’m so proud of the movie and I always have been, more proud of it than any of the work I’ve […]
The nominees react
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:08 am · February 2nd, 2010
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11/23 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:23 am · November 23rd, 2009
• Dave Karger cusses with “Fantastic Mr. Fox” star Bill Murray. [Oscar Watch] • Owen Gleiberman whines about the snubbing of inferior documentaries, fails to recognize the solid slate of short-listed films we ended up with. [Entertainment Weekly] • Nicolas Rapold talks to the principals of “The Last Station.” [New York Times]
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SHORT TAKE: “The Princess and the Frog” (***)
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:58 pm · November 6th, 2009
It’s a little difficult to argue with the nostalgia that Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog” conjures. As effective as Pixar has been for over a decade and as exciting as the computer-generated leaps have been in animation, there is something to be said about a well-crafted, traditional piece of animated feature filmmaking. Filmmakers Ron […]
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8/3 Web Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:06 am · August 3rd, 2009
• Steven Miessner, the Academy’s white-gloved “keeper of the Oscars,” dead at 48. [USA Today] • Steve Weintraub talks “The Princess and the Frog” with directors Ron Clements and John Musker (at Comic-Con). [Collider] • The unmade films of Stanley Kubrick, including “Foucault’s Pendulum,” “Napoleon” and “Perfume.” [Empire]
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