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I’ve heard young Thomas Horn is a little heart-breaker in Stephen Daldry’s “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.” And Sandra Bullock seems to me someone to watch for in the supporting actress race, given the narrative of the book on which Eric Roth’s screenplay is based. But Tom Hanks is featured front and center in the [...]
First look at Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn in ‘Extremely Loud’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:01 pm · August 10th, 2011
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An open letter to James Franco
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:32 pm · February 28th, 2011
Dear James, So you don’t think much of the Academy. That’s okay. A lot of us don’t. And after the outcome of last night’s awards — in which capping an inevitable Best Picture Oscar for the safe, stolid stylings of “The King’s Speech” with that extraneous Best Director win for a worried-looking Tom Hooper was [...]
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Until Oscar do us part
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:06 am · February 1st, 2011
A few days ago, a reader responded to a trivia note by Steve Pond, about the number of Best Actor nominees whose Christian names begin with the same letter, with the question, “Is this the point at which we are officially over-saturated with Oscar stats?”. Well, if we weren’t there then, we might be now. [...]
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First Oscar presenters announced
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:36 pm · December 13th, 2010
With the big night still over two months away, it’s rather early for us to be thinking of Oscar telecast details, but you can bet the show’s frantic producers aren’t feeling quite so calm about it all. As we speak, Rolodexes and little black books are being frantically rifled through as the list of presenters [...]
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THE LONG SHOT: When you wish upon a star
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:10 pm · October 6th, 2010
“Mila Kunis is so winning Best Supporting Actress this year,” remarked an independent filmmaker to me over drinks today, referring, of course, to the 27 year-old’s sly breakout turn in Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan.” This was no idle fan statement. The man knew his Oscar onions – his theory was built upon established Academy affection [...]
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Can we ‘Eat’ yet?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:49 pm · August 9th, 2010
For a major star vehicle, directed by the current ruler of prime-time television, that is only four days away from release, shouldn’t the profile of “Eat Pray Love” be a little higher right now? I admit I’m on the wrong side of the Atlantic; perhaps American streets, magazines and airwaves are flooded with promotional material [...]
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Bullock calls for real comedy
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:55 am · March 22nd, 2010
It’s not like one needed a further reason to hop on the “We Love Sandra Bullock” train in this of all weeks, but the actress obligingly provides one anyway in this highly enjoyable Guardian interview with John Patterson. Speaking of the genre that has become her bread and butter over the years, she offers these [...]
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The gift, not the wrapping
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:36 pm · March 8th, 2010
Like a Tiffany engagement ring presented in a Happy Meal box, sometimes the most beautiful gifts come in really cruddy wrapping. And such was the case with last night’s Academy Awards ceremony. On the one hand, the show managed to delight (if not surprise) me with one of the unlikeliest sweeps in Oscar history, making [...]
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Sandra Bullock accepts her Razzie Award for Worst Actress
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:09 am · March 7th, 2010
Well, she said she would. (Video footage of her terrific acceptance speech after the cut.)
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Guy’s final Oscar predictions
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:23 pm · March 6th, 2010
And so it comes to this: more months than I care to count of watching, thinking, sweating, fretting, writing, deleting and occasionally not caring boil down to single predictions in 24 categories. There’s a lot to get through here, and I’m not going to delay things with an introduction. Well, except for this one caveat [...]
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Nut up or shut up: final predictions
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:36 am · March 6th, 2010
As I look over my final predictions for tomorrow night’s Oscar ceremony, I notice that I’ve made only one change — in the Best Live Action Short category — since taking my initial stab the day of the nominations. And I haven’t made a single change since I started the Oscar Guide series. Am I [...]
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THE LONG SHOT: Happy Oscar (War Is Over)
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:01 am · March 4th, 2010
So this is Oscar. And what have you done? Speaking for myself, lately, not a hell of a lot. In the three weeks that this column has been on hiatus – apologies to the handful of you who missed it – it’s remarkable how little the O-word has been on my mind. Yes, I’ve been [...]
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3/3 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:17 am · March 3rd, 2010
• Claude Brodesser-Akner reports that a Sacha Baron Cohen Oscarcast sketch has been nixed to spare James Cameron’s feelings. It was a dumb idea anyway. [Vulture] • Steven Zeitchik on what I’ve been saying until I’m blue in the face: Meryl Streep’s silence has done her no favors during phase two, while Team Bullock continues [...]
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Siding with Sandy
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:22 pm · February 27th, 2010
Nathaniel Rogers’s annual Oscar Symposium wrapped last night over at the Film Experience, and I must say I had a great time taking part. The final day’s conversation wandered all over the map, taking in the original score race (I’m not alone in my love for “The Hurt Locker” there), the merits of The Ten [...]
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OSCAR GUIDE: Best Actress
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:22 am · February 24th, 2010
This year’s Best Actress race is easily the most debated of the major categories. Though one can’t help but wonder why that is, as the writing has seemingly been on the wall for a number of weeks now, stretching back to before the nominations were announced. It was also one of the easiest fields to [...]
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OFF THE CARPET: Are we there yet?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:12 am · February 22nd, 2010
It’s been three weeks since I took note of the season’s course in this space, and really, there has been no need to put our finger to the wind until last week. And frankly, an author making an ass out of himself in public and Harvey Weinstein sooth-saying anyone who would listen (while an array [...]
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Actors pick their favorite performances of the decade
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:03 am · February 18th, 2010
(Courtesy: New York Times Magazine)
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 21 — The home stretch, Santa Barbara tributes, debating the few debatable categories
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:46 am · February 12th, 2010
Welcome to Oscar Talk, a weekly kudocast between yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood. I’m in Santa Barbara this week while Anne is back in Los Angeles. Here’s what’s on the docket: • The Santa Barbara fest is in full swing, including tributes for James Cameron and Sandra Bullock, among others. We [...]
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