Entertainment Weekly columnist (and a dabbler in fiction) Stephen King is the first out of the gate this year with a top 10 list, beating the usual early likes of Peter Travers et al to the punch. King’s lists are always, shall we say, unique. They generally lean toward the populist and make it rather […]
Stephen King’s top 10 films of 2010
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:22 am · November 24th, 2010
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TECH SUPPORT: Best Makeup — Volume II
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:13 am · November 4th, 2010
As I said last week (and have said several times before), no category is year-in and-year-out more perplexing than Best Makeup. Each year, this branch finds ways to turn otherwise dubious awards contenders into bona fide Oscar nominees — dubious because often nominees might be abysmal or relatively obscure. The branch seems to have its […]
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TECH SUPPORT: Best Makeup — Volume I
Posted by gerardkennedy · 11:14 am · August 12th, 2010
Makeup and hairstyling builds characters by transforming actors with realism or imagination that would otherwise be lacking on the screen. With the announcement that the Best Visual Effects is expanding to include five nominees this year, Best Makeup now remains the sole category to have three nominees, chosen from a “bake-off” of seven finalists which […]
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FRIDAY FORECAST: Hey, remember the 80s?
Posted by Chad Hartigan · 1:03 pm · June 11th, 2010
*All historical figures cited are adjusted to today’s dollars. A thousand apologies for being off the grid for a little over a week. I was in Germany for a screening of my film and was happily without internet or phone for most of the trip. Sadly, I returned to the news that “Shrek Forever After” […]
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