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In so many words, this is it. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveils it’s slate of nominees bright and early tomorrow morning, and this being the first year with a 10-film Best Picture field, all eyes will be on the top category to gauge which way the wind blew on this AMPAS […]
OFF THE CARPET: The time is nigh
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:44 pm · February 1st, 2010
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Mark Harris on Zoe Saldana and performance capture
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:24 am · January 27th, 2010
Perhaps I missed it, but I’m surprised there hasn’t been more online conversation about EW writer Mark Harris’s recent critical essay on “Avatar” and performance capture technology.As one would expect from the author of “Pictures at a Revolution,” it’s a thoughtful piece, but one that should stir up considerable dissent. He begins by slamming James […]
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OFF THE CARPET: All Globed out
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:13 am · January 18th, 2010
As it turned out, the only celebration I made it to last night was Fox’s Globes after-party at Craft in Century City. Given that “Avatar” and “Crazy Heart” were two of three films to win more than one Globe (the other being Pixar’s “Up”), it kind of felt like the place to be. The early […]
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1/14 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:03 am · January 14th, 2010
• Buzz Aldrin, Willie Nelson and more comment on the accuracy of a number of the season’s contenders. [Variety] • Peter Jackson and Stanley Tucci talk “The Lovely Bones.” [FearNet] • Brooks Barnes Q&As “The Hurt Locker” writer Mark Boal. [The Carpetbagger]
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Zoe Saldana gets her first awards recognition of the year…
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:21 am · January 6th, 2010
…from the NAACP (for “Avatar,” that is). And in supporting. But I guess that’ll do. Check out the full list of nominees at our Circuit page.
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Hope for Saldana
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:25 pm · January 4th, 2010
The closes to a breakthrough with motion capture, and/or animation being added to an actor’s performance would be Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Most of the acting Pitt did was as the half-animated Button – barely recognizable and a performance that simply couldn’t have been gotten without aided technology. That shows […]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 16 — ‘Nine’ stumbles, so cui bono? Plus ‘Avatar’ as frontrunner and forecasting the films of 2010
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:42 am · January 1st, 2010
Welcome to the first installment of Oscar Talk of 2010 and, indeed, of the new decade. Oscar Talk is your weekly kudocast between yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood. It’s been two weeks since we dug into the Oscar race in this space. Here’s what’s on the docket today: • Rob Marshall’s […]
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1/1 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:04 am · January 1st, 2010
Happy New Year! • Jeffrey Wells wants a Best Actress nomination for “Avatar” star Zoe Saldana. [Hollywood Elsewhere] • David Poland calls for the same, amid a number of other history-making Oscar moments that could be in the cards this season. [Movie City News] • Steve Pond finds a nifty way of revealing his top […]
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12/15 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:01 am · December 15th, 2009
• Karina Longworth holds her nose and writes about Oscar, but makes a compelling case for “Avatar” as the “timeliest” film of the season. [Little Gold Men] • The film’s star, Zoe Saldana, on the state of women in Hollywood. [Speakeasy] • Charting the best music documentaries of the decade. [The Playlist]
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11/24 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:09 am · November 24th, 2009
• Pete Hammond, with box office ammunition in hand, keeps banging the gong for Sandra Bullock in a bad movie. And it just might happen. [Notes on a Season] • Speaking of “The Blind Side,” Patrick Goldstein dedicates a great many words to the film’s director, John Lee Hancock. [The Big Picture] • “Nine,” the […]
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EW’s Wonder Women panel at the Con
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:14 am · July 24th, 2009
I was bummed I had to miss yesterday’s Entertainment Weekly-sponsored women’s showcase here at Comic-Con, but luckily the mag has video snippets available for viewing now. No embed feature, though, which is unfortuate, but go give them a look anyway. Panelists included Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana, Elizabeth Mitchell and Eliza Dushku.
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COMIC-CON: James Cameron unveils impressive ‘Avatar’ footage
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:21 pm · July 23rd, 2009
James Cameron made his long-awaited trip to San Diego this afternoon for the world premiere of 25 minutes of footage from his upcoming film “Avatar,” and the reaction was as enthused as it could have been. A scene-by-scene description is probably the best way to go about this, so first that, then quotes from the […]
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REVIEW: “Star Trek” (****)
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:32 am · May 4th, 2009
From pulse-pounding beginning to edge-of-your-seat end, J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” moves at a break-neck pace that never lets up, never misses a beat and shockingly, never loses itself in its labyrinthine story. It is a near-perfect action thrill ride that ticks off every box on the ultimate movie experience checklist and perhaps adds a few […]
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