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Tell us what you thought of ‘TRON Legacy’
Today kicks off the week of The Dude as “TRON Legacy” hits theaters nationwide. I’ve had my say, but I’d love to hear what you guys think. Come on back here and give us your take when/if you get...
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BOX OFFICE: ‘TRON’ tops
Family gathering insanity for me today, but here’s the chart for you to discuss:
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12/22 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: The reclusive Charles Portis, ‘Avatar’ most-pirated,...
• On the language, cult following and press-shyness of reclusive “True Grit” author Charles Portis. [Speakeasy] • Mike Leigh discusses “Another Year” and why he’ll never make a superhero movie....
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12/23 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Oscar’s age preferences, hear the King’s speech,...
• Anne Thompson talks with “The Way Back” director Peter Weir. [Thompson on Hollywood] • Nathaniel Rogers charts Oscar’s age preferences. [The Film Experience] • Melinda Newman sits down with “True...
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CINEJABBER: Another year over and a new one just begun
Catch up with the idea behind these weekend posts here. Granted, Christmas isn’t universal, but is anyone making it to this page between the turkey and ham and mistletoe and Darlene Love? If so, we...
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77 scores competing for Oscar, ‘Toy Story 3’ not among them
They may have enjoyed a three-year run of nominations in the category, finally taking the gold with “Up” earlier this year, but Pixar’s hot streak in Best Original Score will not continue at the 2010...
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12/30 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Pixar postage stamps, ‘Inception’ most-Tweeted, what...
• Your favorite Pixar characters soon to grace postage stamps. [USPS] • “Inception” tops 2010′s list of most-tweeted movies. [The Independent] • Neville Page on his part in designing “TRON Legacy.”...
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‘Scott Pilgrim,’‘Hereafter’ make visual effects bake-off
As we await the USC Scripter finalists (which should drop any minute), I should pass along the Academy’s bake-off finalists in the Best Visual Effects category. Last month the field was narrowed down...
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‘Shutter Island,’‘Social Network’ surprise with Cinema Audio Society, ‘TRON’...
The immediately striking thing about this year’s slate of nominees from the Cinema Audio Society (which honors sound mixing) is the appearance of “Shutter Island.” This is the film’s second...
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TECH SUPPORT INTERVIEW: The wizardry of ‘TRON Legacy’
It’s somewhat intriguing to note how far the visual effects side of filmmaking has come in the last three decades. When “TRON” was released in 1982, it’s FX wizardry was disqualified from Academy...
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1/14 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Weinstein on the “Oscar movie,” HFPA sued, more bad...
• Former Golden Globes publicist Michael Russell sues the HFPA two days before its biggest night leveling a boatload of accusations. [The Wrap] • Harvey Weinstein himself admits that the stereotype of...
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WEEKLY WRAP: Guilds galore and season fatigue
• The Directors’ Guild of America presented few surprises in their award nominations, though some raised eyebrows at “True Grit”‘s omission. (Their documentary nods didn’t move the needle either.) •...
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In praise of Reznor/Ross
This year’s Best Original Score race really has me at a loss. I freely admit that I have no idea what will happen there. Some days I think we’ll get a small surprise like Alexandre Desplat sliding in...
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TECH SUPPORT: Final analysis, part one
It seems hard to believe that it’s been more than six months since I wrote this year’s introductory Tech Support column ( a dissection of the art direction race). Much has changed since then,...
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My dream Oscar ballot, part one
For the past two years running, I’ve celebrated Oscar Nomination Eve by assembling my own ideal (and, usually, incredibly far-fetched) ballot, so here we go again. As well as a kind of last-ditch...
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CONTEST: T-shirt giveaway!
Alright, we have our last contest of the year. But it’ll have a quick turnaround, so don’t snooze if you’re interested. First, the prize. We have T-shirts for “Animal Kingdom” (you remember the one),...
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‘King’s Speech’ leads the pack with 12 Oscar nominations
On the face of it, the nominees for the 83rd annual Academy Awards seemed fairly unremarkable. Aside from the deafening nature of not hearing Christopher Nolan’s name in the line-up for Best Director...
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Oscar nominations: the good, the good and the good
Even when they aren’t being read out with gale-force enthusiasm by Mo’Nique, the Oscar nominations tend to attack you with breathless speed that you need at least half an hour to decide how you feel...
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TECH SUPPORT: Analyzing the nominees
So the 83rd Annual Academy Award nominations were finally announced this week, and I did fairly well in handicapping the nominees. Outside of Best Sound Mixing, I never missed more than one nominee in...
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OSCAR GUIDE: Best Sound Editing
A few years back the sound branch did away with the bake-off process of determining its nominees for Best Sound Editing and the field was expanded to five. The visual effects branch followed suit this...
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Desplat leads International Film Music Critics nods
Alexandre Desplat has enjoyed a brilliant career in U.S. features as of late (on the back of immense talent, naturally). 2010 was a grand year for the composer as he, once again, balanced scoring...
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Check out the full list of winners at The Circuit.
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TECH SUPPORT: Final analysis, part two
Yesterday we began our final look at the 10 crafts categories. Check out part one here. Today, the conclusion. Meanwhile, you can find my final predictions in all categories here. Best Music...
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Forget Best Supporting Actor — it’s time to honor Andy Serkis’“Special...
There has been a lot of talk this week about Andy Serkis’ stirring performance-capture portrayal of ape rebellion leader Caesar in “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” In many quarters, writers are...
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In praise of the modern movie soundtrack
I generally try to ignore film opinion pieces I think are fundamentally misguided — à chacun son goût and all that, plus the fact that fighting one mind is generally more trouble than it’s worth — but...
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