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New ‘Hurt Locker’ TV spot loaded with accolades
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:02 am · February 9th, 2010
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OSCAR GUIDE: Best Sound Mixing
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:52 am · February 9th, 2010
The year’s sound mixing category had relatively few surprises, just glancing at the tea leaves of the season. There was a typical 4/5 crossover between the Cinema Audio Society and the Academy, with “District 9” missing both here and in the sound editing field.
One might be quick to chalk this, in fact all of the [...]
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Official poster for the 82nd annual Oscars
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:07 am · February 9th, 2010
This has been floating around for a few weeks, actually, but the Academy made it “official” with a press release yesterday. You can head over to the official AMPAS site to purchase the poster if you like.
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‘The Cove’ sees the light of day in Japan
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:44 am · February 9th, 2010
The press release, in part:
The Works International is delighted to announce the acquisition of Academy Award® nominated documentary THE COVE by Japanese distributor Medallion Media which is planning a tentative release date of April 2010 in Japan.
Until now Japanese distributors have shied away from the award-winning documentary which generated huge coverage and controversy in Japan [...]
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Films of the aughts montage
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:38 am · February 9th, 2010
(Courtesy: Bennett Media)
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2/9 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:25 am · February 9th, 2010
• Owen Gleiberman nobly asserts that thick-headed attacks on “Precious” as beginning to “say more about the attackers.” [Entertainment Weekly]
• Michelle Griffin sits down with quasi-surprise nominee Janet Patterson to discuss the threads of “Bright Star.” [The Age]
• Anne Thompson goes back and forth with Moviefone’s Jack Matthews on the subject of Quentin Tarantino’s legacy. [...]
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SANTA BARBARA: Bigelow honored as Outstanding Director of the Year
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:46 pm · February 8th, 2010
As if another accolade was necessary at this point, Kathryn Bigelow was in town this evening to accept SBIFF’s Outstanding Director of the Year award. The one-two punch of Bigelow here and James Cameron for the fest’s Modern Master honor made for, again, quite the prescient choices from festival director Roger Durling in the fall.
The [...]
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On the sound of ‘Avatar’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:33 pm · February 8th, 2010
More on the sound mixing category in tomorrow’s Oscar Guide. For now, courtesy of the Soundworks Collection:
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SANTA BARBARA: Directors on directing, Virtuosos, ‘Provinces of Night,’ Bigelow
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:41 pm · February 8th, 2010
The fest feels incredibly easy-going this year. More than last. Maybe that’s because there aren’t as many films I’m interested in seeing. After “The Secret of Kells” last week and Atom Egoyan’s “Chloe” later this week, nothing really strikes my fancy.
Yesterday before darting back down the 101 for a Super Bowl party in LA, I [...]
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No Oscar column today
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:06 pm · February 8th, 2010
I’m bogged down in Santa Barbara and have nothing to add at the moment, frankly, so the column will have to wait until next week. In the meantime, keep checking out the Oscar Guide specials and having your say in our category polls.
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All about Bridges
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:39 pm · February 8th, 2010
I was happy to contribute this top 10 list of Jeff Bridges performances to Fandango’s Awards Watch section. Those who follow me on Twitter may have noticed many a Tweet aboutt his Bridges film or that over the last few weeks, and that’s because I’ve been burying myself in his work once more while preparing [...]
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OSCAR GUIDE: Best Animated Feature Film
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:19 am · February 8th, 2010
This year’s Best Animated Feature Film race featured five nominees for just the second time in the category’s existence. It was the result of a robust slate of qualifying contenders that reached the magic number of 16, and yet there was still quality work left lying in the also-rans pile.
There was a wide open fifth [...]
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Gleiberman’s mea culpa
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:07 am · February 8th, 2010
A few weeks ago we directed you to an Owen Gleiberman piece focusing on the perceived Best Picture battle of “Avatar” vs. “Up in the Air,” that it was a battle of film culture significance. Obviously, as Gleiberman notes in his recent “my bad” post, that doesn’t appear to be the race anymore, and I’m [...]
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Running out of things to print?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:50 am · February 8th, 2010
I’m sorry, but this excuse for journalism at the New York Times is embarrassingly thin and, in my opinion, incredibly irresponsible. What are you going on, family disputes? Where’s the beef? Who the heck thought this was a story when there isn’t an ounce of actual news to be found? Is the Gray Lady in [...]
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2/8 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:28 am · February 8th, 2010
• Sandra Bullock says she’s “so not winning an Oscar.” Alright, Sandie, enough of the modesty. The writing is on the wall. [People]
• Rosanna Greenstreet sits down with Oscar nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal. [The Guardian]
• Soldiers reaction to “The Hurt Locker” and it’s awards success. [New York Times]
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