Gregory Ellwood

Review: Philip Seymour Hoffman can't save John Slattery's disappointing 'God's Pocket'

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 11:45 pm · January 17th, 2014

Despite an impressive cast, John Slattery’s directorial debut, which premiered Friday at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, is a miss.

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'American Hustle,' 'Dallas Buyers Club' and 'Gravity' producers celebrate best picture nods

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 10:53 pm · January 16th, 2014

The producers of “American Hustle,” “Dallas Buyers Club” and “Gravity” talk to HitFix about their films big Academy Award nominations including best picture.

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Sarah Polley has the best reaction ever to not getting nominated

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 6:42 am · January 16th, 2014

Sarah Polley’s acclaimed documentary “Stories We Tell” didn’t make the cut for the best documentary category, but that didn’t stop her from throwing out some love to one of this year’s nominees.

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86th Academy Awards nominations – complete list

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 4:40 am · January 16th, 2014

A complete rundown of the nominees for the 86th Academy Awards including best picture nominees “12 Years A Slave,” “Gravity,” “Captain Phillips,” “American Hustle,” “Nebraska,” “Her”

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'12 Years' celebrates as Benedict Cumberbatch dances from one Globes party to another

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 1:26 am · January 13th, 2014

Steve McQueen, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong’o and Benedict Cumberbatch celebrated their best picture at the energetic FOX/Fox Searchlight Golden Globes party. Eventually, however, Cumberbatch joined some of Hollywood’s biggest names at the Warner Bros./In Style fete.

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Saturday is party central for Golden Globes nominees

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 12:59 am · January 12th, 2014

Nominees and future Oscar hopefuls crisscrossed across Beverly Hills and West Hollywood Saturday at the annual Independent Spirit Awards Brunch, the BAFTA Tea Party, parties for CBS, CBS Films, Anonymous Content, HBO and more.

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Contender Countdown: Will there be fewer than 9 best picture nominees?

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 2:54 pm · January 11th, 2014

With less than a week to go before the Oscar nominations are announced and before anyone gets “confused” by whatever the HFPA decide Sunday night, a last look at the race for best picture.

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Sandra Bullock praised for bringing 'the truth' to 'Gravity'

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 11:00 am · January 10th, 2014

Sandra Bullock, Alfonso Cuarón, producer David Heyman and other key members of the “Gravity” production team entertained during a 40-minute Q&A in front of a sold-out TCL Chinese Theater audience on Thursday night.

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Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams talk about the future in 'Her'

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 10:17 pm · January 7th, 2014

Amy Adams and Joaquin Phoenix sit down with HitFix to discuss their work in Spike Jonze’s future love story “Her.”

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Dear Academy members: Don't forget these contenders

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 12:00 am · January 6th, 2014

Scarlett Johansson, Spike Jonze, Sally Hawkins, Oscar Isaac, James Franco and Amy Adams are just a few of the potential nominees that Academy members should give serious consideration to before submitting their nomination ballots this Wednesday.

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'American Hustle' and 'August: Osage County' stars rule the Palm Springs Gala red carpet

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 8:23 pm · January 4th, 2014

A slew of former Oscar winners and potential 2014 nominees including Sandra Bullock, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and more walked the red carpet at the 2014 Palm Springs Film Festival Gala.

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'Inside Llewyn Davis' dominates National Society of Film Critics honors

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 1:25 pm · January 4th, 2014

“Inside Llewyn Davis,” Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett and James Franco each earned big wins with the announcement of the 2013 National Society of Film Critics honors.

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'American Hustle,' 'Gravity' and '12 Years a Slave' earn PGA nods

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 9:03 am · January 2nd, 2014

The Producers Guild of America announced the 10 nominees for theatrical picture and animated picture today for the upcoming 25th PGA Awards and familiar names such as “American Hustle,” “Gravity,” “12 Years A Slave,” “The Croods” and “Frozen” made the cut.

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Ellen DeGeneres says 'Here we go!' with euphoric new 2014 Oscars trailer

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 6:09 pm · December 19th, 2013

The Academy released its first official promo for the 86th Academy Awards directed by Paul Feig and featuring Ellen DeGeneres a ton of Hollywood’s best dancers

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'Pulp Fiction,' 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Right Stuff' among 25 named to 2013 National Film Registry

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 11:22 pm · December 17th, 2013

“Pulp Fiction,” “Mary Poppins,” “The Right Stuff,” “Roger & Me” and “The Quiet Man” among 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for the 2013 National Film Registry.

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Gregory Ellwood's top 10 films of 2013

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 12:18 am · December 15th, 2013

HitFix Editor-in-Chief Gregory Ellwood runs down his top 10 films including “Gravity,” “Under the Skin,” “Stories We Tell” and “12 Years A Slave.”

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'American Hustle's' Christian Bale says other actors ask him for weight loss advice

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 7:15 pm · December 12th, 2013

Christian Bale talks about physically transforming himself for David O. Russell’s “American Hustle” and how he’s had other actors call him for advice on weight loss for a role. Needless to say, he’s loathe to give it.

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