In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, Oprah Winfrey is among the long list of stars confirmed to attend to BAFTAs on Sunday. Also: Oscar-nominated screenwriters’ conference, and PGA nails a date.
Roundup: Oprah among stars attending the BAFTAs
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:46 am · February 12th, 2014
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Vampire Weekend frontman joins Karen O as Oscar campaign for 'Her' song ramps up
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:57 pm · February 11th, 2014
Three versions of the Oscar-nominated “The Moon Song” were released today, including a new duet betyween Karen O and Ezra Koenig.
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GKIDS eye another Oscar nod with Irish animated feature 'Song of the Sea'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:26 pm · February 11th, 2014
Five years after launching their giant-slaying reputation with an Oscar nod for Tomm Moore’s “The Secret of Kells,” the animation distributors have acquired rights to Moore’s follow-up.
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Idina Menzel to heat up Oscar show with 'Frozen' performance
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:50 am · February 11th, 2014
Following Pharrell Williams’ confirmation as a performer at the awards, the Tony-winning diva will perform Best Original Song favorite ‘Let It Go’ on stage.
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Roundup: Mark Harris on a soured Oscar season
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:21 am · February 11th, 2014
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, Mark Harris discusses how this year’s Oscar race has soured, but why that’s not all bad. Also: Revisiting the 1993 race, and James Toback on losing at the Oscars
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Review: Aaron Paul and Pierce Brosnan fall 'A Long Way Down' in dismal comedy
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:55 pm · February 10th, 2014
Toni Collette and Imogen Poots are also among the casualties in this laugh-free suicide farce, which premiered in Berlin this evening.
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Roundup: Saturday night's all right for Cannes prizes
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:06 am · February 10th, 2014
In a rare change of routine, the Cannes Film Festival awards will be presented a day earlier this year. Also: The politics of movie walkouts, and how to define designing ‘Gravity’
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Review: Young Lincoln portrait 'The Better Angels' amounts to more than its Malickisms
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:43 pm · February 9th, 2014
The debut feature from regular Terrence Malick collaborator A.J. Edwards bears a lot of the master’s influence in its depiction ofg Abraham Lincoln’s childhood years, but impresses on its own terms too.
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Tell us what you thought of 'The Monuments Men'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:47 pm · February 9th, 2014
George Clooney’s latest has got a critical drubbing, but is it that bad? Share your thoughts here, and vote in our poll.
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'Gravity,' 'Her,' 'The Great Gatsby' win Art Directors Guild Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:40 pm · February 8th, 2014
The films respectively won the Fantasy, Contemporary and Period categories from the ADG, but that’s no guarantee any of them will win the Oscar.
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Review: Forest Whitaker hits a dead end in dry desert thriller 'Two Men in Town'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:15 pm · February 8th, 2014
Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb can’t get back on track in his latest American-set feature, which premiered yesterday at the Berlin Film Festival.
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Roundup: On writing, or writing down, 'Captain Phillips'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:20 am · February 7th, 2014
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, recent WGA winner Billy Ray writes about his experience of “Captain Phillips.” Also: Channing Tatum’s Team Oscar, and clothing “The Grandmaster.”
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Review: Wes Anderson's delightful 'Grand Budapest Hotel' never outstays its welcome
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:00 am · February 6th, 2014
Ralph Fiennes is wonderful in dizzy but unexpectedly touching caper, which finds the perfect narrative context for the Anderson’s.
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Roundup: Philomena's audience with the Pope
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:00 am · February 6th, 2014
In today’s roundup of notable onlinme news and views, ‘Philomena’ star Steve Coogan and the film’s real-life subject meet with the Pope. Also: The perils of talking movies on Twitter, and is ‘Labor Day’ a victim of ‘urban critics?’
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Roundup: Women fight back on the red carpet
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:45 am · February 5th, 2014
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, why female stars are beginning to rebel against red-carpet sexism. Also: Jared Leto’s heart-to-heart with heckler, and John Hurt takes on Harvey.
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Matthew McConaughey dives into Gus Van Sant's 'Sea of Trees'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:37 pm · February 4th, 2014
Whether he wins the Oscar next month or not, Matthew McConaughey is keeping his run of presige projects going.
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Oscars to get 'Happy' with Pharrell Williams performance
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:46 am · February 4th, 2014
With the Best Original Song category featuring a couple of Top 40 hits for the first time in years, Pharrell Williams will bring some pop appeal to the Oscar show with a performance of his nominated track “Happy.”
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Roundup: Is Kristin Scott Thomas quitting movies?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:52 am · February 4th, 2014
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, Kristin Scott Thomas claims that she “cannot cope with another film,” and is thus ending her big-screen career. Also: Mark Harris and Cameron Crowe remember Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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