Well here’s something you don’t see too often. Just two months out from a planned March release, Warner Bros. has moved Ron Howard’s “In the Heart of the Sea” all the way to Dec. 11, 2015. Let’s all make the silly pun together: that’s right in the heart of the Oscar season.
Did Warner Bros. just plant an Oscar flag for 'In the Heart of the Sea?'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:15 pm · January 14th, 2015
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Roundup: Chris Hemsworth to deliver the Oscar news on Thursday
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:00 am · January 13th, 2014
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, Chris Hemsworth will announce the Oscar nominations on Thursday with Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs. Also: Oscar contenders triumph in Palm Springs.
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Tell us what you thought of 'Rush'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:10 am · September 21st, 2013
Ron Howard’s Formula 1 biopic opens this weekend.
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Ron Howard's 'Rush' could shift into high gear this Oscar season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:11 pm · September 3rd, 2013
Ron Howard’s “Rush” has occupied some prime real estate throughout our Contenders section for a number of weeks. Lots of “but racing movies don’t register” and “it looks too commercial” or whatever greeted the suggestion that it could be an Oscar player. There’s been a reason we’ve had a lot of faith in it: people love this movie.
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Production begins on Michael Mann's cyber thriller
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:08 pm · June 11th, 2013
Legendary Pictures announced start of production today on Michael Mann’s untitled latest feature, a Morgan Davis Foehl-scripted cyber-theft thriller starring Chris Hemsworth and Viola Davis.
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Roundup: Helen Mirren to be honored at European Film Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:45 am · September 25th, 2012
Also: Variety might share stables with Deadline, and defending Chris Hemsworth
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Tech Support: Costume designer Colleen Atwood on the painstaking ensembles of 'Snow White'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:14 am · May 14th, 2012
Three-time Oscar winner Colleen Atwood has been designing costumes for some of the most elaborate Hollywood productions for the better part of three decades…
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Should 'The Avengers' assemble for SAG ensemble?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:05 am · April 25th, 2012
So on one hand, yeah, the headline here is a joke. The Screen Actors Guild’s nominating committee, and indeed, any self-respecting awards-giving body is highly unlikely to pass kudos approval on a film like “The Avengers.” But in the case of a category meant to honor well-oiled machines like this one, perhaps they should.
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Hemsworth, Hiddleston, O'Dowd crack all-male BAFTA Rising Star list
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:50 pm · January 11th, 2012
BAFTA has handed the job of determining the nominees of the Rising Star Award to the public for the first time — and the alarming result is an all-male slate in which Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence and 2011 ‘it’ girl Jessica Chastain don’t warrant a mention.
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First-Half FYC: Best Actress and Actor
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:21 pm · January 10th, 2012
In the third column in this series, we consider 10 outstanding lead performances from films released in early 2011 that deserve more Oscar buzz than they’re getting: names discussed include Kristen Wiig, Michael Fassbender and Juliette Binoche.
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Chastain, Lawrence, Jones longlisted for BAFTA Rising Star Award
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:24 am · November 25th, 2011
BAFTA is allowing the public to determine the finalists for its annual Rising Star Award — from a shortlist that includes Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence. But are they at a disadvantage with the British public?
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