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Sandra Bullock and George Clooney take 'Gravity' to New York

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 11:21 pm · October 1st, 2013

Sandra Bullock, George Clooney and Alfonso Cuaron celebrated the New York premiere of “Gravity” along with some, um, younger guests including Emma Watson and Katie Holmes.

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Alfonso Cuarón on the long, strange trip of 'Gravity'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:49 am · September 25th, 2013

“Gravity” director Alfonso Cuarón tells HitFix about the four-year journey to bring his space odyssey to life, the process of collaborating with his son on the screenplay, the technological advances that were required to achieve his vision and the joy of finally experiencing it through the eyes of an audience.

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Sandra Bullock: Alfonso Cuarón gave me the balls to do 'Gravity'

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 8:39 pm · September 17th, 2013

Sandra Bullock sits down to talk about the experience of shooting Alfonso Cuaron’s “Gravity” and how the puppeteers from the stage play “War Horse” allowed her to fly.

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Review: Sandra Bullock dances into great silence in Alfonso Cuarón's astonishing 'Gravity'

Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:28 am · August 28th, 2013

Short but vast Venice opener delivers on the hype.

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'Monuments Men' poster lines up a motley crew with Matt Damon out front

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:25 am · August 27th, 2013

How will this one figure into the awards landscape on the other side of the festivals?

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'Monuments Men' trailer finds George Clooney and Matt Damon on the hunt for stolen art

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:36 am · August 8th, 2013

How is George Clooney’s “The Monuments Men” going to shape up this season? Frankly, this “movie” movie is starting to looking like another “Argo,” potentially, a middle-ground choice that entertains with a slice of history but has a populist edge to it that will draw in audiences, not just the industry.

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Cate Blanchett talks about working with Malick and the tone of 'Monuments Men'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:10 am · July 25th, 2013

Cate Blanchett has been making the rounds on behalf of Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine” this week, which premiered in Los Angeles last night. And again, we’ll be talking about that performance quite a bit over the next few months, but when I got her on the phone recently to discuss the film, I also took a few choice moments at the end to talk about two other projects that have me intrigued.

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George Clooney to receive BAFTA LA's Stanley Kubrick Award

Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:50 am · July 9th, 2013

The honor will be presented at the Britannia Awards ceremony on November 9.

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Alfonso Cuarón's 'Gravity' to open 70th annual Venice Film Festival

Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:59 am · July 3rd, 2013

Eagerly awaited opener portends a starry festival lineup.

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'Gravity' and 'Captain Phillips' among likely Venice Film Festival selections

Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:54 am · June 21st, 2013

The fall festival season is two months away.

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Ed Harris heads back to mission control for Alfonso Cuarón's 'Gravity'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:42 am · May 9th, 2013

A source confides that Ed Harris is featured in the role of a mission control voice in Alfonso Cuaron’s new film. It might seem like just a nice bit of casting with a recognizable voice, but it’s also a lovely ode to one of the actor’s Oscar-nominated performances.

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George Clooney to reteam with 'Argo' journalist for 'Coronado High'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:45 pm · April 25th, 2013

George Clooney is finishing up “The Monuments Men” for release later this year, which he is also producing along with Smoke House partner Grant Heslov. The duo, with Ben Affleck, picked up Oscars for Best Picture in February for “Argo,” and according to The Wrap, Clooney and Heslov are re-teaming with journalist Joshuah Bearman — whose 2007 Wired article spawned the Iran hostage crisis drama — for something called “Coronado High.”

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Kristen Stewart, 'Terminator 2,' Jim Carrey: 10 fun facts about the MTV Movie Awards

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:00 pm · April 8th, 2013

The MTV Movie Awards are coming up this weekend (April 14), and the slate of nominees wasn’t as terrible as it has been in recent years, so it might actually be a fun watch. Last year I went back in time for a retrospective on the inaugural edition from 1992, and I plan to go back to the 1993 awards in an upcoming piece. In the meantime, here’s something different.

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Peggy Siegal on Oscar's build: Hathaway's Valentino snub, Clooney's Dujardin revenge

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:35 am · April 1st, 2013

I read Peggy Siegel’s Oscar weekend diary at The Huffington Post with the expected mixture of fascination and disgust. You find yourself smiling at the gluttony of Hollywood during awards season until you don’t, as the cup of excess runneth over. And Siegel’s diary is a perfect record of all that superficiality.

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