“Nightcrawler” has become a popular Oscar player on screener as voters sit down to decide the year’s best. With SAG and ACE notches on its belt already, how far can the film go?
Could 'Nightcrawler' make a play on a Best Picture nomination?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:14 am · January 2nd, 2015
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'American Sniper,' 'Nightcrawler' join Oscar players with ACE editing nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:00 am · January 2nd, 2015
Nominees were announced Friday for the 65th annual ACE Eddie Awards for excellence in film editing. Nominees on the movies side included “American Sniper,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Boyhood” and “Nightcrawler.”
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'Selma' to screen for free in town where history was made
Posted by Matt Patches · 12:35 pm · January 1st, 2015
‘Selma’ tips its hat to historical roots with free screenings in the town where it all started….
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2014: the year in movie superlatives
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:30 am · December 31st, 2014
Wrapping up the year, a look at the best of the best across a wide spectrum of film categories, those recognized by the Academy and otherwise.
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'Foxcatcher' subject Mark Schultz goes on tirade against director Bennett Miller
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:06 am · December 31st, 2014
Olympic athlete Mark Schultz has taken to Facebook and Twitter to lash out at what has been interpreted as a homosexual relationship between him and blue blood John du Pont in the film “Foxcatcher.”
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The top 10 shots of 2014: part two
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:25 pm · December 30th, 2014
In Contention wraps up its eighth annual look at the best film images from the year with a top five featuring films like “Interstellar,” “Inherent Vice” and “Birdman.”
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If I had an Oscar ballot…
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:27 am · December 30th, 2014
One humble opinion on what an Oscar ballot ought to look like this year as 2014 draws to a close.
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Contender Countdown: Who wins the critics' battle on the road to Oscar?
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 9:40 am · December 30th, 2014
This edition of the Contender Countdown looks at the critical responses of the expected best nominee players via their Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores.
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ILM breaks down the CG carnage of ’Captain America: The Winter Soldier’
Posted by Matt Patches · 7:33 am · December 30th, 2014
The latest ‘Captain America’ movie is more like ‘300’ than you think. See all the green screen wizardry involved with making Marvel’s recent tentpole in a new video.
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Richard Linklater: Spiritual 'Dazed' follow-up is also a 'Boyhood' quasi-sequel
Posted by Matt Patches · 6:25 am · December 30th, 2014
Richard Linklater makes personal films. As a result, many of his oeuvre entries start looking like sequels….
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'Birdman' leads North Carolina film critics nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:33 pm · December 29th, 2014
The North Carolina Film Critics Association has announced its list of nominees in a modest array of categories this season, and once again, it’s “Birdman” leading the way, with seven nominations.
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The top 10 shots of 2014: part one
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:35 pm · December 29th, 2014
With the year drawing to a close, In Contention kicks off its eighth annual, two-part “Top 10 Shots of the Year” feature with a look at five of the most dynamic single film frames of the year.
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The 15 best film scores of 2014
Posted by Matt Patches · 10:48 am · December 29th, 2014
From animated dupstep to sci-minded minimalism, we present the year’s best musical backbones.
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Off the Carpet: 'Unbroken,' 'Selma,' 'Sniper' in the headlines as Oscar voting begins
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 am · December 29th, 2014
Oscar voting begins on Monday, just as “Unbroken” is lighting up the box office and “Selma” is getting ridiculed in op-eds.
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Paul Thomas Anderson thought that 'There Will Be Blood' Oscar DQ was B.S., too
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:51 pm · December 28th, 2014
In a recent interview, Paul Thomas Anderson let his feelings on Jonny Greenwood’s 7-year-old Oscar disqualification for “There Will Be Blood” known.
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Tell us what you thought of 'Into the Woods'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:12 am · December 27th, 2014
Rob Marshall is back at the movie musical game.
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Tell us what you thought of 'Unbroken'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:50 am · December 27th, 2014
Angelina Jolie brings Louis Zamperini’s story to screens this holiday.
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Roger Deakins got the biggest compliment of his career for 'The Shawshank Redemption'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:56 am · December 26th, 2014
Concluding a series of short interviews with cinematographer Roger Deakins covering films like “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” “Sid and Nancy,” “Barton Fink,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” “Kundun,” “A Beautiful Mind,” “The Man Who Wasn’t There” and “The Village.”
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