The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films have announced the nominees for this year’s Saturn Awards and they are fairly across the map.
'Harry Potter' and 'Hugo' lead Saturn nominations with 10 each
Posted by Roth Cornet · 11:14 am · March 1st, 2012
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Round-up: Oscilloscope wants us talking about 'Kevin' sooner
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:12 am · December 22nd, 2011
Also: Steve Pond predicts 8 Best Pic nominees, and Richard Curtis on Spielberg
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Oscarweb Round-up: Stanley Kubrick's 'Fear and Desire' to air on TCM tonight
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:03 am · December 14th, 2011
In today’s round-up, TCM schedules Kubrick’s debut for tonight, Zimmer talks “Sherlock” and Batman and Jason Reitman and Patton Oswalt have a message for you about texting.
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Academy narrows visual effects race to 15 films
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:17 pm · December 9th, 2011
The Academy has announced a shortlist of 15 contenders for the Best Visual Effects Oscar, and all the usual suspects, from “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” to “The Tree of Life,” are present. Still, it’s bad news for “Anonymous” and “Immortals.”
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Tech Support: 'Hugo' and 'Harry Potter' set the scene for Best Art Direction
Posted by gerardkennedy · 1:24 pm · November 17th, 2011
In this week’s installment of Tech Support, we transition over to Best Art Direction. Films in the thick of it include the period design of “Hugo,” “War Horse,” “J. Edgar” and “The Artist,” as well as the fantasy elements of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” “Thor” and “Captain America: The First Avenger.”
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Hans Zimmer bows out of this year's Oscar race
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:56 am · October 23rd, 2011
Nine-time Oscar nominee Hans Zimmer has opted to sit out this year’s Best Original Score race by refusing to personally enter any of his 2011 scores for consideration — including “Rango” and “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.”
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