“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” picked up seven nominations from the Visual Effects Society. “The Avengers” and “Life of Pi” weren’t far behind with six each.
'The Hobbit,' 'Avengers' and 'Life of Pi' lead Visual Effects Society nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:52 am · January 7th, 2013
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Previewing the WGA Award nominees
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:15 pm · January 2nd, 2013
Don’t expect the Academy to mirror them too closely.
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Ben Affleck sets the record straight on 'Justice League'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:37 pm · December 19th, 2012
The internet was abuzz a few months back when an overzealous report put Ben Affleck in the driver’s seat of the planned Warner Bros. team-up film “Justice League.” The report was soon enough shot down and everyone went about their business, but in a recent interview about his work on “Argo,” Affleck said he hated talking about it in the media at all because the eventual stories shed a negative light on the project.
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'Les Misérables' leads Phoenix critics' nods
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:00 pm · December 11th, 2012
‘The Avengers’ manages a Best Picture nomination.
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'Impossible' snubbed as Oscar's VFX race is cut to 10 films
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:41 am · November 29th, 2012
‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Cloud Atlas’ and a trio of superhero movies all make the cut.
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Tech Support: 'Avengers,' 'Les Mis' and 'Skyfall' stir it up with others in Best Sound Mixing
Posted by gerardkennedy · 8:31 am · November 22nd, 2012
One of the most competitive crafts categories this year is an embarrassment of riches.
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Roundup: What great genre-film performances deserve some love this year?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:54 am · November 19th, 2012
Also: Playing down the ‘Skyfall’ Oscar buzz, and a look at the doc feature race
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Tech Support: 'Looper,' 'Django' and 'Flight' highlight the race for Best Sound Editing
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:49 am · October 25th, 2012
Other formidable contenders include “The Avengers” and “The Dark Knight Rises.”
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Tech Support: 'Avengers,' 'Dark Knight Rises' and 'The Hobbit' lead Best Visual Effects race
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:09 am · October 18th, 2012
Other formidable contenders include “Life of Pi” and “The Impossible.”
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Tech Support: Kicking off 2012's crafts coverage
Posted by gerardkennedy · 7:45 am · October 4th, 2012
Today marks the beginning of the seventh year of Tech Support here at In Contention.
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Best Picture 2013: Potential nominees from 'Amour' to 'Zero Dark Thirty'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:36 pm · September 25th, 2012
Surveying the field as the 2012-2013 Oscar season commences.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 87 — Fall fests, 'The Master,' 'Silver Linings,' 'Argo' kick off the season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:46 am · September 15th, 2012
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the movies that have launched the season at the beginning of the fall festival circuit as a new season of Oscar Talk kicks off.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 85 — Special Edition! — Cannes 2012 dispatch
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:05 pm · May 25th, 2012
In this week’s special edition podcast Kris and Anne are joined by Guy Lodge for a lengthy discussion of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
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License to brood: James Bond and Batman wrestle internal and external demons
Posted by Roth Cornet · 5:10 pm · May 20th, 2012
What do our broodingly complex contemporary heroes have to say about our modern vision and version of “the ideal?”
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‘The Avengers’ director Joss Whedon is a contemporary pop mythologist
Posted by Roth Cornet · 10:32 am · May 11th, 2012
Joss Whedon has had a small legion of devoted fans for years. We take a look at the (now mass) appeal of the artist.
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Tech Support: See (or hear) how Lou Ferrigno lives on as part of the Hulk in 'The Avengers'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:44 am · May 9th, 2012
The Soundworks Collection’s latest profile reveals the film’s aural design.
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Tell us what you thought of 'The Avengers'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:47 pm · May 3rd, 2012
The film opens this weekend.
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The Lists: Top 10 performances in comic book movies
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:44 am · May 1st, 2012
With “The Avengers” hitting theaters imminently and “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “The Dark Knight Rises” still to come, we look at the top portrayals of film’s comic book subgenre.
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