The 39th annual Saturn Awards were presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films tonight in Burbank, Calif. Top prizes for film went to “The Avengers,” “Life of Pi,” “The Cabin in the Woods” and “Skyfall,” while “Revolution,” “Breaking Bad” and “The Walking Dead” triumphed in the television categories.
'The Avengers,' 'Cabin in the Woods,' 'Life of Pi' and 'Skyfall' win at the 2013 Saturn Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:30 pm · June 26th, 2013
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'The Master' leads Online Film Critics' Society nominations
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:21 am · December 24th, 2012
The Online Film Critics Society decided to make us a Christmas present of their nominations — or perhaps that should be a gift for “The Master,” which underlined its status as a critical darling with a field-leading eight nominations. “Argo” and “Zero Dark Thirty” were a distant second with five each.
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'The Master,' 'Ang Lee' win with Kansas City Film Critics Circle
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:24 pm · December 16th, 2012
The second-oldest critics group in the country (behind the NYFCC), the Kansas City Film Critics Circle, has announced its slate of 2012 winners. “The Master” took Best Picture while “Life of Pi” helmer Ang Lee won Best Director. Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence won top acting honors for “Lincoln” and “Silver Linings Playbook,” respectively.
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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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‘The Raven,’ the death impulse and harmony
Posted by Roth Cornet · 12:22 pm · April 24th, 2012
Perhaps no genre explores the dance between creation and destruction as vividly as horror. This weekends suspense release, “The Raven,” looks at how those competing impulses played out in the mind of author Edgar Allan Poe.
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On 'Cabin in the Woods,' 'Prometheus' and spoilerphobia
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:47 am · April 17th, 2012
Some critics have landed in hot water for revealing a so-called “twist” in “The Cabin in the Woods,” but are some readers too sensitive to spoilers?
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Cinejabber: The foreign alternatives
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:45 am · April 14th, 2012
Welcome back to Cinejabber, your weekly open space to kick around whatever film-related thoughts you have on your mind.
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Tell us what you thought of 'The Cabin in the Woods'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:36 pm · April 13th, 2012
The film opens today.
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