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My Favorite Oscar Nomination of 2013: John Gatins

Warning: This piece is all about dissecting Flight in and out, so if you haven’t seen the film, go and do that before reading. You’ll thank me later (or not, since it’s a rather divisive film). If you follow this … Continue reading

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Oscar Nominations Announced: ‘Hugo’ Tops the Field with 11 Nods, ‘The Artist’ Places Second with 10

The complete list of nominees for the 84th Academy Awards, which were announced via the Oscar site’s live stream about an hour ago, can be found after the jump. I’ll update this post later today — probably sometime in the … Continue reading

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Oscar Predictions: Spielberg’s ‘War Horse’ Trying to Build Late-Year Momentum

With both The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse hitting theaters this holiday season, Steven Spielberg will undoubtedly be the focus of much year-end movie discussion, both Oscar- and box-office-related. His inflated stage adaptation, without question, is the more major … Continue reading

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Last-Minute Golden Globe Predictions

With the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announcing their Golden Globe nominations in the morning, I’ve put together the following lineup of predictions. The Artist is going to be all over the place. I’m sure The Descendants will perk up in … Continue reading

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Precursor Roundup: BFCA Nominations, Plus Winners for African American and Las Vegas Film Critics

Rather than continuing to churn out an article for every single precursor group that announces their year-end winners, I’m going to start keeping tally of the accumulating nominees and winners over at the Precursor Roundup, which, from now on, can … Continue reading

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Oscar Predictions: Post-NYFF Assessment

Having seen a handful of films at this year’s New York Film Festival — including, among others, Steve McQueen’s Shame, Alexander Payne’s The Descendants, and Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist — I feel that my perspective of this year’s race, in … Continue reading

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Trailer for Stephen Daldry’s ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’

Everything about Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close screams Oscar, and this Apple trailer — the first footage we’ve seen from the film, mind you — really puts the nail in the coffin. Daldry is well-known for having received … Continue reading

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Trailer for Clint Eastwood’s ‘J. Edgar’

In terms of getting a glance at some kind of a trailer, Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar has been one of the year’s longest holdouts. (Still remaining, among a few others, are Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Jason … Continue reading

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