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Oscar Predictions: Wrapping it Up

Sunday will bring us the 84th Academy Awards, and with it, the end of an awards season that began with an intriguing open-endedness — “surely that black-and-white silent thing from France won’t hang on forever,” seemed to be the status … 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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‘Hanna,’ ‘Moneyball’ Included in Cinema Audio Society Nominees

The Cinema Audio Society declared their five nominees today for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing, and with both Hanna and Moneyball, the group stuck their head out for a pair of unexpected — but absolutely worthy — achievements in the … Continue reading

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‘Midnight in Paris’ Headlines Quentin Tarantino’s Top 11 of 2011

Quentin Tarantino’s annual assortment of the year’s best films has arrived online today, and the number-three slotting of Moneyball — as well as a Best Director mention for Bennett Miller — obviously earned my affection with ease. I’m less on … Continue reading

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Movie Review: ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ (2011)

As I look back on Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, it becomes more and more obvious that a good deal of the film is vapid and without substance. There’s a love line that exists between James … Continue reading

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