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Hoyte van Hoytema’s ‘Tinker, Tailor’ Lensing Among the Crop of ASC Nominees

The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) announced their five feature-film nominees this morning, and the rewarded crop marked another bullet to the chest for War Horse, as Janusz Kaminski’s photography of Steven Spielberg’s critically divisive stage adaptation was merely the … Continue reading

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Trailer for Martin Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’

Another trailer has debuted over at Apple, this time for Hugo, Martin Scorsese’s anticipated foray into 3-D filmmaking that will hit theaters on November 23. I did take in the well-paced — and inventively illustrative — Brian Selznick novel that … Continue reading

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Featurette for George Nolfi’s ‘The Adjustment Bureau’

Despite the fact that George Nolfi’s The Adjustment Bureau was denied a late 2010 release, all the footage I’ve seen of the film — including this new featurette released via Moviefone — gives off a strong impression. Perhaps it will … Continue reading

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Golden Globe Nominations: Stock Rises for ‘Inception,’ ‘Black Swan’

Today, the nominations were announced for the 68th annual Golden Globes. It’s nice to see the strong support for both Christopher Nolan’s Inception and Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan — the two films find themselves in the Best Picture (Drama) and … Continue reading

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Movie Review: ‘Inception’ (2010)

Batman Begins and The Dark Knight marked Christopher Nolan’s renovation of the comic book movie. With Inception, he does the same thing to the heist movie. The film does have a few conventions, but they are entirely forgivable because the world Nolan … Continue reading

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Movie Review: ‘The Ghost Writer’ (2010)

The Ghost Writer is Roman Polanski’s slick new political thriller, although it’s a bit too slick for its own good. It has a premise and feel to it that is rightfully intriguing and, to the film’s credit, it answers all … Continue reading

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