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Oscar Recap: ‘Artist,’ ‘Hugo’ Take Five Statues Apiece

That Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter took home their second consecutive Best Film Editing Oscar — last year for The Social Network, this year for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, another hyper-kinetic David Fincher film — was an out-of-nowhere … Continue reading

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Predicting Tomorrow’s Golden Globes

George Clooney’s The Ides of March turned out to be quite the spoiler when it swept up a surprising total of four nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. (In many ways, the resultant … Continue reading

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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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DGA Surprises, Nominates Allen, Fincher

Well, at least Tate Taylor didn’t get in. I’ll take David Fincher — even so-so Fincher, like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — over the soap-brand flavoring of The Help any day of the week. That said, there were … Continue reading

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BAFTA Longlist Reveals Adoration for ‘Iron Lady,’ ‘Marilyn,’ and ‘Tinker, Tailor’

As is their yearly custom, BAFTA members have settled on the first step of their strangely convoluted voting process — the longlist, which functions to narrow each category to 15 select contenders. (Note: 285 films were entered, and considered, this … Continue reading

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‘Dragon Tattoo,’ ‘Young Adult’ Slide in with the WGA

In the wake of the PGA nominations announced yesterday, the Writers Guild of America has spoken up with their correlation of Original, Adapted, and Documentary Screenplay nominees. The flood of ineligibilities — The Artist, a conceivable Best Original Screenplay frontrunner … Continue reading

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‘Bridesmaids,’ ‘Dragon Tattoo,’ and ‘Ides of March’ Among PGA’s Ten Motion Picture Nominees

The Producers Guild of America spoke up this morning and announced their ten nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. Bridesmaids, which has sillily become a force on the precursor circuit, made the … Continue reading

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Fincher’s ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Included in AFI’s Top Ten of 2011

The American Film Institute has announced their list of 2011′s top ten films. The Bridesmaids train continues to steamroll, and I have no idea why. It’s somewhat reassuring, meanwhile, to see David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on … Continue reading

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National Board of Review Gives a Big Hug to Martin Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’

The National Board of Review has a thing for Clint Eastwood. Each one of the director’s films since 2002′s Blood Work has been included in the NBR’s compilation of the year’s top ten films — and now, with the inclusion … Continue reading

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Extended Trailer for David Fincher’s ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

My anticipation for David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has already hit a fever pitch, largely because I consider the director’s earlier work in the crime genre — namely Seven and Zodiac — to be two of the … Continue reading

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