Tag Archives: War Horse
Movie Review: ‘Lincoln’
Director: Steven Spielberg | Writers: Doris Kearns Goodwin (book), Tony Kushner | Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Hawkes, Tommy Lee Jones, Tim Blake Nelson, James Spader, David Strathairn | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 149 minutes | Year … Continue reading
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
‘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
‘Moneyball,’ ‘The Descendants’ Receive ACE Eddie Award Nominations
The nominees for the 62nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards have been revealed, and I’m delighted to report that Christopher Tellefsen edged his way into the field for his rich cutting of Bennett Miller’s Moneyball. His decisions not only accurately reflect … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
Oscar Predictions: ‘J. Edgar’ Opens to Intriguingly Cryptic Response
Like the film or not — and, despite some obviously confused work on the page from Dustin Lance Black, I do — I think it’s hard not to be at least somewhat interested in the mixed response that Clint Eastwood’s … Continue reading
Trailer for Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Adventures of Tintin’
It’s good timing for a new trailer for Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin — seeing as how the film was received with open arms by UK audiences over the weekend — and Apple has delivered. It looks like an … Continue reading
