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Oscar Prospects: The Master
[Editor's Note: Oscar Prospects is your weekly analysis of an awards contender and how it's likely to fare come Oscar nomination morning. The column is comprehensive, so beware of spoilers.] Time will...
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Links for the Day: SNL Welcomes Big Bird for Debate Gags, Best Films About...
Big Bird stopped by Weekend Update as debate-night gaffes were spun into gags on SNL. Jaime Christley, Glenn Kenny, Miriam Bale, and others take part in Criticwire's latest survey, which, in light of...
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Oscar Prospects: Argo
[Editor's Note: Oscar Prospects is your weekly analysis of an awards contender and how it's likely to fare come Oscar nomination morning. The column is comprehensive, so beware of spoilers.] Ben...
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Links for the Day: Two Americans Share Nobel Economics Prize, The Facts and...
Two Americans win Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. How accurate is Argo? Please sign Jon Jost's petition on bealf of Mark Rappaport's stolen film materials. Our own Phillip Maciak checks into...
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Links for the Day: Hillary Clinton's Farewell, Mark Lijek on Argo, Joaquin...
Hillary Clinton says farewell. Mark Lijek breaks down the real Iran escape vs. the Hollywood version. Elvis Mitchell interviews Joaquin Phoenix. Showtime's Homeland irks Lebanon. Robert Avila chats...
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Oscar Prospects: Lincoln
[Editor's Note: Oscar Prospects is your weekly analysis of an awards contender and how it's likely to fare come Oscar nomination morning. The column is comprehensive, so beware of spoilers.] Though it...
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Understanding Screenwriting #103: Argo, The Sessions, Cloud Atlas, & More
Coming Up In This Column: Argo, The Sessions, Cloud Atlas, Seven Psychopaths, The Conspirators, The Racket (1951), but first... Fan Mail: David Ehrenstein thought I was getting too much into the...
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Links for the Day: SAG Nominations, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees,...
Dominating today's SAG nominations are Lincoln, Argo, and Silver Linings Playbook. And none of those films lead the 44th annual NAACP Image awards. Donna Summer, Public Enemy, and others to be...
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Oscar 2013 Nomination Predictions: Adapted Screenplay
If not bound to have the most impressive lineup, this category may just yield the season's most deserving win, as Tony Kushner's script for Lincoln remains miles ahead of the competition, standing,...
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Oscar 2013 Nomination Predictions: Supporting Actor
With all due respect to the gentlemen in contention, this year's likely Supporting Actor crop has shaped up to be a snooze, filled with veterans who, however gifted, feel like obvious choices, and...
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Links for the Day: OFCS Winners, Visual Effects Society Noms, Guillermo Del...
Ben Affleck's Argo is tops with the Online Film Critics Society. The Visual Effects Society announce their nominations. Guillermo Del Toro says no to Star Wars: Episode VII. David R. Ellis is dead at...
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Oscar 2013 Nomination Predictions: Director
When introducing Life of Pi at its New York Film Festival premiere, Ang Lee quipped that there are three things directors are warned to never work with: Children, animals, and water. With his latest,...
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Oscar 2013 Nomination Predictions: Picture
As is customary at this stage of the game, Oscar's top quintet of Best Picture hopefuls are sure to land nominations, so much so that every pundit can pat himself on the back, saying proudly that if...
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Links for the Day: Berlinale Expands Lineup, Critics' Choice Movie Awards...
Berlinale's Competition program adds 9 films, among them Bruno Dumont's Camille Claudel 1915, Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects, and a new film by Jafar Panahi. The Critics' Choice Movie Awards were...
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Links for the Day: Golden Globe Awards Winners, Aaron Swartz R.I.P., New J.T....
Argo, Les Misérables, Girls, Homeland, and Game Change were among the big winners at last night's Golden Globes. Internet activist Aaron Swartz was found dead on Friday in his New York apartment. And...
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Links for the Day: Sundance Film Festival, SAG, and PGA Winners, César...
Click here for a full list of this year's Sundance Film Festival award winners. Actors honored their own at last night's Screen Actors Guild Awards. And Argo is almong this year's Producers Guild...
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Ranking Oscar's 2013 Nominees
The 85th annual Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 24 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Starting tomorrow, check back daily as we predict the winner in every Oscar category. This...
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Oscar 2013 Winner Predictions: Adapted Screenplay
Of all the major players in this year's Oscar game, Lincoln has arguably had the most mercurial ride, beginning as a sight-unseen frontrunner, performing few remarkable feats in the precursors,...
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Links for the Day: Ben Affleck Wins DGA, Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads, Annie...
Argo director Ben Affleck wins DGA award. The best and worst Super Bowl ads. Wreck-It Ralph is best in show at the Annie Awards. Anna Karenina, Life of Pi, and Skyfall win top prizes at the Art...
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Oscar 2013 Winner Predictions: Supporting Actor
All right, all right, all right. We should've known. As it turned out, Matthew McConaughey's still supple ass cheeks in Magic Mike were no match for AMPAS's preference for saggy old balls in this...
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