Marvel Studios will be sponsoring a Global Twitter Chat on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 11 a.m. (PST) with cast members and the director of their highly anticipated action-adventure “Marvel’s The Avengers,” opening in theaters on May 4, 2012. The 30-minute live tweeting event features writer/director Joss Whedon and cast members Tom Hiddleston and Clark […]
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Hugo and The Artist Lead 2012 Oscar® Nominations!
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled the nominations for the 84th Academy Awards this morning and the big surprise was that Martin Scorsese’s Hugo lead the pack with eleven, while Michel Hazanavicius’ silent film The Artist received ten. Under the Academy’s new rules – and sliding scale for Best Picture nominations – […]
Universal Pictures Celebrates A Century Of Movie Memories With Yearlong Centennial Celebration!
2012 mark Universal Pictures 100th anniversary and the company has a wealth of plans to celebrate the landmark, including: a new logo, restoration of thirteen of its signature films, home entertainment offerings, theme park celebrations, signature events and a sweeping social media campaign. Details [the full press release] follow the jump.
Award Season Confusion VIII:The National Society Of Film Critics Picks End Of The World Drama Melancholia As Year’s Best!
With all the differing selections in most of the main categories, the various critics groups have definitely made any speculation on the Oscars® a crap shoot. The last major critics group, The National Society of Film Critics, has checked in with its choices for the best in film for 2011 and, surprise, they’ve chosen the deeply odd […]
Tangled Ever After – Tangled Short to Premiere With Beauty and the Beast 3D!
I had the opportunity to attend an advance screening of the 3D release of Beauty and the Beast this morning, not the least because the brilliant Disney classic is well served by its 3D conversion, but also because the wedding that was promised in Disney’s Tangled is the setting for the fabulously frantic farce of […]
Writers Guild Nominations Announced!
The Writers Guild of America announced its nominations for original, adapted and documentary screenplays today. Once again, Bridesmaids is included and Terrence Malik’s The Tree of Life is not. In episodic television dramas, Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, Homeland and Game of Thrones garnered multiple noms; The Office and Modern Family led the way for episodic […]
Producers Guild of America Announces 2012 Awards Nominations for Movies and Television!
The 2012 Producers Guild nominees for movies include such previous award winners The Artist, The Help, and Hugo, while Terrence Malik’s The Tree of Life is curiously absent. Among the usual suspects in television drama and comedy are: A Modern Family, 30 Rock, Mad Men and [surprisingly, given its critical freefall this season] Dexter. A […]
Awards Season Confusion VII: 69th Annual Golden Globes Nominations
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Golden Globes Awards many not be the most respected awards in Hollywood, but they know how to throw a party – and they also know how to throw a spanner in the works when it comes to unusual [and sometimes superior] taste when it comes to selecting nominees. On the […]
Award Season Confusion VI: Toronto Film Critics Association Awards: Tree of Life Wins Best Picture and Director!
Terrence Malik’s Tree of Life won Best Picture – and Malik was named Best Director – as the Toronto Film Critics Association announced the selections for their annual awards, further muddying the waters as to who/what might conceivably be forerunners for the Oscars®. Muddying the waters even more, the TFCA named Michael Shannon Best Actor […]
18th Annual SAG Awards: Movies: The Help Scores Four Nominations; Modern Family Leads TV With Five!
The Artist may have continued to build credibility as a genuine Oscar® candidate as it scored nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, but The Help took the most nomination by a single film with four [Viola Davis nominated for […]
Mission Impossible Set to Premiere in Rio! You can Watch Online! Sadly Yours Truly, NOT Invited.
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol is going to have a live premiere, December 14th in Rio of all places. The live red carpet event will air online beginning at 7:00 p.m. BRST/ 4:00 p.m. EST / 1:00 p.m. PST and will feature a live performance by Grammy®-nominated DJ & Producer Tiësto, who will unveil his brand […]