Contender or Pretender Series: Trash
Welcome back to Contender or Pretender 2014, an Awardswatch series where, in each entry, we profile a different 2014 film and try to determine whether... Read More
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Richard Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ Get a Gorgeous Poster
Boyhood, a revolutionary new film from Richard Linklater (Dazed & Confused, the Before series) that was shot over a period of 12 years and details... Read More
Contender or Pretender Series: Gone Girl
Welcome back to Contender or Pretender 2014, an Awardswatch series where, in each entry, we profile a different 2014 film and try to determine whether or... Read More
Gold Rush Gang Predictions: March 2014
The first batch of predictions from the newly inducted Gold Rush Gang are ready for perusing! 2014 looks to be a fantastic and fascinating year... Read More
‘Get On Up’ Gets Down in First Trailer
Get On Up, director Tate Taylor’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning The Help, finds Chadwick Boseman (42) as the Godfather of Soul, a chronicle of James Brown’s... Read More
Looking Ahead to the Next Oscar Race
With the body of the 86th Academy Awards just lowered into the ground and topped off with fresh dirt, there’s no time like the present... Read More
12 Years A Slave prevails, American Hustle shut out at 86th Academy Awards
After one of the most unpredictable races in recent history, in the end the film that everybody expected to win at the start of the... Read More
12 Years a Slave, McConaughey, Blanchett Win Spirit Awards
The Film Independent Spirit Awards, famous for giving out their trophies the day before the Oscars, looked an awful lot like an Oscar preview today.... Read More
Captain Phillips, Gravity Share MPSE Honors
Captain Phillips and Gravity shared the two major awards from the Motion Picture Sound Editors last night, with the former taking Dialogue and ADR and... Read More
12 Years a Slave Wins BAFTA’s Best Film (and Not Much Else)
It’s another awards show, which means 12 Years a Slave won the top prize but still managed to stumble, hard. After losing category after category... Read More
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