‘Dune,’ ‘Nightmare Alley,’ ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ lead Motion Picture Sound Editor (MPSE) nominations
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) today announces nominees for the 69th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards. Nominees represent the work of the world’s most talented... Read More
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‘Dune,’ ‘Encanto,’ ‘Loki’ lead Visual Effect Society (VES) nominations
Today, the Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s professional global honorary society, announced the nominees for the 20th Annual VES Awards, the yearly celebration that... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING and VISUAL EFFECTS (December)
The Academy came in with their Oscar shortlists yesterday, including Makeup & Hairstyling and Visual Effects and once again No Time to Die showed up... Read More
‘The Matrix Resurrections’ review: Self-aware to a fault, the rabbit hole deepens in the most meta Matrix yet [Grade: B-]
Everything that has a beginning has an end. For the Matrix trilogy, that end came in 2003. Trinity died and Neo sacrificed himself to end... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG and SOUND (December)
The shortlists are here for Original Score, Original Song and Sound, giving us now a very narrowed field from which to predict. No Time to... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG and SOUND (November)
The original score and song categories have their first precursors already as the 2021 Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) were handed out last week... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING and VISUAL EFFECTS (November)
It’s no secret that Warner Bros should be able to do very well in both makeup and hairstyling and visual effects. With Dune as the... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING and VISUAL EFFECTS (October)
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2022 Oscar Predictions: BELOW THE LINE CATEGORIES (October)
Normally I’d have already begun my below the line predictions in the below-the-line/technical and feature categories but I’ve taken it a bit slower this season,... Read More
2024 Camerimage Film Festival: Danish Oscar Entry ‘The Girl With the Needle’ Wins Golden Frog 
Interview: ‘Gladiator II’ Cinematographer John Mathieson on Reuniting with Ridley Scott and Continuing the Legacy and Lore 
Interview: Alan Menken and Glenn Slater on Creating the Songs and Score for ‘Spellbound’ and the “Perfectly” Cast Rachel Zegler 
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (November)