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
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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
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Jon Reisch has been at the forefront of Pixar‘s dominance of the animation landscape for 17 years. He’s been involved in everything ranging from Up to Cars... Read More
With the little bit of back and forth between Tenet and The Midnight Sky with the precursors, two things should secure an Oscar win for... Read More
With most of 2020’s blockbusters pushed off to later in 2021 (or beyond), the Visual Effects category looks very different this season, and that’s a... Read More
After the shocking snubs of Sonic the Hedgehog, The Invisible Man and Greyhound, the Oscar shortlist for Visual Effects gave us some big surprise inclusions... Read More
George Clooney is back behind – and in front of – the camera after successful films like Good Night, and Good Luck. and The Monuments... Read More
Finally a little bit of action in this category. With nearly all of the major player blockbusters that would have dominated this category moved off... Read More
All is quiet on the visual effects front this month. Too quiet. No movement at all in the top 10 but that’s what happens when... Read More

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