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Those Oscar Missed: Best Picture

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Picture has been a troubling category in the last few years.  I remember being pissed off when 2006’s Babel got nominated.  While it’s a good movie, it had no business being nominated over Pan’s Labyrinth … Continue reading

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Making the Animal Kingdom on Film

When Life of Pi wins the Best VFX Oscar next month, they should bring the animal consultants, researchers, and whoever else contributed to creating such textured behaviors, onto the stage with them. Besides the detail and design of the animals, … Continue reading

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Those Oscar Missed: Best Visual Effects

GUEST COLUMN BY JAKE THOMPSON Visual Effects can be a difficult category to predict sometimes.  In a given year, the most obvious of choices will deservedly get nominated.  But every now and then, one of the nominees will make us … Continue reading

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Best Visual Effects Predictions

Current Predictions (10-10-11): Rise of the Planet of the Apes Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt 2 The Tree of Life Hugo Thor Best Visual Effects Notes (10-10-11): The key to picking the Visual Effects category is not going … Continue reading

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