Tag Archives: Films

Oscar Predictions: Best Editing

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Zac Petrillo

Best Editing Nominees: Argo, William Goldenberg Zero Dark Thirty, William Goldenberg/Dylan Tichenor Lincoln, Michael Kahn Life of Pi, Tim Squyres Silver Linings Playbook, Jay Cassidy/Crispin Struthers When The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo won Best Editing last year it was … Continue reading →

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Oscar Predictions: Best Costume Design

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Zac Petrillo

Best Costume Nominees: Les Misérables, Paco Delgado Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran Lincoln, Joanna Johnston Mirror Mirror, Eiko Ishioka Snow White and the Huntsman, Colleen Atwood This year’s Costume nominees come in two different phylums: 1800s Period Realism and Fantasy. That … Continue reading →

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Oscar Predictions: Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Zac Petrillo

Best Makeup & Hairstyling Nominees: Hitchcock The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Les Misérables I must confess that I am yet to see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey so these predictions are based on what I’ve seen from the other two … Continue reading →

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Who Should Win: Hoffman and Phoenix

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Zac Petrillo

Press Play and their always valuable video essays have been doing a feature discussing who they believe should win the Oscar. Here they tab Joaquin Phoenix for Best Actor and Philip Seymour Hoffman for Best Supporting Actor. While neither will … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Lincoln, Movies, Oscar Talk, Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master | Tagged Academy Awards, cinema, Films, Joaquin Phoenix, Movies, oscars, Paul Thomas Anderson, philip seymour hoffman, picks, predictions, Press Play, The Master, Who Should Win | 1 Comment

Will’s Favorite Films of 2012

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Will Templin

I saw many solid films released in 2012. Of those, a few stand out a little bit more than the rest. Admittedly every film on my list is flawed in some way, yet there was at least one thing that … Continue reading →

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Oscar Predictions: Best Cinematography

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Zac Petrillo

Best Cinematography Nominees: Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski Skyfall, Roger Deakins Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda Django Unchained, Robert Richardson Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey A good case can be made for four out of the five nominees in this category (Django Unchained seems like an also-ran and … Continue reading →

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Oscar Predictions: Best Documentary Feature

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Zac Petrillo

Best Documentary Feature Nominees: Searching for Sugar Man (dir. Malik Bendjelloul) How to Survive a Plague (dir. David France) The Invisible War (dir. Kirby Dick) 5 Broken Cameras (dir. Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi) The Gatekeepers (dir. Dror Moreh) Almost all of the categories are … Continue reading →

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Lubtisch Laughs

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Zac Petrillo

Another wonderful rare photo from The Criterion Collection. This time of Ernst Lubitsch on set with the accompanying quote, “At least twice a day the most dignified human being is ridiculous.”

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House of Cards About to Drop

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Zac Petrillo

Something you rarely hear in regards to David Fincher is how his work has a way of existing inside a whirlpool, slowly spinning into an inevitably crushing revelation. The director’s early films, specifically Panic Room and The Game, were particularly … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: The Last Stand

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Zac Petrillo

The most savvy choice director Kim Jee-woon made when approaching The Last Stand was to relegate Arnold Schwarzenegger’s comeback to the edges of the story. From a classic perspective the weight of the inevitable finale falls a little flat, seeing … Continue reading →

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