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Suspense and the Sound of a Mission in Zero Dark Thirty

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Time has gotten away from me and this blog over the past few weeks, thus I’ve had a hard time updating as much as I’d like. My review of Les Miserables is forthcoming (I didn’t love it), but for now … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Movies, News, Zero Dark Thirty | Tagged Best Sound Mixing Editing, cinema, Films, Jason Clarke, jessica chastain, Katheryn Bigelow, Movies, Sound Design, SoundWorks, The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty | 1 Comment

REVIEW: Zero Dark Thirty

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

For all the talk of torture, accuracy, and gut-wrenching portrayal, little has been said about what specifically intrigues the world about the already highly-praised Zero Dark Thirty. Could it be it’s arm’s length approach to a realistic event? Perhaps it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Movies, Reviews, Uncategorized, Zero Dark Thirty | Tagged 2012, alexandre desplat, Chris Pratt, Films, Jason Clarke, jessica chastain, Joel Edgarton, Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Megan Ellison, Movies, Osama Bin Laden, oscars, Zero Dark Thirty | Leave a comment

Foreign Film Oscar Race Narrows to Nine

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

I’m a little surprised by the exclusions of Barbara and Lore, but otherwise this list is about what was expected. Having recently seen War Witch and Kon-Tiki (both of which are quite good), I could see either getting into a … Continue reading →

Posted in Amour, Films, Foreign Films, Movies, Oscar Talk | Tagged A Royal Affair, Academy Awards, Amour, Austria, Barbara, Films, Foreign Film, France, Iceland, Kon-Tiki, Michael Haneke, Movies, No, Norway, oscar, oscars, Sister, The Deep, The Intouchables, War Witch | 2 Comments

Those Oscar Missed: Best Animated Feature

Posted on December 20, 2012 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Animated films have been with us for so many decades, and yet the Academy only created an official category for them just over a decade ago (it’s especially odd considering how many decades the Best Animated … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Animated Feature, Oscar Talk | Tagged A Cat in Paris, Academy Awards, Alec Baldwin, Andy Serkis, Ari Folman, Back To the Future, Beauty and the Beast, Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Short, Bolt, Brother Bear, Chico and Rita, Chris Van Allsburg, cinema, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Daniel Craig, Donald Sutherland, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Films, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Finding Nemo, Forrest Gump, Herge, Hironobu Sakaguchi, James Woods, Jamie Bell, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, John Ford, Kung Fu Panda, Kung Fu Panda 2, Letters From Iwo Jima, Mary and Max, Millennium Actress, Ming-Na Wen, Minsters Inc., Movies, Munich, Nick Frost, Peri Gilpin, Ponyo, Puss In Boots, rango, Riaders of the Lost Ark, Robert Zemeckis, Satoshi Kon, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Shark Tale, Shrek, Shrek 2, Simon Pegg, Snubs, Steve Buscemi, steven spielberg, The Adventures of Tintin, The Color Purple, The Incredibles, The Polar Express, The Triplets of Belleville, Three Godfathers, Tokyo Godfathers, Toy Story 3, Up, Ving Rhames, Wall-E, Waltz With Bashir, war horse | 1 Comment

Homeland, Ep. 212: The Choice

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Homeland’s Season Two finale, “The Choice,” came with only a portion of the anticipation that Season One’s brought. As it turned out, after one of the most surprising – yet somehow expected – conclusions I can remember, Homeland fulfilled my … Continue reading →

Posted in Homeland, Reviews, Television | Tagged Best Drama, cinema, Claire Danes, Damien Lewis, Emmys, Episode 12, film, Finale, Homeland, Movies, Showtime, television, The Choice | 5 Comments

Those Oscar Missed: Best Film Editing

Posted on December 18, 2012 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Film Editing is one of the more creative Oscar categories. Film editing itself is an art form that is unique to cinema, although there is a similarity to the editing process when it comes to … Continue reading →

Posted in Oscar Talk | Tagged 127 Hours, A Passage To India, Academy Awards, All the President's Men, Amadeus, An Officer and a Gentleman, Apocalypse Now, As Good As It Gets, Barry Malkin, Beach Red, Best Film Editing, black swan, Blazing Saddles, Bound For Glory, Breathless, Broadcast News, Chinatown, Doctor Dolittle, Duck You Sucker, Earthquake, Films, French New Wave, Grand Prix, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, Henry Berman, In the Heat of the Night, Inception, John Boorman, Kingdom of Heaven, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Movies, Network, Once Upon A Time In America, oscar, Point Blank, Rocky, Romancing the Stone, Sergio Leone, Snubs, Taxi Driver, Terms of Endearment, The Cotton Club, The Dark Knight, The Deer Hunter, The Dirty Dozen, The Fighter, The Godfather, The Killing Fields, The King's Speech, The Longest Yard, The Right Stuff, The Social Network, The Towering Inferno, Tom Rolf, Two-Minute Warning | 1 Comment

The Gospel According to St. McConaughey

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

This has been mentioned a numerous times throughout the Internet and the idea of writing the name “McConaughey” over and over is a vaunted one, but it must be said again: Dear Matthew has had quite a good year in … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Matthew McConaughey, Movies | Tagged Actors, Bernie, best supporting actor, cinema, Films, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Killer Joe, Magic Mike, Movies, New York Film Critics, The Paperboy | Leave a comment

Makeup Oscar Shortlist

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

I have no idea how Cloud Atlas missed the cut on this, but as I follow the Oscars for the first time in a serious way, I’m learning that nothing really makes much sense. The list further assures the Academy’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Makeup, Cloud Atlas, Films, Lincoln, Movies, Oscar Talk | Tagged best makeup, cinema, Films, Hitchcock, Les Miserables, Lincoln, Looper, Men in Black 3, Movies, oscar talk, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | 2 Comments

UPDATED: Oscars 2013 Predictions

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

With the SAG nominations announced and the Golden Globes in place, the dust has settled on the majority of major precursor awards. While this season’s “Oscar movies” aren’t the best slate we’ve seen, they do offer a diverse group. Most … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Les Misérables, Lincoln, Movies, News, Oscar Talk, The Master | Tagged Academy Awards, Amour, Argo, cinema, Django Unchained, film, Films, Hitchcock, Les Miserables, Lincoln, Moonrise Kingdom, Movies, oscar, oscar hopeful, oscars, picks, predictions, Silver Linings Playbook, The Master | Leave a comment

Those Oscar Missed: Best Sound Editing

Posted on December 13, 2012 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON I often wonder what most people think of when they’re watching the categories of Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing during the Oscars. Do they pretend to know what those categories really mean? Do they … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Movies

Suspense and the Sound of a Mission in Zero Dark Thirty

REVIEW: Zero Dark Thirty

Foreign Film Oscar Race Narrows to Nine

Those Oscar Missed: Best Animated Feature

Homeland, Ep. 212: The Choice

The Gospel According to St. McConaughey

Makeup Oscar Shortlist

UPDATED: Oscars 2013 Predictions

Those Oscar Missed: Best Sound Editing

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