The 61st Berlin International Film Festival will open with “True Grit” by Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen at the Berlinale Palast on Feb. 10, 2011. “Joel and Ethan Coen stand for first-rate American independent cinema. With their penchant for irony, and off-the-wall character[...]
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List of ACE Eddie Award Nominees Released
— by SEAN GERSKI — The 61st Annual ACE Eddie Awards, which honor the best in editing, were announced today. The awards will be presented at the Beverly Hilton on Feb. 19. Here is the list of movie-related nominees:[...]
‘Captain America’: Red Skull Concept Art + Three New Images
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — SFX has released new images featuring Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter and also Hugo Weaving as the Red Skull … or as Johann Schmidt before that scary face turns even creepier.[...]
New Spider-Man Costume Unveiled
— by SEAN GERSKI — The makers of the Spider-Man suit for the reboot obviously had a tall order on their hands. The suit in the Tobey Maguire movies looked great. So, what next? Well, as you can see below, there is a new costume (featuring Andrew Garfield in the suit as Spider-Man). First[...]
‘One Day’ (Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess) Sets July 8 Date
Focus Features has announced a domestic theatrical release date of Friday, July 8, 2011, for “One Day,” directed by Lone Scherfig. David Nicholls has adapted his internationally praised and bestselling novel “One Day” into the screenplay for the movie. Academy Award nominee A[...]
DGA Names Nominees for Documentary Award
The Directors Guild of America has announced the DGA’s nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries for the year 2010. “The best documentary film-making provides the audience with the rare opportunity of experiencing a life, a place, or a situation that might otherwi[...]
A look at the Warner Bros. DVD to Blu Ray program
— by ADAM POYNTER — Being an avid movie-lover has its benefits. The ability to fully submerse yourself in a different world for just a few hours can be an exhilarating experience. And part of being a movie fanatic like me is that when you like a movie a lot, you buy it when it […][...]
Bond is Back …
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — .. and so is Daniel Craig as the dashing and dangerous MI6 agent. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announced a Nov. 9, 2012, release date for the next Bond film, known only as “Bond 23” at this point. Helming the feature will be Sam Mendes, who was attached to project be[...]
American Society of Cinematographers Names Nominees
Matthew Libatique — “Black Swan,” Wally Pfister — “Inception,” Danny Cohen — “The King’s Speech,” Jeff Cronenweth — “The Social Network,” and Roger Deakins — “True Grit” have been nominated in the feature fil[...]
Director’s Guild Unveils its Five Nominees
— by SEAN GERSKI — The Directors Guild of America has selected Darren Aronofsky for “Black Swan,” David Fincher for “The Social Network,” Tom Hooper for “The King’s Speech,” Christopher Nolan for “Inception” and David O. Russell for &[...]
Nominees for Visual Effects Society’s Awards Announced
The Visual Effects Society (VES) today announced the nominees for the ninth annual VES Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry in 24 categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games. Nominees were chosen Jan. 8 by numerous blue ribbon panels of VES membe[...]
Networks Pass on ‘Wonder Woman’ TV Series
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — Those of you who were hoping to see the new “Wonder Woman” TV series will be disappointed to learn that the show won’t air on any of the networks. Deadline.com reported that none of the four major networks — ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox — picked it[...]
Has the ‘Superman’ Reboot Production Schedule Been Leaked?
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — The past couple of months, there hasn’t been too much news about the upcoming “Superman” reboot that was to be handled by Christopher Nolan. Unfortunately, as it was reported back in December, Nolan has decided to drop the Superman reboot for 100 percen[...]
Cinema Audio Society Announces 47th Annual Award Nominees
— by SEAN GERSKI — The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 47th Annual CAS Awards. The Cinema Audio Society consists of Sound Mixers and Associates from the Film and Television Industries. The society was founded to create a proper channel of communication between the[...]