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Oscar Nominations Revealed For The ’84th Academy Awards’
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This morning the 2012 Oscar nominations were revealed, which of course annually provides both heartbreak and jubilation for those nominated and those snubbed. This year, the Best Picture nomination pool is nine, and not the ten of years past. The nominations were reduced from the ten made standard in 2010, down to however many Best Picture nominees the voting body feels is necessary. This year they felt nine was appropriate, a number I do not agree with. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was left off the nominee list, as was its director David Fincher. In my opinion, these two headline the snubs this year, along with Steven Spielberg being left out of the nomination for Best Director despite War Horse earning a Best Picture nod. Hit the jump for the full list, and a few brief thoughts from yours truly.
The Cinematography and Editing From ‘The Descendants’
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It’s no secret that my favorite movie from 2011 was Alexander Payne’s The Descendants. Not only was it my favorite, but the film also took home awards for Best Picture and Best Actor (George Clooney) at the Golden Globes this past Sunday. If you haven’t made time for this film, take my recommendation, as well as the recommendation from judging body of the Golden Globes, and get out and see The Descendants. The purpose of this post is not simply to rant about the greatness of this film, but to spotlight the cinematography and the editing from the project. After the jump you can check out a behind the scenes look, which features interviews with members of the production crew.
Enjoy The First Trailer For Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’
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If anyone knows Wes Anderson, watch this trailer for five seconds and you can already tell it is one of his films. The look and feel of his films has a very distinct taste to them. Hit the jump to enjoy the trailer for Moonrise Kingdom, which features many of Anderson’s usual cast of characters like Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman, but also new faces like Bruce Willis and Edward Norton.
Just to keep all those in desperate need of something new from The Dark Knight Rises I thought I’d pass along some photos that will be in the next issue of Entertainment Weekly. For now, this is all we have — don’t be so ungrateful, we just got a new trailer and the prologue barely a month ago. Besides the new photos, Christopher Nolan recently responded to the critics calling out Tom Hardy’s dialogue as Bane indecipherable. Hit the jump to check it all out.
The Best Movies of 2011
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Each of the past three years has gotten a treatment of my top ten favorite movies here on the Movie Mash. I cannot believe I am already writing another one of these posts, how quickly time flies. For a year many critics considered to be a downgrade in overall quality in terms of content at the cinema, I found this year to be full of gems — of course there will always be movies that fail, but I believe 2011 had more than its share of films that soared. Hit the jump to check out my favorites from 2011.
New ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ High Resolution Photos
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It has been awhile since anything new has come out regarding The Amazing Spider-Man, so I had to post when I saw the great spread of new stills from production. This type of marketing by Sony is brilliant — just when we start to forget about the 2012 reboot, they release more pictures, posters, or information about the movie to remind us the Summer is not far off. Hit the jump to check out the lot.
Merry Christmas From The Movie Mash
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Today is the day many of us will get the DVD/Blu-Ray Box Sets we’ve been coveting, the movie posters of our favorite flicks, or the fan boy t-shirts that have caught our eye. Hope the day is special to all our readers and your families. Stay safe, and look for the reviews of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and We Bought a Zoo in the coming days — both are amongst the top films of the year.
Merry Christmas,
The Movie Mash Staff
UPDATED: And Here We Go… ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Viral Campaign Begins
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As the much anticipated trailer and IMAX prologue for The Dark Knight Rises approach, hardcore fans are getting increasingly anxious for anything Batman-related. Well, the appetizers have been served as Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. have just launched what Wired and Empire Online believe is the beginning of a viral campaign for the 2012 film.
What a difference a week makes. Just last Monday Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises wrapped its long, action-packed, 7-month production. Earlier this week, Empire held a clever cover reveal contest where fans could vote on who would be featured on their Nov. 24th TDKR issue: Batman vs. Bane. Bane won handily, but both covers were revealed online several days ago. Now, thanks to some awesome Bat fans in the UK, we have some digital scans of the hard copy issue featuring new set pics, as well as some big reveals into the story of Nolan’s final Batman chapter.
SPOILER WARNING: There is a major plot reveal, albeit an “official reveal” via Nolan himself.
Proceed at your own peril….
That’s a Wrap! ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Completes Production
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After 179 days, three continents and dozens of spoiler-ific set leaks, Christopher Nolan’s final installment of his Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, has wrapped filming; after a final two-day shoot on the Queensboro Bridge in NYC over the weekend. My reaction can be seen HERE. Anyway, it’s been a fun ride with all of the forum ninjas providing behind-the-scenes vids and pics; but honestly I’m so happy that it’s wrapped so that, from now on, we will only see footage that Nolan & Co. want us to see. Which is a good thing. More after the break.
