Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse” is steadily building momentum as it approaches its Christmas Day release. Sneak screenings have begun for the film and Spielberg himself has been cautiously engaging wi...
If the best supporting actor race is wide open, the best supporting actress race is a case study of populist favorites vs. critics favorites. On the one hand, you have performances by Octavia Spencer, Jessica Ch...
This afternoon, following the nationwide sneaks of Steven Spielberg's "War Horse" (which joined in Cameron Crowe's "We Bought a Zoo" in that regard, two films that share more than just that distinc...
A reader comment in last week's "War Horse" assessment sparked me to an element of this year's Oscar season that I hadn't even noticed: Dartmoor's time in the spotlight.
The Dartmoor moorland in S...
Steven Spielberg hasn't been a major player in the Oscar game since "Munich" was nominated for best picture and he received a best director nod in 2006. In the five year since, Spielberg re-teamed with...
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In case you're new to the site and/or the podcast, Oscar Talk is a weekly kudocast, your one-stop awards chat shop between yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood. The podcast is...
The screening procedure on Steven Spielberg's "War Horse" has been an odd, not exactly particular one. I say not particular because it's not like they've been hiding the film. It's been completed since Septe...
2011 has been a big year for new faces in film, music and on TV. Some of the names are overnight sensations (nice you meet you, Scotty McCreery! How do you do, Elizabeth Olsen?), while others have been slowly building...
I’ve had the honor of speaking to many film composers over the past few years, and my admiration for their profession and their art only continues to grow. Composers almost always come aboard a film when the sho...
Such a weird year for movies, this. I feel like it's been a rather weak one, to be honest. Not in terms of the quality of what's there, but in terms of the quantity of quality. And even then, I note that so many of my...
