As further proof that audiences love a good post-holiday scare, the micro-budget exorcism drama "Devil Inside" is on its way to a record-breaking opening weekend. The Paramount acquisition scared up $16.8 million on F...
After 2010's "The Fighter" scored at the box office and earned Oscars for supporting performers Christian Bale and Melissa Leo, star-producer Mark Wahlberg immediately begin talking about a sequel. After a w...
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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...
Just in case you were wondering, "The Iron Lady" is a better film -- and a better directed film -- than "Shame." Obviously. "Arthur Christmas" and "War Horse" are better British...
As In Contention's Kris Tapley so eloquently warned us last month, there were many fine screenplays this year that wouldn't be eligible for the 2012 WGA Awards. Guild awards are a wonderful honor from your peers...
On Monday, the most important precursor announcement of them all drops: the Directors Guild of America offers up its list of nominees for excellence in directing.
Except it isn't really about "excellence in dire...
Another star on the rise this year appears to be Benedict Cumberbatch, the blonde-haired British actor who recently played key parts in both Spielberg's "War Horse" (as Major Stewart) and Tomas Alfredson's &...
With a new year comes a new reserve of hope for what the multiplexes might have to offer. While HitFix has already cranked out a big list of 30 titles most movie-lovers are anticipating this year, we at In Contention ...
The Producer's Guid of America announced their 2012 PGA Awards nominations for film this morning and studio fare ruled the day. Unlike the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which may have anywhere from ...
The Producers Guild of America has announced its list of 10 films competing for the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award as well as the animated feature nominees that will compete separately. The group announce...
