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Chris Pratt May Play Lead in Kathryn Bigelow Bin Laden Film
Chris Pratt has had a pretty great 2011. Not only it he on one of the greatest comedies on TV right now, _Parks and Recreation_, but he also had a fantastic supporting role in the critically acclaimed _Moneyball_. Now it seems like Pratt may be ending this year with one of his biggest role yet. read more
Found in: Movies, NewsThe Total Poser's Guide to the 2010 Oscars Best-Picture Nominees
Uh-oh. The Oscars are tomorrow and you haven't seen a single one of the best-picture nominees... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayJames Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow Walk into the Oscars: An Imagined Conversation
“Hello, Jim.” “Oh, hello, Kat. Didn’t see you there. How are you?” “Fine. How are you?” “Fine, fine. The Kodak is something of my stomping grounds now, eh?” “Probably not the choice of words I would use, but sure.” “What would you call it then?” “Springsteen’s “Glory Days” comes immediately to mind." “Oh. Do you like the Na’vi costumes in the gift baskets?” “Yeah, I appreciated that the leather bikinis include a fifteen-page peer-reviewed essay about Na’vi biology and how they’re not placental mammals but you gave ’em tits anyway.” “Aw, g’wan.”... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesSoldier Files Lawsuit Against The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker should be full of enough drama as it is. After all, it’s a high-intensity, adrenaline-inducing war film full of exploding bombs and knuckle-whitening tension. But over the last few days there’s been plenty of Hurt Locker-related emotion that’s taken place off-screen. Yesterday, we reported that the film’s co-producer, Nicolas Chartier, was banned from Sunday’s Oscars thanks to an e-mail he sent the Academy. And now, attention has shifted to yet another co-producer (and the film’s screenwriter), Mark Boal.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsHurt Locker Producer E-Mails Academy, Gets Banned From 2010 Oscar Ceremony
Looks like live musical performances won’t be the only thing missing from this year’s Oscars. Thanks to an e-mail Hurt Locker co-producer Nicolas Chartier sent to the Academy, the filmmaker was banned from Sunday night’s ceremony. Although campaigning for your own film is pretty standard practice, encouraging insiders to vote against a competitor is a definite no-no, and that was Chartier’s crime.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsThe Hurt Locker Wins Big at BAFTAs
As we reported last week, Britain’s annual BAFTA awards (honoring excellence in the film, television and video game industries) took place last night. If the outcomes there were any indication of what we might see in L.A. on March 7, Kathryn Bigelow’s going to be one happy director. Her 2009 film, The Hurt Locker, won six of the eight categories it was nominated for, including Best Film, Director and Original Screenplay.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsAvatar, The Hurt Locker, Up in the Air, More Lead BAFTA Award Nominations
It’s easy to get caught up in all the Oscar talk and predictions swirling around on U.S. soil, but believe it or not, there are other movie-award shows out there. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent charity that hosts an annual awards ceremony quite similar to the Oscars. This year’s awards will be presented this Sunday, Feb. 21, and many of the contenders should sound really familiar to American ears: titles like Up In The Air, An Education, The Hurt Locker and, you guessed it, Avatar.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsKathryn Bigelow to Direct Pilot for HBO's The Miraculous Year
Director Kathryn Bigelow is a busy lady these days, what with preparing for the Oscars and basking in the glow of her recent landmark Directors Guild of America Award. Still, she's managed to squeeze in some time for the small screen: The Hollywood Reporter says that she's directing a pilot for HBO called The Miraculous Year.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsThe Hurt Locker's Kathryn Bigelow Becomes First Woman to Receive Best Director Honors from the DGA
Kathryn Bigelow’s gritty depiction of an Army bomb-diffusing squad in Iraq, The Hurt Locker, was one of the most buzzed about films of 2009. After receiving a laundry list of nominations and nabbing both best picture and best director accolades from The Critics Choice Awards, the film was honored by the Director’s Guild Awards. The 58-year-old Bigelow became the first woman to ever receive best director honors from the DGA.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsCan The Hurt Locker Unseat Up in the Air as the Oscar Frontrunner?
It’s been a shaky year for film, or at least a shaky year for the kinds of movies that traditionally vie for awards consideration in general and the Oscars in particular. Thus a muddled, shapeless version of the normal buzz cycle has emerged, with few clear contenders running ahead of the rest.... read more
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