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Director James Mangold discusses Logan’s Oscar nomination

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Director of Logan, James Mangold, has offered his thoughts on why the film received an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay. This is the first time that a comic book film has been nominated in the adapted screenplay category, giving further credence to the notion that Logan is more than just your average superhero movie. […]

Guillermo del Toro is happy that the horror genre is finally getting Academy Awards recognition

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There’s no doubt about it: It’s an excellent time to be a horror fan. This isn’t the first time that we’ve wrote about the horror genre’s surge in quality over the last several years, but yesterday’s list of the 90th Academy Awards nominees only prove that the genre is really starting to be elevated in […]

Oscars 2018: Biggest snubs and surprises from the Academy Award nominations

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Tom Beasley takes a look at the twists and turns provided by today’s Oscar nominations, including the biggest snubs and most shocking surprises… The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were dished out today and it’s fair to say that this was perhaps a more interesting crop of nominees than many expected. The big winners, […]

Oscars 2018: Full list of nominations for the 90th Academy Awards

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With awards season in full swing, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the nominations for the 90th Academy Awards, which showcases the best in cinematic achievement from 2017. Leading the pack is Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water, which scored 13 nominations in total, followed by Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside […]

Why Certain Films Do Well During Awards Season

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Neil Calloway looks at why a certain type of movie will always get the nod at the Oscars… This coming Tuesday sees the announcement of this year’s Oscar nominations. We’ve already had the Golden Globes, and if you really care about that sort of thing, the Baftas are next month. We’re deep into awards season, […]

Screeners of three Oscar contenders have leaked to piracy networks

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Piracy collective Hive-CM8 has leaked copies of three of this year’s Oscar contenders to file-sharing networks, reportedly ripping the movies from awards screener DVDs. Torrent Freak is reporting that Grega Gerwig’s Lady Bird, Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me by Your Name and Craig Gillespie’s I, Tonya all appeared on online pirate sites, ready to be viewed illegally. The group […]

Academy Awards shortlists for Best Visual Effects and Best Makeup & Hairstyling Oscars revealed

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After revealing a longlist of twenty films earlier in the month, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that ten films remain in contention for a nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 90th Academy Awards. Vying for one of the five nomination slots are: Alien: Covenant Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk Guardians […]

20 films in contention for the Best Visual Effects Oscar at the 90th Academy Awards

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced the twenty films which remain in content for the Best Visual Effects Oscar at the 90th Academy Awards. Check out the longlist here… SEE ALSO: 26 films in the running for the Best Animated Feature Oscar at the Academy Awards Alien: Covenant Beauty and the […]

26 films in the running for the Best Animated Feature Oscar at the Academy Awards

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 26 films are in contention for the Best Animated Feature Oscar at next year’s 90th Academy Awards. Here’s the full list… The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales Birdboy: The Forgotten Children The Boss Baby The Breadwinner Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie Cars […]

Warner Bros. launches its Wonder Woman Oscar campaign

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20th Century Fox wasted little time in pushing Logan to the Oscar voters, and now Warner Bros. has kicked off its own Academy Award campaign for this year’s acclaimed DC blockbuster Wonder Woman by launching a For Your Consideration page. The studio has put the film forward for fifteen categories, including Best Picture, Best Director […]