20 posts tagged ‘christopher nolan’
Oppenheimer is squeezing Killers Of The Flower Moon out of awards season
AV Club,
Oppenheimer is blowing up awards season. After becoming the third biggest movie of the year, Christopher Nolan’s film has dominated the awards circuit since sweeping the Golden Globes. Heading into Academy Award nominations, it’s the frontrunner, but when will Killers Of The Flower Moon get its flowers? Read more...
The 20 most unforgettable Sundance films ever
What began in 1978 as the Utah/United States Film Festival to help promote American independent cinema and boost film production in the Beehive State didn’t officially become the Sundance Film Festival until Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute officially took it over in 1985. Since then, Sundance has become one of the… Read more...
2024 BAFTA nominations: Poor Things and Oppenheimer lead the pack
We’ve knocked out the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards, and Primetime Emmys in the past few weeks, but award season is far from over. Today, we got a glimpse into how some of the year’s top films are faring across the pond as Naomi Ackie and Kingsley Ben-Adir announced this year’s BAFTA nominations at a live press… Read more...
The best and worst moments from the 29th Critics Choice Awards
Some awards shows allow actors to pick the awards. Others allow kids. The Critics Choice Awards, however, towers over all of them, especially the People’s Choice Awards, because it is chosen by critics. Yes, the very people whose Rotten Tomatoes scores fandoms frequently tell viewers to ignore are in control tonight,… Read more...
Pixar's pandemic films are heading to theaters. Other studios should follow suit
2020 is a forgotten year at the movies. Namely because the movies and, more specifically, movie theaters barely existed. After Trolls: World Tour broke the dam for movies to bypass theaters and go straight to VOD, the words “day-and-date” emerged as a new form of distribution. Movies would simultaneously go live on… Read more...
R.I.P. Tom Wilkinson, from The Full Monty and In The Bedroom
Tom Wilkinson has died. A veteran actor of both stage and screen, Wilkinson might be best remembered for his co-starring role in 1997's The Full Monty, which earned him a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the BAFTAs. Other professional recognition included a pair of Oscar noms—for In The Bedroom in 2001 and Michael… Read more...
Gary Oldman was Sirius-ly unimpressed with his own Harry Potter performances
We have to imagine it would be difficult to be judged by Gary Oldman—That voice! That glower! That endless series of accents and prosthetics! Which is why we’re glad today that we are not, in fact, Gary Oldman. Who went in for a bit of the ol’ self-judgment on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast recently, in… Read more...
Hannah Waddingham has a "real problem" with Tom Cruise haters
A lot of Hollywood people really love Tom Cruise. He’s been deemed the Savior of Cinema by everyone from Steven Spielberg to Glen Powell, after all. But a lot of regular people still really don’t like him, like anyone aware of his connections to Scientology, newly single folks who really vibe with Nicole Kidman’s… Read more...