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Special/Visual Effects

Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Visual Effects

We’ve gone big for our Oscars coverage this year. Our annual "Know Your Nominee" series once again looks at every category, giving you the information you need to conquer your Oscars pool. Learn more about the nominees for Lead ActorForeign Language FilmCostume DesignersDocumentary ShortEditingLive Action ShortActress in a Supporting Role

By  |  February 10, 2017

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Composer

Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Original Song

We’ve gone big for our Oscars coverage this year. Our annual "Know Your Nominee" series once again looks at every category, giving you the information you need to conquer your Oscars pool. Learn more about the nominees for Lead ActorForeign Language FilmCostume DesignersDocumentary ShortEditingLive Action ShortActress in a Supporting Role

By  |  February 9, 2017
Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Documentary Feature

We’ve gone big for our Oscars coverage this year. Our annual "Know Your Nominee" series once again looks at every category, giving you the information you need to conquer your Oscars pool. Learn more about the nominees for Lead ActorForeign Language FilmCostume DesignersDocumentary ShortEditingLive Action ShortActress in a Supporting Role

By  |  February 9, 2017
Wolverine’s Hilariously Bleak Job in Logan Clip

If you had 100 guesses for what crummy job good old Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) might have in the upcoming Logan, you'd likely never correctly guess the hellish employment he's found. He's not using his considerable strength in a construction job, nor is he engaged in any other kind of physical labor. 

Not only is Wolvy’s job just about as bleak as it gets, the poor guy is desperately trying to buy a boat (no doubt to sail off into the sunset,

By  |  February 9, 2017

Interview

Special/Visual Effects

See how Batman v Superman‘s Dark, Visually Layered VFX Were Created

With countless films showcasing explosions, car chases, and other unnatural occurrences, we’ve grown accustomed to watching movies with visual effects and CGI. However, we oftentimes forget the amount of work and the sheer talent that comes with creating credible and powerful visual effects.

Director Zack Snyder recently tweeted a link to a nearly twelve minute long video to a Before & After video showcasing the visual effects of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

By  |  February 9, 2017
FX’s Legion Earning Raves From Critics

FX’s new show Legion is an X-Men-centered story told through the eyes of an unreliable narrator: one in which reality and fantasy weave in and out and truth and fiction are in a constant battle. But through a storyline full of uncertainties, one fact stands unwavering: critics find the show riveting.

Starring Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, Beauty and the Beast), Legion explores the Marvel Comics universe in which David Haller,

By  |  February 9, 2017

Interview

Animator

Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Animated Feature

Our Oscars coverage this year has gone big. Our annual "Know Your Nominee" series will once again touch upon every category, giving you the information you need to conquer your Oscars pool. Learn more about the nominees for Lead ActorForeign Language FilmCostume DesignersDocumentary ShortEditingLive Action ShortActress in a Supporting Role and Makeup &

By  |  February 8, 2017
Njina Warriors Do Battle in The LEGO Ninjago Trailer

Out of the almost unanimous praise for The LEGO Batman Movie—in theaters this Friday—emerges another Lego venture with an all-star cast. The LEGO Ninjago Movie generated buzz Wednesday after the first full-length trailer was posted on the film’s social media pages.

Ninjago is now vying to expand on the Oscar-nominated 2014 hit, The Lego Movie, as well as its soon-to-be released successor.

By  |  February 8, 2017

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Composer

Legion Composer on the Mind-bending Music of the New X-Men Show

Marvel’s Legion is premiering tonight on FX and it’s going to be unbelievable. In fact, you should probably be careful not to believe everything you see. Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) plays the X-Men character David Haller who learns that his schizophrenia diagnosis may not be what it seems and neither is the world around him. As he explores the powers he possesses and embarks on a journey to become Legion,

By  |  February 8, 2017

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Cinematographer

Oscar Watch: The Salesman‘s Cinematographer Hossein Jafarian

The Salesman, nominated for this year’s best foreign film Oscar, reunites Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi with his frequent actors Taraneh Alidoosti and Shahab Hosseini. Hosseini earned Best Actor honors for The Salesman at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival (Farhadi won Best Screenplay at Cannes).

The film also re-teams Farhadi, best known for his Oscar-winning A Separation (2011), the first Iranian film to capture that honor,

By Loren King  |  February 8, 2017

Interview

Stunt Coordinator/Stunt Person

How John Wick: Chapter 2‘s Stunt Coordinator Challenged Keanu Like Never Before

Keanu Reeves thrilled action fans three years ago when his title character killed 141 bad guys in John Wick. For John Wick: Chapter 2, opening Friday, stunt coordinator J.J. Perry faced a formidable challenge: How do you take somebody who’s already played a super-lethal hit man and make him even more deadly? "The obvious way to make the movie better was to make Keanu better,

By  |  February 8, 2017
Look Inside the Coming Resistance on The Walking Dead

You already know just how brutal the first half of The Walking Dead Season 7 was. Rick (Andrew Lincoln) had seemingly been broken, badly, by the ordeal Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) had put the group through. The sickening, preening murder of Glenn (Steven Yuen) and Abraham (Michael Cudlitz) was just the beginning. Negan put all of Alexandria under his command, and Rick had no choice but to do Negan’s bidding as the sociopathic warlord took Daryl (Norman Reedus) hostage and sent his goons (or arrived himself) to Alexandria to collect his taxes.

By  |  February 8, 2017

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Hair/Makeup

Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Makeup & Hairstyling

Our Oscars coverage this year has gone big. Our annual "Know Your Nominee" series will once again touch upon every category, giving you the information you need to conquer your Oscars pool. Learn more about the nominees for Lead ActorForeign Language FilmCostume DesignersDocumentary ShortEditingLive Action Short and Actress in a Supporting Role.

By  |  February 7, 2017
Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Actress in a Supporting Role

Our Oscars coverage this year has gone big. Our annual "Know Your Nominee" series will once again touch upon every category, giving you the information you need to conquer your Oscars pool. Learn more about the nominees for Lead ActorForeign Language FilmCostume DesignersDocumentary ShortEditing, and Live Action Short, and check back with us as we go deep on all the rest. In addition to the series,

By  |  February 7, 2017
First Look at John Boyega in Pacific Rim: Uprising

One major film franchise is hardly enough for rising star John Boyega. Already set to reprise his role as the rogue Stormtrooper Finn in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Boyega is also starring in the upcoming Pacific Rim: Uprising. Boyega plays Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba’s character from the first film), a jaeger pilot just like his noble and heroic pop. Boyega was kind enough to share the first official look at 

By  |  February 7, 2017
Amy Schumer & Goldie Hawn get Snatched in new Trailer

We dropped the first trailer of Snatched on you back in December, and wrote about how it only took a minute for the trailer to elicit our first LOL. Written by Kate Dippold (Ghostbusters, The Heat, Parks & Rec) and directed by Jonathan Levine (50/50, Warm Bodies, The Night Before) the plot details for Snatched are this: Emily (Schumer) is all set to take a trip to South America with her boyfriend when he dumps her.

By  |  February 7, 2017
The LEGO Batman Movie Scores With Critics

The much awaited release of The LEGO Batman Movie is finally just around the corner, and with the embargo on critics lifted, we now have a sense of how the films being received—extremely well. After the incredible success of the first LEGO Movie, it’s no surprise that this Batman-standalone project would have a ton of expectations. Luckily, director Christ McKay and his team were more than up to the challenge,

By  |  February 7, 2017
Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Live Action Short Film

We've gone big this year for our Oscars 2017 coverage. Our annual "Know Your Nominee" series will once again touch upon every category, giving you the information you need to conquer your Oscars pool. Learn more about the nominees for Lead ActorForeign Language FilmCostume DesignersDocumentary Short and Editing, and check back with us as we go deep on all the rest. In addition to the series,

By  |  February 6, 2017
Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Editing

We've gone big this year for our Oscars 2017 coverage. Our annual "Know Your Nominee" series will once again touch upon every category, giving you the information you need to conquer your Oscars pool. Learn more about the nominees for Lead ActorForeign Language Film, Costume Designers and Documentary Short, and check back with us as we go deep on all the rest. In addition to the series,

By  |  February 6, 2017