• Rob Thomas Doing Modern Spin On 'Les Miserables' For Fox Television

    Though the book has been around for 150 years, and the Broadway musical for over 30, Les Miserables had a big comeback last year thanks to Hollywood. Tom Hooper's hit adaptation, which won three Oscars including Best Supporting Actress, brought Victor Hugo's story into the public conscious like never before. Now the story is being…

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  • Gallery: Scott C's Great Showdowns For The 85th Annual Academy Awards

    2013 seems to be the year of Oscar-themed pop culture art. Gallery 1988 did an amazing event, Mondo is preparing their own extravaganza and Scott Campbell has been adding to his Great Showdowns. All this week leading up to the 85th Annual Academy Awards, Campbell has been immortalizing some of this year's Best Picture nominees…

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  • Cool Stuff: Gallery1988's 2013 Oscar-Inspired Poster Print Series

    We've got a bunch of cool movie art for you today. The Academy and Gallery1988 commissioned a small group of artists to create original screen prints inspired by this year’s nine Best Picture nominees. After the jump you can see some of them, including:  AMOUR by artist Matt Owen, ARGO by Anthony Petrie, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN…

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  • /Filmcast Ep. 214 - Gangster Squad

    Dave, Adam, and Devindra discuss this year's Oscar nominations, and explain why you should watch LA Confidential instead of Gangster Squad. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Download or Play Now in your Browser: Subscribe to the /Filmcast:   SHOWNOTES What We've Been Watching David (11:42): The Incredibles (Blu-ray)…

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  • 2013 Golden Globes Award Winners And Live Blog; 'Argo' Wins Best Picture And Director [UPDATED With Videos]

    For the 70th year, the Hollywood Foreign Press handed out their Golden Globe Awards Sunday night. Hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler entertained an audience of TV and movie fans there to bestow awards to shows like Girls, Modern Family, Smash, Breaking Bad, Homeland and Downton Abbey and films like Lincoln, Argo, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Silver Linings…

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  • 85th Academy Award Nominations: 'Beasts Of The Southern Wild,' 'Lincoln,' And 'Silver Linings Playbook' Earn Major Recognition

    Emma Stone and Seth MacFarlane woke up at the crack of dawn this morning to announce the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards. Academy members nominated nine contenders for Best Picture, with Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, and Zero Dark Thirty all…

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  • 'Lincoln' Leads 65th Annual BAFTA Nominations, But Steven Spielberg Snubbed For Best Director

    The list of nominees for the 65th annual British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (also known as BAFTA) feel oddly familiar, yet throw a few curveballs. For example, Steven Spielberg's Lincoln leads the nominees with ten nominations, including nods for Best Picture, Actor, Adapted Screenplay and Supporting Actor and Actress. However it's director…

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  • Producer's Guild Of America Best Of 2012 Nominations Include 'Argo,' 'Django Unchained,' 'Lincoln,' 'Zero Dark Thirty'

    We're already at the point in the award season where a few films have been solidified as the big winners and prime Oscar candidates. Zero Dark Thirty, Moonrise Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook, and Lincoln have been awards frontrunners for weeks, and will likely continue to dominate slates of official accolades until the season ends with…

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  • Germain's Top Ten Movies Of 2012

    2012 was an incredibly good year at the movies. Looking back at the almost 200 films I saw that were released this calendar year, many were in contention for this list. But in the end, there can be only 10. These ten films, ranked in reverse order, are the ones that most stuck with me…

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  • On The Directorial Decisions Of Tom Hooper In 'Les Misérables'

    I was delighted to finally have the chance to catch Tom Hooper's Les Misérables last night and despite a few significant missteps (e.g. Russell Crowe as Javert), I found it totally brilliant and engrossing. Nonetheless, I've been reading a bunch of criticism on the internet about Hooper's directorial decisions, most pointedly regarding the look and sound of…

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  • VOTD: Samuel L. Jackson And Anne Hathaway Spar Over Sadness

    This holiday season Samuel L. Jackson and Anne Hathaway both have prominent supporting roles in films that aren't exactly cheerful. In fact, it's safe to say, with no spoilers, that in both Django Unchained and Les Miserables, characters played by both actors experience some horrid moments. The video below might give away a couple small…

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  • Early Buzz: 'Les Miserables' Delights Audiences At First Screenings

    Tom Hooper follows up his Oscar-winning The King's Speech with a film version of the stage musical classic Les Miserables, and the first public screenings of the film were met with great enthusiasm, first by a New York City audience, then by LA viewers. Sure, the deck was stacked in favor of Hooper and the…

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  • 'Les Misérables' UK Trailer Lets The Audience Hear Russell Crowe's Voice In Song

    While we've seen a teaser and extended production trailer for Tom Hooper's new adaptation of Les Miserables, this UK trailer is the fullest, most traditional look at the film to date. It has a lot of footage we haven't previously seen, and introduces most of the primary cast, including Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway,…

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