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• Oscar Circuit: Best Cinematography February 23, 2012
  And the Nominees Are: Guillaume Schiffman “The Artist” Oscar Scene: Waking up from the sound dream sequence Jeff Cronenweth “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Oscar Scene: Opening credits Robert Richardson “Hugo” Oscar Scene: Traveling through the train station Read more on Oscar Circuit: Best Cinematography… Related content: American Society of Cinematograph […]
  Clayton Davis
• Oscar 2012 Will Win/Should Win Selections (Hamer) February 22, 2012
  The brightest light of Oscar's Best Pictures... Four days left.  From time to time during my first year as The Awards Circuit’s staff writer, I have been regarded as the snobby, deliberate contrarian who panned popular movies just to get a reaction.  Those kinds of accusations are to be expected in this profession these days, but it also belied the numb […]
  Robert Hamer
• The 14th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards! February 22, 2012
  Last night the Costume Designers Guild spoke up and gave out their awards. Did they do anything to clear up the Oscar race for Best Costume Design? Well, see below which films the guild chose to honor: Read more on The 14th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards!… No related content found.share   […]
  Joey Magidson
• Making the final case for each Best Picture nominee… February 22, 2012
  As you’re reading this, the Oscar voters have already made their final selections for each category of the Academy Awards, and there’s nothing left to do but wait for the results at the awards ceremony on Sunday. It got me to thinking, what kind of case has each Best Picture contender made for their shot at the award? Below are arguments that could be made, […]
  Joey Magidson
• Shocker: Oscar voters are overwhelmingly white males! February 22, 2012
  Yes, I know this comes as a real shock to all of you, but a lot of the Academy is made up of older white men. A recent L.A. Times study of Oscar voters and their demographics came up with this result, obviously signaling that the people who choose the best movies of the year don’t mesh demographically with the people who go out and watch the flicks. There’s […]
  Joey Magidson
• Film Review: This Means War (*1/2) February 21, 2012
  A action tinged romantic comedy completely devoid of competent action, romance, or comedy, ‘This Means War’ is about as stupid as movies get. I’d say that it’s no surprise considering the director is McG, but I dislike him less than most critics, and actually really enjoyed his “serious” effort ‘We Are Marshall’. Here, he’s being as lazy as possible (and so […]
  Joey Magidson
• Oscar 2012 Will Win/Should Win Selections (Belickis) February 21, 2012
  It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Well, stressful at the same time but hey, it’s the Oscar’s. Now that the Oscar’s are less than a week away all of us here at the Awards Circuit are scratching our heads trying to figure who the winners will be while wishing our favorites *cough* Melissa McCarthy *cough* will win. Our predictions change daily and it’s […]
  Anna Belickis
• The Greatest First Quarter Releases! February 21, 2012
  Most people don’t expect much from the months of January, February, and March…at least when it comes to quality cinema (and in the past they’ve had good reason to think as such). I’m hear to say that this isn’t really the case any longer. Now I’ll concede that these first three months can’t hold a candle to the Oscar season or even the summer blockbuster mon […]
  Joey Magidson
• Joey’s DVD Picks of the Week (2/21/2012) February 21, 2012
  This week we have quite a nice assortment of selections available to you on Blu-Ray and DVD. The field is led by two solid and well acted films, while the rest of the slate is of more mixed quality, but without a shortage of recognizable titles…so there is that. Overall, I’m pleased enough with the choices, so I’m sure you will be as well. In terms of my PIC […]
  Joey Magidson
• ‘The Voice’ Recap: Blind Auditions #4 February 21, 2012
  Welcome to another fun-filled week with NBC’s The Voice. While this episode left me with the weakest impression of auditions this season, there was enough talent on display to convince me that The Voice continues to be a stronger force in quality than its competitor, American Idol. However, Idol’s last “Vegas” themed episode was a bit stronger than this rece […]
  Joseph Braverman