The Making of ‘American Sniper:’ Screenwriter Jason Hall’s Journey
Writing a screenplay based on an autobiography is challenging enough. But for Jason Hall, the real-life story of “American Sniper” took a tragic and irreversible turn immediately after he finished the script for the Clint Eastwood-directing film, starring Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, whom Hall had been collaborating with in bringing his story to the screen, had just been murdered, ostensibly by a fellow Iraq...
Oscar Countdown: The Supporting Actors
For all the Rayons of the world – and just about everyone else – Jared Leto can do no wrong this awards season. Returning back to the big screen after years of focusing on his band, 30 Seconds to Mars, Leto’s gender-bending role alongside Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club” has gripped the hearts of awards voters. He’s racked up a glittering stash of hardware from the Golden Globes, Critics Choice and SAG– as well as a...
Rebel-ing and Reveling in the MTV Movie Awards
Just when you thought movie awards season ended with the Oscars and kudo- attention shifted to the Emmys, along comes the MTV Movie Awards to shower last year’s films with golden popcorn trophies. That’s because the awards show, which aired live from Sony Pictures Studios Sunday April 14–and will be repeated numerous times on MTV–also acts as a great promotional opportunity for upcoming...
Broadcast Film Critics Elect Lincoln With a Record 13 Nods
“Lincoln” is clearly the film to beat at the 2013 Critics Choice Movie Awards. The Steven Spielberg-directed historical epic chronicling the assassinated president’s last few months in office garnered a record-breaking 13 nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association in categories including best film, director, lead actor for star Daniel Day-Lewis, supporting actress for Sally Field, who plays his wife, supporting...
Hollywood Film Awards an Early Harbinger of Oscar Season
Coming several months before even the earliest film critics awards, the 16th Annual Hollywood Film Awards billed itself as the first big event and official launch of awards season. Not only that, it spotlighted talent and films that are likely to be frontrunners as the season progresses this coming winter. In a real art imitates life moment, “Argo” director and star Ben Affleck took the stage with his castmates to pick up the...
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