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io9MoviesSexy Fish Monsters, Replicants, and Mutants Among Those Nominated for the 2018 Oscars
If we told you last year that a movie about a mute woman having a torrid, romantic relationship with a modernized version of the Creature From the Black Lagoon was going to dominate at the Oscars in terms of nominations, you might have chuckled a little to yourself. 2017 was a simpler time. The 2018 … Continued
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io9MoviesPatty Jenkins Had Two Demands When Making Wonder Woman
Directors have a lot on their plates when making a major Hollywood film. It’s basically a juggling act. But there were two key elements of Wonder Woman that Patty Jenkins continued to “hammer home” throughout the entire production, and they made all the difference for the end product. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Jenkins … Continued
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io9MoviesA CG Replacement Head Helped Save Ryan Gosling’s Face While Filming Blade Runner 2049
Hollywood studios rarely let their A-list stars perform their own stunts. An injury could delay a film production, or worse, prevent a photogenic face from promoting a movie once it hits theaters. In this behind-the-scenes look at the VFX work on Blade Runner 2049 by Universal Production Partners, we see how Ryan Gosling’s pretty face … Continued
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War for the Planet of the Apes Will Be Getting a Serious Awards Push
Matt Reeves’ latest film, War for the Planet of the Apes, is something of an anomaly. On the surface, it’s a big-budget summer blockbuster. But when you actually watch it, it feels much more like a poignant, bleak movie with Oscar potential. And now, its studio is going to push it as the latter. Deadline is … Continued
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Photoshop Contest: Oscars Fuck-up Edition
Last night, viewers witnessed one of the greatest awards show fuck-ups of all time. After accidentally announcing that La La Land had won Best Picture, producers for the Academy Awards came out and explained that it was all a big mistake. Moonlight had actually won. It was awkward, to say the least. But it’s bringing … Continued
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Suicide Squad Is Now an Oscar-Winning Movie
Congratulations to Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini, and Christopher Nelson. I mean that sincerely, because in addition to actually doing some great makeup work but who also had to work under what I imagine to be truly unnecessarily awful conditions. That now means that we’re going to see “Academy Award-winning movie, Suicide Squad” used sincerely and … Continued
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Open Channel: Let’s Dish About the Oscars!
The 2017 Oscars are tonight, and while scifi and comic book fans didn’t get everything they wanted this year, there are some cool nominations that are worth getting psyched about. What are you hoping takes home the trophy this time? And just how pissed are you that Deadpool got snubbed? Arrival is one of the … Continued
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io9Gareth Edwards Used VR to Direct Rogue One‘s Digital Scenes
If there’s anything Star Wars fans know about Gareth Edwards, it’s that he’s a very hands-on director. A recent demonstration shows how Industrial Light and Magic found a way to bring Edwards’ physical camerawork to the digital stage for Rogue One, using virtual reality. BBC Click shared a visit to ILM London to get a … Continued
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io9ILM Rewrites Time in Latest Doctor Strange Visual Effects Video
The Oscars are right around the corner, and Industrial Light and Magic has been working hard to show off its contenders for Visual Effects. For Doctor Strange, they started by showing how they bent space. Now, they’re bending time. This latest video demonstrates the ways in which they created the time-warp scene in Hong Kong … Continued
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io9Watch ILM Completely Digitally Create the Planets of Rogue One
The best visual effects are the ones we don’t even see. In Rogue One, we know Tarkin isn’t physically there and that the Death Star doesn’t really exist. So it’s the landscapes that are the true magic: entire worlds created in a computer to build out and expand a little sliver of actual filming, or … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidSee the Evolution of Movie Magic With Every Oscar Winner for Visual Effects in History
The Academy Awards are almost here and many people will be talking about red carpet fashion, comedic monologues, and who got robbed. But few will be paying attention to the most important awards category—Best Visual Effects. This supercut pulls together all the past winners into a nice little reminder of how much has changed in … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidSoothe Yourself With Every Single Oscar Winner for Best Cinematography
Take a deep breath before you watch this collection of every Academy Award winner for Best Cinematography. There are so many wonderful shots and beautiful movies from 1927 to today that you might get lost in them and forget how to live. Burger Fiction put together this clip, which is essentially a trailer for the … Continued
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All Arrival and No Deadpool: The Oscar Nominations Are Here (Updated)
It doesn’t even matter that Arrival managed to get into the Best Picture and Best Directing categories, because we all know the only thing nerds are going to be able to talk about is the snubbing of Deadpool. Arrival is the most significant science fiction contender this year, and it’s looking a lot like it’s … Continued
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Deadpool‘s ‘For Your Consideration’ Oscars Video Focuses on the Chimichangas and Assless Chaps, of Course
Yes, we do live in the strange world where there is an actual chance Deadpool could nab itself an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. So what better way for the movie to pitch itself to the academy than by wheeling out its laser-guided marketing campaign once more? In the wake of the movie’s award season … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidJust a Lot of Leonardo DiCaprio Screaming in The Revenant
How to win your first Best Actor Oscar? Simple. Star in a movie that actually wasn’t that great and give a performance that wasn’t nearly your best. And! Just scream a lot. At bears, at pain, at people, at everything. That’s basically what Leonardo DiCaprio did in The Revenant and it worked out nicely for … Continued
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Mad Max Won All the Oscars, Except the Ones It Really Deserved
There was a brief moment during the Oscars where it looked like Mad Max: Fury Road might be on the way to getting the recognition it deserved as a truly groundbreaking, visually stunning film. Spoiler alert: It didn’t. As is so often the case for genre works, Mad Max: Fury Road won a boatload of … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidHere’s Every Single Oscar Winner for Visual Effects
The 2016 Oscars have some of the staunchest VFX competition in the award show’s history. (Either Star Wars or Mad Max better win, I swear to God.) But the entire 87-year history of silver screen special effects is equally stunning. The folks from Burger Fiction compiled every recipient of the award into one 9-minute-long spectacle. … Continued
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This Oscar-Nominated Short Offers a Giddy Yet Poignant Look at Space Travel
Speaking of his Oscar-nominated animated short We Can’t Live Without Cosmos—about a pair of cosmonauts prepping for a voyage—Konstantin Bronzit told The New Yorker: “[It’s] about our inability to live in human society without exiting, sometimes, to an open space where we can really breathe deeply and freely.” The Russian filmmaker also said that he … Continued
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io9MoviesThe Biggest Oscar Snubs of 2016
The nominees for the 2016 Oscars have now been announced, and despite the welcome inclusion of Mad Max: Fury Road for Best Picture, there aren’t a lot of pleasant surprises in the mix. There are, however, some glaring omissions, as always. Here are the biggest. Ridley Scott as Best Director, The Martian We called The … Continued
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